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Washington, DC — New research from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) demonstrates that health centers in Texas are already struggling to meet increased demand for safe, legal abortion following a wave of closures after the passage of abortion restrictions in 2013.

Well of COURSE the GOP platform includes full - throated support for some of the most dangerous abortion restrictions in the country.

In addition to passing one of the most extreme abortion restrictions in the nation, years of hostile policies in Texas have left tens of thousands of Texas women without access to cancer screenings, birth control, HIV tests and other preventive care (read more HERE from the Guttmacher Institute).

In the landmark Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt case on June 27, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that two abortion restrictions in Texas are unconstitutional because they would shut down most clinics in the state and cause an «undue burden» for Texas women to access safe, legal abortion.

States have enacted 51 new abortion restrictions in the first six months of 2015 — despite the fact that Americans overwhelmingly support access to abortion.

The politicians behind this bill claim the abortion restrictions in the bill are intended to improve women's health.

«There's already numerous abortion restrictions in place, as well as logistical issues around being able to get into the one clinic in Mississippi, as well as the limitations placed on that clinic on to what point can they provide abortion services,» Nash said.

States across the country have moved toward similar abortion restrictions in recent years, with Texas upholding its own «fetal pain» law despite state senator Wendy Davis's filibuster making national news in 2013.

The Afton, Minnesota, resident penned a scathing response to two anti-abortion letters published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune following the Supreme Court ruling on June 27 striking down abortion restrictions in Texas.

Not exact matches

Perhaps the most politically volatile coming Supreme Court case is Whole Woman's Health v. Lakey, which will decide whether dozens of abortion clinics throughout Texas can remain open — a decision that probably will affect other conservative states that have in recent years imposed harsh restrictions on abortion clinics.

He's never really tried to sell himself as a family man in the traditional sense and wears the hypocrisy of his political commitment to abortion restrictions and abstinence - only sex education very lightly.

It seems to make more sense for Republicans to focus policy proposals on parental rights and restrictions on late - term abortion while noting that - whatever their ultimate beliefs - some abortion restrictions are very unlikely to happen in any foreseeable future while third trimester abortion on - demand is a reality.

And Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says the last time his conservative Christian movement saw so many victories at the state level — where many legislatures are busy passing new abortion restrictions - was in 2004, when more than a dozen states adopted same - sex marriage bans.

In addition, some surveys show that here in the U.S., states with more abortion restrictions do in fact have lower abortion rates, suggesting legal changes may indeed have some effecIn addition, some surveys show that here in the U.S., states with more abortion restrictions do in fact have lower abortion rates, suggesting legal changes may indeed have some effecin the U.S., states with more abortion restrictions do in fact have lower abortion rates, suggesting legal changes may indeed have some effecin fact have lower abortion rates, suggesting legal changes may indeed have some effect.

So even though I think abortion is morally wrong in most cases, and support more legal restrictions around it, I often vote for pro-choice candidates when I think their policies will do the most to address the health and economic concerns that drive women to get abortions in the first place.

Ireland's abortion laws are the strictest in Europe, but the Irish government may be about to address the previously unapproachable: whether to loosen restrictions on ending a pregnancy.

So, with those considerations in mind, I think it's safer to say that while legal restrictions on abortion might put a dent in the abortion rate, they won't put an end to abortion as we know it, and, most importantly, they won't do a thing to alter the number of unwanted pregnancies.

Canada has a much lower abortion rate with a higher atheist / agnostic rate than the US (and there are NO restrictions on abortion in Canada).

If you're on the left, you might insert «abortion» and use that logic to help argue against any and all restrictions and regulations — even in the wake of Kermit Gosnell and StemExpress and 926,190 abortions in 2014 (and 1,608,600 in 1990, and 1,497,670 in 1979, and on and on, up to 60 million since Roe).

Meanwhile, reports show the number of restrictions adopted throughout the country against abortion during the year are far more than in any previous year.

Earlier this month, the Texas legislature approved a loudly - debated package of restrictions on abortions in the Lone Star State; among other things, requiring abortion clinics to bring their facilities in line with surgical standards and banning abortions after 20 weeks.

Since the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Morgentaler (1988) holding even relatively minor criminal code restrictions on abortion contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (on similar» and similarly spurious» grounds as those of the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade), Canada has been without restrictions on abortion.

If majority opinion in the legislature favors some restrictions upon abortion, and there is no specific language in the Constitution on the subject, then «pro-choice» forces have to invoke something very much like a natural law duty to get their way.

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Yet another example is that of nonviolent protestors at abortion clinics who defy unjust restrictions of their freedom of speech in order to plead the case for the unborn to women contemplating abortion.

Despite having a higher proportion of atheists and agnostics (and no restrictions on abortion unlike the US), the abortion rate is MUCH LOWER in Canada.

In Guttmacher's analysis, they found that the decline of abortions is because of the availability of effective, affordable birth control and the abortion restrictions that have limited women's access.

A similar invasion of civil rights is implicit in the initiative to require doctors to report to the Department of Health persons infected with the AIDS virus, and in the proposed restrictions that would prohibit any family planning institution receiving federal funds from informing clients of the availability of abortion services.

When the president signed into law a budget bill that included $ 385 million for family planning overseas, he accepted a restriction that no more than $ 15 million could go to organizations that perform or promote abortion in foreign countries even if he waived the limitation.

In the past three years, states passed 205 restrictions on abortion — more than what passed in the entire previous decadIn the past three years, states passed 205 restrictions on abortion — more than what passed in the entire previous decadin the entire previous decade.

More than 200 abortion restrictions have been enacted in 30 states since 2011, compared with 212 between 2001 and 2010, said Elizabeth Nash, policy analyst with the Guttmacher Institute, to USA Today.

The incremental approach to stopping abortion has been effective: 231 abortion restrictions were enacted in 27 states from 2011 to 2014, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

To put recent trends in even sharper relief, 205 abortion restrictions were enacted over the past three years (2011 — 2013), but just 189 were enacted during the entire previous decade (2001 — 2010).

«Abortion restrictions and clinic closures mean that patients may need to travel greater distances to access services,» said Rachel Jones, lead author of the study, in a written release.

This makes 2013 second only to 2011 in the number of new abortion restrictions enacted in a single year.

State lawmakers passed the second - highest number of abortion restrictions ever this past year, with 19 states enacting 43 measures in 2012 that limited access to abortion services, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

The Florida state legislature — at least the key committees controlled by Democrats — refused in a special session called by the governor to consider abortion restrictions.

And when it comes to immunizing such «choices» from legal restriction or even private remonstration, the Court's liberals can be counted upon to flip on the switch of what Justice Antonin Scalia, writing in dissent, describes as «the ad hoc nullification machine that [is] set in motion to push aside whatever doctrines of constitutional law stand in the way of the highly favored practice of abortion.»

A former aide to Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE criticized Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandOvernight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Dem senators ask drug companies to list prices in ads Gillibrand to publish children's book about suffragists MORE on Thursday after the New York Democrat became the first of many senators to join a successful push to force the resignation of Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Minn.).

The dynamics of this stage of the conversations could be promising: Carper is acting as a go - between to centrists such as Sens. Snowe, Landrieu, Nelson and Lieberman, while Schumer is in constant contact with liberals like Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (D - Ohio).

«I think we understand some things happened that should not have happened,» said Senate Democratic Whip Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinOvernight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Dem lawmaker spars with own party over prison reform Dem senators ask drug companies to list prices in ads MORE (Ill.).

and Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (Ohio).

Laws governing abortion in America have changed over time, from no laws in Colonial days — when it was considered a medical issue — to the various state restrictions seen today.

«I'm very concerned about the strength and aggressiveness of you two pushing back,» said Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (Ohio), the panel's ranking Democrat.

3) In the late 1960s and early 1970s, most U.S. states loosened restrictions on abortion.

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all of the U.S. states had unconstitutional restrictions on abortion — despite the U.S. Constitution being silent on the subject.

«This ruling, the most significant abortion decision in a generation, puts states on notice that they can not adopt restrictions that unduly burden or deny a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.»

Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (D - Ohio): Brown, 64, was on Clinton's running mate shortlist.

And as both federal and state legislators grapple with increased restrictions on abortion, a new national poll indicates Americans have mixed reactions to some of the moves being made right now in state houses and the nation's capital.

A GOP candidate running against Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandOvernight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Dem senators ask drug companies to list prices in ads Gillibrand to publish children's book about suffragists MORE on Sunday sharply criticized the New York Democrat.