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Legislate
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To enact laws or pass resolutions by the lawmaking process, in contrast to law that is derived from principles espoused by courts in decisions.
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Thus, legislating against the use of corporal punishment, especially since there are so many more positive ways of raising children, is good public policy.
TO SPANK OR NOT TO SPANK? BAN USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT WITH KIDS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
These two sentences contradict each other, since legislating against rape, harassment, pornographic exploitation of children, and so on constitutes a legislation of morality.
What do we do now that the sexual revolution is over? by Speckhardt, Roy / The Humanist
Compounding the problem of diminishing efficacy, governments and health organisations, internationally, are lobbying and legislating against the use of antibiotics in favor of non-chemical treatments.
AVIAN INFLUENZA VACCINE TRIALS INITIATED IN AUSTRALIA by Worldwide Biotech
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