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"We hope very much that this will be looked at in other states to make them stop thinking about enacting such unconstitutional laws," said Nancy Northup, president of the center.

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I have heard nothing but good things about the Northup family and hope Joel does very well the remainder of the tourney.

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In 1841, Solomon Northup, a free black man living with his wife in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., met two men who promised him a job playing the violin in a circus.

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Nancy Northup, president of the liberal advocacy group, said Wednesday it sued the Bush administration for rejecting science and playing politics with women's health by denying emergency contraception for over-the-counter sale.

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I would have liked to have seen a three-month grace period for retailers, Republican Commissioner Anne Northup said in an AP interview.

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Northup's account of his enslavement describes the arduous work, his masters' violence and, most tragically, the cruel shattering of families by slave auctions.

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North Carolina and Oklahoma have similar laws, Ms. Northup said, but courts there have blocked the laws on free-speech grounds.

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The decision was the first by a federal appellate court upholding the constitutionality of a state law mandating a physician's description of an ultrasound, said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York nonprofit that represents the physicians challenging the Texas law.

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While the Center hasn't decided whether to ask the full Fifth Circuit to reconsider the ruling, Ms. Northup said her clients will continue to challenge the sonogram law in Judge Sparks' court on other grounds, including a claim that it amounts to sex discrimination against women.

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I would have liked to have seen a three-month grace period for retailers, Republican Commissioner Anne Northup said in an AP interview.

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