Romney was originally in support of a more lenient policy toward abortion rights because, as Salon.com reported, he had a personal impediment: Ann Keenan, the sister of his brother-in-law died at the age of 21 from an unsafe abortion.
Working with students at New York City's top schools, Jon focuses not just on the academic work at hand, but also on the impediments—sometimes personal or social that may be getting in a student's way.
Nor is ugliness any impediment to personal success.
Those civil rights and voting rights bills encroached on state's rights, usurped the Constitution, and were a gross impediment to personal and commercial freedom.
One thing absolute monarchs don't want is they don't want impediments to their personal rule.
Besides personal professional pride, financial considerations, impediments imposed by third-party payers and liability issues contribute negatively to the health-care equation in the United States today.
The exhibition also is designed to recount an inspirational tale of how the child of poor migrants overcame numerous career impediments and repeated personal stumbles.
What was a kind of impediment to their personal rule?
Through an analysis of negotiations, policies and deals that arose from his influential and powerful leadership roles in the European Commission, Brittan both describes how the European Union overcame tremendous setbacks and impediments and offers a personal view of Europe's future.
Individual coaching, where personal plans can be created and impediments and concerns can be openly discussed in a confidential setting, can create measurable change.
The two sides are expected to resume negotiations next week on a binding participation agreement, and while Thomas's remarks suggest personal differences are the biggest single impediment to a resolution, a deep philosophical divide is more germane.
