Sentences with phrase «against abortion on»

Even before Roe v. Wade, he wrote and spoke against abortion on demand and served as president of the National Right to Life Committee.

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On abortion, another key topic for social conservatives, Harper said while running against Day that the Alliance could not afford to focus on the issuOn abortion, another key topic for social conservatives, Harper said while running against Day that the Alliance could not afford to focus on the issuon the issue.

Benoit and others said they had never been told how to vote in committees and on the floor but acknowledged there were some «genuine problems,» citing the committee that deemed Conservative MP Mark Warawa's motion against gender selection abortion non-votable.

Romney actually has a much stronger case to make against Obama on Obama's Medicare record and current Medicare proposal, and even on abortion.

So in a country in which third trimester abortions are legal on - demand, our abortion discussion centers on questions like «So why are you against the removal of a tiny clump of rapist - produced cells?»

«We ask your benediction on those waiting to be born, that they may be welcomed and protected,» Dolan, who as the Archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has spoken out strongly against abortion, said at the DNC.

You've seen how religious individuals prayed against abortion The lists go on.

Conservatives are deeply aggrieved by Supreme Court decisions in the past 30 years that have struck down laws against abortion, laws on homosexuality and certain laws and policies promoting religion in the public square.

It says that 100,000 people are alive today because of the country's laws on abortion and argue that «a world which continues to pit the rights of a woman against the rights of her unborn child is not advancing human rights.»

CNN: Catholics clergymen come out swinging against HHS regulation Catholics around the country got an earful on Sunday from the pulpit over a new health insurance policy by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that forces employers to cover contraception and abortion as part of preventative care regardless of religious beliefs.

Romney has been widely criticized for running against his past - against what he did at Bain Capital and as governor of Massachusetts, and against his prior views on abortion and health care.

By focusing exclusively on the legal components of abortion while simultaneously opposing these family - friendly social policies, the Republican Party has managed to hold pro-life voters hostage with the promise of outlawing abortion, (which has yet to happen under any Republican administrations since Roe v. Wade), while actively working against the very policies that would lead to a significant reduction in unwanted pregnancies.

[5] http://www.feminis tsforlife.org /» [6] Swimming Against the Tide: Feminist Dissent on the issue of Abortion ed.

Furthermore, as I became more involved in the feminist conversation (some feminists are pro-life, of course, but many are pro-choice), I began to understand some of the arguments against the criminalization of abortion, like that banning abortion does not necessarily reduce the abortion rate, that enforcing a ban on all abortions would be impossible, and that women would likely seek out abortions through unsafe, illegal procedures anyway.

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).

A federal judge denied Hobby Lobby's request for an injunction against the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraceptive mandate on Monday, ruling that the arts - and - crafts giant must cover emergency contraceptives in its insurance policies even though it believes the pills cause abortions.

Though Gorsuch has not ruled on Roe v. Wade, he calls for a consistent pro-life ethic surrounding end - of - life issues in his book, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, and is expected to side against abortion.

The Holocaust is simply the biggest club available for liberal Catholics to use against traditional Catholic teaching — especially on issues relating to sexuality, including abortion, contraception, celibacy, and the role of women in the Church».

Statements like the NCCB's well - known 1983 pastoral on peace and the Catholic bishops of France's 1979 declaration do not emphasize the doctrines of creation and human persons but argue against abortion by granting priority to the gospel.

They are unhappy with developments in America, but rather than direct their anger against the corporate economic powers that are doing them dirt, they have instead been diverted to conservative cultural issues» race, crime, moral decay, homosexuality, guns, abortion, feminism, anti-Americanism, and on into infinity» that are largely irrelevant to their lives.

Concentrate on the fight the religious folks are pitting against public funding for abortions.

In a debate with an advocate for abortion, one occasionally comes up against an informed opponent who seeks to undermine the Church's position on the issue by pointing out that the Universal Doctor of the Church, St Thomas Aquinas, held to the doctrine of delayed animation or hominisation.

The Moral Majoritarians who entered a profound covenant with Catholics against abortion went on to oppose the bishops» program on, for example, nuclear weapons and the economy.

Abortion is not the only life issue, but it is the one that bears most directly on the lives of ordinary Catholics as they fight against the current to preserve family life.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

We ought to seek a fuller understanding of the Church's teaching on sex and marriage, particularly why practices such as contraception, abortion and IVF go against the dignity of the human being and are therefore morally and intrinsically evil.

I just know that if someone says scripture is silent on something (ie: abortion would be another good one) does not mean it is tacitly for or against that issue... we would always need to dig deeper for an interpretation based on the intenet of other similar ideas in the bible.

But I would like to add that many of the reasons an «unwanted» pregnancy happens in the first place is due in large part to the same people who are against anything resembling abortion... like opposing birth control pills, opposing any form of birth control at all for that matter, opposing s - ex education, and so on.

One method of emphasizing our disgust over selective abortion is to ensure all countries we support with our tax dollars have signed the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development who have agreed to «eliminate all forms of discrimination against the girl child.

«It is only appropriate that the rest of us take the occasion of [the Pope's] visit to reflect on the disastrous consequences of the Church's stand against artificial birth control methods and abortion.

Yet he himself mentions that my position on abortion is both traditional and strongly against the stream of what contemporary Jews do.

The U.N.'s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), tasked with monitoring compliance by 185 states party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (also called CEDAW), uses UNFPA data regularly to argue that abortion is an international human right.

The next time I see a crowd marching against gay marriage, or abortion I'll just give them a sly little wink, and you guys can keep your closeted liberalism on the down low, OK?

People who are against abortion should be careful, when they let their «seed» fall on sheets, or floor or somewhere else.

Any law that discriminates against gays, that prevents women from having abortions, that prohibits gays from getting married, are all based on Christian beliefs — not scientific, not reasoning, just christian religious beliefs.

Despite her famous 13 - hour filibuster last year against new abortion legislation in Texas, Sen. Wendy Davis says she actually supports a 20 - week ban on abortion.

There are some voters who don't see the election as a contest between two candidates who have differing opinions on nuanced, complicated economic, diplomatic and social issues, but as one between a candidate who is against abortion, and one who supports a woman's right to have one.

I think the most powerful arguments against unrestricted legal abortion are made by Feminists for Life, which organized in 1972 when the National Organization for Women would not reconsider its official position on abortion.

If you believe that fooling a woman's system to avoid pregnancy is against your moral code then fine, we'll agree to disagree on the evils of foiling God's plan for every coupling to produce a child, but to claim the pill is abortion is just sad.

The deconstruction of marriage, abortion on demand, legalization of marijuana, acceptance of pornography, expansion of gambling, provisions for doctor - assisted suicide — progressives either endorse or refuse to speak up against these and other policies and trends.

He upheld and championed priestly celibacy; re-affirmed and explained the importance of an all - male priesthood, while advancing the true dignity of woman in all other ways; issued a clear declaration on sexual ethics, and a decree against abortion and on behalf of life.

Against fashionable opinion, she opposed contraception and abortion, and called for family prayers, and more reverence on receiving Communion, and when she spoke on these things it ensured that any praise for her work was matched by criticism and ridicule from those who opposed her.

The ad explicitly asked for the cessation of institutional sanctions against those with dissenting positions on abortion.

Millions of voters knew about Todd Akin's comments on abortion and rape but had never heard about Barack Obama's vote against an Illinois law to protect newborns that survived botched abortions.

The Boss MUST field his strongest available starting XI against Zagreb on Tuesday night to avoid committing abortion by fielding most of his under 21 players as being tailored in some quarters.

Her over 20 years of practice as an attorney includes serving as litigation coordinator for the Women Against Abuse Legal Center in Philadelphia, and on Planned Parenthood's trial team in its challenge to the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act.

It's not like she was planning on getting pregnant I'm sure like all of us she likes to have a good time and when she found out she was pregnant she (unlike the monster you think she is) decided against an abortion because that's taking eight life's before they even began!!

Since May, Cuomo's state Democratic Committee has served as the conduit for all things anti-Astorino: His fight with the Department of Housing and Urban Development over affordable housing, his conservative stance on abortion and a lawsuit filed against him stemming from the obscure battles within the Independence Party in Westchester County.

Updated: One observer questions how a Senate Democratic majority can be a «firewall» against Trump's policies, noting lawmakers like Felder and Sen. Ruben Diaz hold conservative views on abortion rights.

Today, Members of Parliament have voted against a proposed amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill on abortion counselling.