As a staunch pro-choice advocate, despite my own personal discomfort with abortion, I read your Lives column (July 7) with growing alarm at the heavy-handed efforts of adults on all sides to influence the decisions of a teenager who obviously had more than a few qualms about ending her pregnancy.
They appear deeply invested in rehashing the same, seemingly eternal arguments, in continuing what even to a staunch pro-choicer like myself seems like a tedious fight.
The D'Amato campaign feared facing Ferraro the most among these, as her Italian ancestry, effective debating and stump speech skills, and her staunch pro-choice views would eat into several of D'Amato's usual bases of support.
Since the concession, Mr. Torricelli has heaped praise upon President-elect George W. Bush and some of his cabinet selections -- even former Senator John Ashcroft, a staunch conservative whose choice as attorney general has been bitterly opposed by many Democrats.
Among Trump's cabinet announcements this week is that of health and human services, for which he has chosen representative Tom Price, a staunch ACA and reproductive choice opponent.
She is also a staunch supporter of private school choice programs, where students learn Christian fundamentalist doctrine and leave with "racist, sexist and intolerant views of the world".
He said he saw no real contradiction between his staunch libertarian faith in freedom of choice and his old-fashioned moralist's dismay at where choice often leads.
The choice of Ms. Oliver, a staunch conservative, as ambassador may indicate the direction the Bush administration wants Unesco to take.
Emin has been a staunch supporter, and she was the obvious choice for a major show in Olympic year (the exhibition is part of the London 2012 festival).
He drew notice in 1970 when he helped organize a campaign, signed by 58 federal judges, to endorse President Richard M. Nixon's doomed choice of Judge G. Harrold Carswell, a staunch Southern conservative, for the United States Supreme Court.
