Sentences with phrase «abortion rights supporters»
Abortion rights supporters, however, say the mandates are unnecessary, expensive and an «undue burden» on women's rights.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
The federal law also does not contain such an exception, but Congress cited medical evidence — which abortion rights supporters dispute — to conclude that the procedure is never needed to protect a woman's health.
BOTH THOSE CANDIDATES ARE ABORTION RIGHTS SUPPORTERS, MR. BUGLER!!!!
The bill authored by Rep. Christopher H. Smith follows Saturday's Women's March on Washington, which brought hundreds of thousands of abortion rights supporters to the nation's capital.
This is good news, but in addition to debating the merits and risks of the devolution of abortion law, abortion rights supporters in Scotland and beyond need to mobilise and work together to ensure that, whatever the outcome of the devolution process, women's reproductive rights in Scotland are protected.
About 15 abortion rights supporters stood outside the Supreme Court building as the march unfolded.
The case has become the rallying cry of abortion rights supporters, who maintain (along with Savita's husband) that her OB / GYN, Dr. Katherine Astbury, refused to provide her with a life - saving abortion.
In his 2009 Notre Dame address, Obama called upon abortion rights supporters and opponents to «work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions.»
Trump's earlier statements drew heavy fire from abortion rights supporters and opponents alike.
Not exact matches
He's been such a supporter of hard core abortion rights.
Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, she remained an ardent supporter of abortion rights and worked for a time at a Dallas women's clinic where abortions were performed.
The strongest supporters of abortion rights in the United States, as any nineteenth - century feminist could have predicted, are not women — but men in the age group of eighteen to twenty - five.
The abortion fight has also been running hotter, with the Komen Foundation cutting funding for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood, only to reverse course a few days later under tremendous pressure from supporters of abortion rights.
Supporters of the right to abortion who criticize the German decision make exactly the same arguments — the same Lincolnian arguments — against judicial supremacy that supporters of the right to life who criticize Roe v. Supporters of the right to abortion who criticize the German decision make exactly the same arguments — the same Lincolnian arguments — against judicial supremacy that supporters of the right to life who criticize Roe v. supporters of the right to life who criticize Roe v. Wade make.
This extreme bill might finally convince pro-choice supporters to act on the continued infringement of abortion rights.
A measure that supporters say would codify Roe v. Wade in state law has also failed to gain a vote as opponents contend it is an unnecessary expansion of abortion rights.
Supporters of abortion and reproductive rights expect to renew an effort to approved measures like the Reproductive Health Act and expand access to contraceptives as Donald Trump's presidency looms next year.
Strictly, I think you could believe in biblical inerrancy, be a staunch nationalist, and be opposed to homosexuality and abortion, and nonetheless be an enthusiastic supporter of our rights to use human enhancement technologies.
He had a fiscally conservative record as governor, opposes abortion and is a strong supporter of gun owners» rights.
Sen. Gustavo Rivera is using his primary opponent, Manny Tavarez, as a fundraising tool, sending out an email to supporters yesterday that decries his fellow Democrats» proclaimed support of «family values,» which include opposition to same - sex marriage and abortion rights.
Supporters say the move would strengthen abortion rights in the state; opponents call it an unnecessary expansion.
The interview comes after an uptick in the conservative press criticizing Cuomo's support for the Reproductive Health Act, which supporters say updates the state's abortion rights laws in order to codify the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
[53] Though a Republican at the time, Bloomberg is a staunch supporter of abortion rights and did not believe that Roberts was committed to maintaining Roe v. Wade.
By noon, the group EMILY's List, which backs women abortion - rights Democrats, called on Gillum «to make clear to his supporters that negative, gendered attacks have no place in political discourse.»
While Mondale's candidacy stumbled, Cuomo took his oratorical skill to Notre Dame University, where as the nation's most famous Roman Catholic supporter of abortion rights, he argued the church should not expect him to press for outlawing abortions, given that many Catholics themselves were having them.
Nixon has long been a supporter of Planned Parenthood and abortion rights, attending protests in Washington, D.C., and penning editorials in support of the reproductive health organization.
The Democratic leadership in the Legislature and supporters of abortion rights believe the legislation should be approved as a single package.
But Stewart - Cousins said the bill introduced this week by Katz is an example of how abortion rights are under fire not just nationally, but in New York as well (Planned Parenthood supporters, too, have pointed out the organization provides a range of health services to women).
State lawmakers are moving ahead with approving some portions of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Women's Equality Act, now that supporters are no longer demanding that all of the items, including an abortion rights provision, be tied together.
Republicans have said previously that they believe it expands abortion rights, something supporters deny.
He also moved to assure his core supporters that he will not let them down on gun rights, abortion or immigration.
Mrs. Goodhue, her supporters say, has proven over the years that she is a consistent supporter of abortion rights.
State lawmakers are moving ahead with approving some portions of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's Women's Equality Act, now that supporters are no longer demanding that all of the items, including an abortion rights provision, be tied together.
The consensus that emerged was that the former congressman is a blank slate, and Gillibrand supporters needed to move quickly to highlight parts of Mr. Ford's record that might prove troublesome for him, like his position on abortion rights.
Dolan, of course, does not merely tangle with supporters of abortion rights.
Nevertheless, given the rabid response from abortion - rights supporters, you'd think Brinker and her organization were running puppy mills for soup vendors.
Much of Irish artist and film - maker Jesse Jones's work is inspired by women's rights to bodily self - determination, and she is a keen supporter of those who wish to repeal the eighth amendment to the Republic of Ireland's constitution, which criminalises abortion.
Although nominally Catholic himself, Brown has been a passionate supporter of abortion - on - demand in opposition to the Catholic Church's defense of unborn children, and has called himself «an uncompromising champion of a woman's right to choose.»
About the only bright spot for reproductive rights supporters was the defeat in Mississippi of a ballot initiative that would have sharply restricted women's access not only to abortion but also to various contraceptive methods by defining a person under state law as «a human being from the moment of fertilization.»
In a rare victory for supporters of abortion rights in 2011, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) vetoed a similar restriction in April.
Against the backdrop of a contentious presidential campaign in which abortion and even contraception were front - burner issues — to a degree unprecedented in recent memory — supporters of reproductive health and rights were able to block high - profile attacks on access to abortion in states as diverse as Alabama, Idaho, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
A bit self - conscious of appearing to be a persnickety know - it - all, I summarized the vast differences between the morning - after pill and the abortion pill — differences that many people, even full supporters of reproductive rights, don't understand.
Abortion rights groups struck a defiant tone Wednesday, calling Trump's abortion policies extreme even among his supAbortion rights groups struck a defiant tone Wednesday, calling Trump's abortion policies extreme even among his supabortion policies extreme even among his supporters.