Sentences with phrase «abortion rights community»

All three leading Democratic candidates issued statements supporting Planned Parenthood, and they were joined by others in the abortion rights community who condemned the criticism of the organization and said it led to the shootings.

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Marriage, abortion, «moral» rights... all should stay separate from the religious community.

If abortion and related life issues are in fact the great civil - rights issues of our time» in that they test whether the state may arbitrarily deny the protection of the law to certain members of the human community» then Griswold eventually led to a situation in which the Democratic and Republican positions on civil rights flipped, with members of today's Democratic party playing the role that its Southern intransigents played during the glory days of the American civil - rights movement.

And the Christian community woke up — the Southern Baptists at the time, we sometimes forget, were in favor of abortion rights and supported Roe.

abortion issue, gay rights: are not «religious» issues, the proof of that is that within the Christian community there is support for both sides, AND there is support for both sides in the atheistic community.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

The reproductive rights of people living in such communities are curtailed if (as is common) their hospital is administratively locked into the ultraconservative view on abortion, and even on such reproductive issues as tubal ligation and contraception.

The issue of abortion is not about the right of privacy but rather the extent of the human community and whether we will afford legal protection to the most vulnerable members of our society.

Paladino and his Orthodox tour guide, Rabbi Yehuda Levin, bonded late last month over their hatred of Silver, whose willingness to put bills protecting abortion rights and legalizing gay marriage have angered some in the Orthodox community.

The ad is a positive spot that focuses in part on Amedore's efforts in the community, but also aims to blunt the Democrats» attack against him for opposing abortion rights.

Rodriguez later responded: «While we obviously do not agree on every issue — particularly his stances on abortion and the rights of the LGBTQ community — I know Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. has been a strong advocate for Latino representation and his working class constituents in the Bronx.

Advocates for the LGBT community as well as abortion rights have blasted the comments and boosted the incumbent Queens lawmaker in the process.

Sources close to the prime minister say that she understands the concerns of liberal Tories like Ruth Davidson about the possible price of a deal with the DUP, and she will not offer them any promises to reduce the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trangender or intersexual community, or to reduce womens» rights to abortion.

Applies to unit 2 and unit 8 with Believing in God, Life and Death, Abortion, Euthanasia, Marriage and the Family, homosexuality, divorce, Community Cohesion, racism, discrimination, Rights and Responsibilities, Medical and the Environment, Peace and Conflict and Crime and Punishment.

In so doing, he's stood up for reproductive - health patients» right to privacy, fought for the dignity of the LGBTQ community, protected the right to receive an abortion after 20 weeks, and fought to keep state funding for preventive health - care services provided through Planned Parenthood Arizona.

«The Republican party has embraced a platform that is anti-immigrant, strips rights away from communities of color, criminalizes abortion, prevents millions from accessing basic health care at Planned Parenthood, and cuts insurance coverage for birth control.

She will work with communities to advocate for reproductive health and rights, and will collaborate with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona to reach out to voters and legislators to advance a vision of greater access to comprehensive sexuality education, family - planning services, and abortion care.