British generals, like civil servants, are supposed to be impartial, counselling in confidence and remaining discreet in retirement.
She guesses that more impartial counselling might reduce abortions by almost a third, or 60,000 a year.
After the debate the British Medical Association responded to Ms Dorries' reference to them, saying: "Our policy states that we support timely and impartial counselling and advice for women requesting abortion should they wish to receive it.
In Mr. Bush's case, the Congressional Budget Office, which provides Congress with impartial, expert economic counsel, concluded in March that the overall effect on the economy of the president's tax cuts and spending plans would be negligible.
In a report last month that went largely unnoticed with all the war news, the Congressional Budget Office, which provides Congress with impartial, expert economic counsel, concluded that President Bush's tax and spending plan "would provide a relatively small impetus in an economy the size of the United States's".
Staff have a duty to provide impartial and objective counselling.
During subsequent decades, the Supreme Court selectively applied the due process clause to protect other liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, including freedom of religion and the press and guarantees of a fair trial, including the defendant's right to an impartial judge and the assistance of counsel.
The Senate version guarantees non-Indians the right to effective counsel and trial by an impartial jury.
A trial for Mr. Sankoh must be conducted according to international standards before impartial judges, affording the accused access to counsel and the means to wage an effective defense.
Other guarantees in the Bill of Rights require fair procedures for persons accused of a crime such as protection against unreasonable search and seizure, compulsory self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and excessive bail and guarantees of a speedy and public trial by a local, impartial jury before an impartial judge and representation by counsel.
Re "Annan Renews Push to Send Peacekeepers" (news article, April 19): Calling for the Security Council to send a "robust" multinational peacekeeping force to the Middle East, Secretary General Kofi Annan counsels that "such a force must be impartial and capable of taking decisive action".
