Sentences with phrase «advocates after decades»

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After serving more than three decades as one of Congress's most - outspoken advocates for international religious freedom, Rep. Frank Wolf (R - 10th) announced today that he will not seek re-election in 2014.

In the decades after the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision ensured legal protection for abortion procedures nationwide, the anti-abortion movement was initially uncompromising in advocating across - the - board abortion bans at the state and national level.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, in acknowledging this statistic, affirmed safe co-sleeping practices after decades of advocating solo sleep environments.

Gov. Rick Scott and top state lawmakers proposed the most significant move toward gun control in Florida in decades, in defiance of the NRA, though some of their ideas fell short of what student advocates pleaded for after one of the deadliest school shootings in American history.

CENTRAL HARLEM — After more than a decade of unsuccessful attempts by lawmakers and juvenile justice advocates, Gov. Andrew Cuomo officially signed a bill into law Monday that would prevent all 16 - and 17 - year - olds from automatically being charged as adults in New York, no matter the crime.

Over the past decade, much progress has been made nationally to increase enrollment in afterschool programs — programs advocates say keep children safe, inspiring them to learn and supporting working families between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. Vermont and Massachusetts have made the list of Top 10 States for Afterschool, prepared by Washington, D.C. - based After School Alliance.

After decades of fighting to keep creationism out of the classroom, US science education advocates are steeling themselves to face a new foe: climate change sceptics.

After winning a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, civil rights advocates spent decades making and re-making the case for school desegregation.

After working for more than two decades to close the charter - school funding gap, charter advocates celebrated two victories in 2017 when Colorado and Florida both passed laws — the first in the country — mandating equitable access to certain local tax revenues for charter schools.

The significant narrowing comes after decades of a widening gap that caused education advocates to fear the United States was at risk of producing a permanent underclass.

This is a lesson that standards and accountability advocates should have gleaned after the past three decades.

After several decades of equity - oriented intervention, right - of - center free - market advocates had assembled a coalition opposed to what they perceived as heavy - handed and expensive government intervention.

After more than a decade of operating Advocates 4 Animals, the stories shared in Pawsitive Connection are some that have touched my soul and leave me simply in awe of the resilience of animals.

Not long after this infamous exhibition, Purifoy withdrew from his art practice for over a decade, instead concentrating his energies on social work and as an arts advocate for the California Arts Council.

Interview with Jim Gordon, CEO of Cape Wind The famed Cape Wind offshore wind project has finally been granted a permit to begin construction, after a decade - long battle with the company and clean energy advocates on one side, and well - funded fossil fuel industry interests and NIMBY concerns on the other.

After honing my skills for others over two decades, I decided to set out on my own, and be the «neighborhood» lawyer who can both advocate and advise clients in an open, honest, and efficient manner.

The award, in its third year, is named after Toronto lawyer and Lerners LLP partner Elizabeth Grace, who has been an advocate for victims of sexual abuse for more than two decades and was a driving force behind the recent elimination in Ontario of limitation periods for abuse claims.

2009 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton On January 21, 2009, Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as the 67th secretary of state of the United States, after nearly 4 decades in public service as advocate, attorney, first lady, and senator.