Sentences with phrase «against abortion access»

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This is basic common sense, and is fine as far as it goes, but it does not explain why pro-life advocates would struggle against easy access to abortion when they are not being personally oppressed by it, or why some men would hold pro-choice views when they can not become pregnant.

So when discussing access to particular health services, things like blood transfusions or abortion procedures many be against the religious beliefs of those that run the private hospitals, and thus not be provided.

But a slew of Democrats defended the need for a women's issues party today, and railed against what they deemed efforts to rein in women's access to contraceptives or abortion.

The judge argued that the state law, «when measured against Supreme Court precedent... falls woefully short of constitutional requirements» in the restrictions it placed on access to abortion for pregnant girls under age 18.

If we let Donald Trump and Mike Pence into the White House, they will block patients from accessing care at Planned Parenthood, ban abortion, punish women and doctors for abortion, roll back insurance coverage for birth control and other lifesaving care, allow businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people, and more.

On April 11, Texas Planned Parenthood family planning providers who do not perform abortions filed suit against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in federal court in order to protect Texan women's access to basic, preventive health services.

The rule made it clear that it is against the law for state politicians to block people from accessing care at a health center because the organization also provides safe, legal abortion.

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.

Targeted restrictions against abortion providers (TRAP) that place unreasonable requirements on health care centers, slowly erode access to abortion, have nothing to do with improving the health or safety of women — and have everything to do with politics

Mike Pence is the original crusader against Planned Parenthood, and he's fought for years to deny women access to safe, legal abortion.

Yesterday, a 2 - 1 decision, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a case brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of several Texas abortion providers, ruled against Texas women and allowed abortion restrictions to eviscerate women's access to safe and legal abortion in the state.

Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS), represented by attorneys from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and joined by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed suit today in Federal District Court in Sioux Falls, SD, against a new law that severely restricts abortion access.

To fight back, Planned Parenthood has filed 16 new lawsuits since July, including a federal lawsuit against the people behind the widely discredited videos, charging that anti-abortion activists engaged in an elaborate, illegal conspiracy in order to block women's access to safe and legal abortion.

The GOP is obviously against «needless restrictions,» yet they are super cool with medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that shut down health centers and make some women travel hundreds of miles to access abortion (if they can at all).

Planned Parenthood Advocates in Missouri volunteers are enthusiastic activists who are dedicated to advancing sexual and reproductive health — whether it's increasing access to emergency contraception, protecting access to safe and legal abortion, or fighting against anti-reproductive and sexual health policies.

Last fall, the Obama Administration proposed a rule reinforcing that it is against the law for state politicians to block people from accessing care at a health center of their choice because it also provides safe, legal abortion.

So while the politicians working to strip funds from Planned Parenthood rail against abortion, they know that what these cuts would really affect is people's access to affordable birth control, cancer screenings, and STI and HIV testing.

The state of Texas» sustained campaign against Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics affiliated with abortion providers appears to have led to an increase in births among low - income women who lost access to affordable and effective birth control, a new study says.

Advocate public policies which guarantee the right to full and nondiscriminatory access to reproductive health care and defend against restrictions on abortion and health care access;