In Minority Student Enrollment A study of 125 accredited medical schools reveals that the number of Black, American Indian, Mexican-American, Chicano, and Puerto Rican student applicants has declined 11 percent. Declines were especially severe in states where affirmative action programs have been banned or restricted, but were not limited to those areas.
Institutions are so afraid of a lawsuit that they are being overly cautious.
The case surfaced when a woman challenged a social service agency's right to order her into drug treatment for her glue-sniffing addiction. A Manitoba court ruled in favor of the social service agency, but was overturned by the provincial appeals court. The Supreme Court upheld the second decision, ruling that courts cannot extend legal rights to a fetus. Under Canadian law, legal rights are inferred at birth. The mother has since kicked her drug problem.