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upheld

adjective as in supported

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Judges have upheld the California and Colorado laws against “conversion therapy” by ruling that states have broad power to regulate the practice of medicine and healthcare.

In October Forest said the fine was "disproportionate", but on Monday the FA said an appeal board had upheld the sanction.

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Even among the educated elite, women remain confined by roles upheld and perpetuated not just by men, but also by women.

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However, the family continued to have concerns about standards, which they raised with the Care Inspectorate – and it has now upheld four complaints against the home.

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“I am alarmed that the civil rights of these detainees are not being upheld,” the employee wrote in a two-page letter attached to the senators’ request.

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