Now that didn't mean
he approved of abortion, as he would certainly call that killing of the most vulnerable human beings.
A vote by a Catholic for any politician that
approves of abortion would have to considered the ultimate hypocrisy, would it not?
Starting in antiquity, I found that the ancient Greeks did not generally
approve of abortion, while their Roman counterparts favored the use of thaumaturgy and incantations.
There is no lack of persons who
approve of abortion and its legislation, and to relieve their conscience pretend that the human embryo has no soul, is not a person, and therefore can be dispensed with like an animal.
Anyone who thinks that Catholicism, much less the Vatican is against «Dogma» or
approves of abortion, contraception, or divorce, clearly displays their ignorance of Catholic belief.
Similarly, no logical mistake is made by a utilitarian who thinks that the only evil is pain, that at a certain stage a fetus can not feel pain, and thus that abortion is obviously OK with regard to that fetus (though any short - or long - term painful consequences for his or her mother would still need to be considered before
approving of abortion).
Not exact matches
e.g. they use non
approved forms
of birth control and when that fails they have
abortions.
Richard Hausknecht, the author
of the article in the New England Journal
of Medicine, acknowledged that the «
abortion cocktail» was indeed an experiment when he stated in his report that «the protocol [
of the experiment] was
approved by the investigative review board
of the Mount Sinai Medical Center.»
There are perfunctory references to the moral ambiguities involved, but the gist
of the article is that such harvesting for laboratory experiments can be clearly separated from the rightness or wrongness
of abortion, can advance medical developments useful to the already born, and therefore should be
approved.
We now have a situation where a Catholic hospital will be seen as condoning referrals for
abortion and
approving the full range
of family planning services including abortifacients such as the morning - after pill.
Earlier this month, the Texas legislature
approved a loudly - debated package
of restrictions on
abortions in the Lone Star State; among other things, requiring
abortion clinics to bring their facilities in line with surgical standards and banning
abortions after 20 weeks.
As
of today, the Green family, the evangelical Christian owners
of Hobby Lobby Creative Centers and Mardel Christian Bookstores, potentially owes the federal government $ 21.3 million in fines for defying the HHS mandate that requires all companies to provide insurance coverage for all FDA -
approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, surgical sterilizations and
abortion - inducing drugs, including «the morning after pill» and «the week after pill.»
@Sara - How can you be proud
of a man, who
approves in late term
abortions?
Varela said the Roman Catholic Church «has conferred to all the priests legitimately
approved to hear sacramental confessions, who are in the archdiocese
of Madrid during August 15 to 22, the delegated power to remit during the sacrament
of penance the excommunication... corresponding to the sin
abortion, to the faithful who are truly sorry, imposing at the same time a convenient penance.»
That's why polls show that the same people who say they
approve of Roe v. Wade also say they believe that
abortion should not be permitted except for grave reasons, and that it should never be permitted after viability except to save the mother's life.
I believe Mr. Sky Man doesn't
approve of all the terrible things that so called «good» Christians do and say about
abortion clinics, the women who use them, and the hospitals who OK them.
They do not want their money used for things they do not
approve of like
abortions or social programs, and they have every right to feel that way.
Those who
approve of our current
abortion regime sometimes claim that the child in the womb is simply an undifferentiated mass
of tissue, an appendage to a woman's body.
Writing on the website Spiked, Ann Furedi, the head
of BPAS (the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, a euphemism similar to «Planned Parenthood»), notes that «most people who think
of themselves as liberal and modern - thinking believe that rape, incest, youth, poverty or even general «unwantedness» are «good reasons» for doctors to
approve abortion; and they think «sex selection» is a bad reason, which should be stopped.»
The State Department announced April 3 it would not forward congressionally
approved money to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) because
of its partnership with a Chinese population - control program that includes forced
abortions and sterilizations.
Lila Rose, the 21 - year - old leader
of the group Live Action, posed as a 14 - year - old seeking an
abortion who was told by a clinic employee that she could have someone with the same last name
approve the procedure.
Abortion isn't a matter
of what you and your stupid religious beliefs
approve, you moron.
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of Paul VI (1967) Populorom Progressio, Encyclical Letter
of Paul VI, 1967 Humanae Vitae, Encyclical Letter
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My objective was to demonstrate why violence is not the appropriate response to legal
abortions, in spite
of the ugly reality
of what takes place in an
abortion — and in spite
of the fact that the Church and society as a whole would
approve of necessary violence to save the lives
of toddlers facing death at the hands
of a murderous assailant.
Yet she fails to see how
abortion and contraception, which she
approves of, debase women even more.
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.
Republican senators, some
of whom support
abortion rights, have said in the past that there's no need to
approve abortion rights measures because Roe v. Wade was not in jeopardy.
Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said, after all, the original 1970
abortion rights law was
approved with the help
of GOP lawmakers, 12 in the state Senate.
Senate Republicans have
approved aspects
of the legislation, including pay equity and a measure designed to crack down on human trafficking, but have balked at the
abortion plank.
At the same time, the conference is wary
of approving his women's equality legislation, which is expected to include an
abortion and reproductive rights provision.
The
abortion provision has proposed by Cuomo was part
of a larger 10 - point women's agenda the governor pushed in 2014, only to have the various planks broken up from the omnibus bill and
approved in piecemeal fashion, save for the measure to bolster reproductive rights.
The state Senate
approved the nine provisions, but the Assembly passed them as part
of a larger bill that also included the
abortion provision.
The Democratic leadership in the Legislature and supporters
of abortion rights believe the legislation should be
approved as a single package.
Cuomo says he wants Democrats in charge
of the Senate to
approve public finanicng, the Dream Act and strengthen
abortion rights.
The Democratic - led Assembly has been under pressure to pass the agenda as individual pieces
of legislation after it
approved the broader omnibus bill that included a bill designed to update the state's
abortion laws.
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.
Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins says, after all, the original 1970
abortion rights law was
approved with the help
of GOP lawmakers, 12 in the state Senate.
But the state Assembly went ahead and
approved a previous version
of the women's equality act that includes the
abortion provision, plus the nine other measures, in one single bill.
Democrats, who have a super-majority in the Assembly, have repeatedly passed the 10 - point proposal, but it hit an obstacle in the Republican - led Senate, which
approved nine
of the 10 measures, but not the
abortion provision, arguing that it would increase
abortions.
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.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers have shown that mifepristone, a drug currently FDA -
approved for chemical
abortion, prevents the growth
of vestibular schwannoma (also known as acoustic neuroma) cells.
The US Food and Drug Administration should consider
approving the French «
abortion pill» mifepristone (RU486) on the basis
of European data, rather than waiting for clinical trials in the US, according to a panel
of experts convened by the US National Academy
of Sciences.
Nineteen states require a physician to be physically present to provide mifepristone — the only medication specifically
approved by the FDA for use in medication
abortions — and 17 states require medication
abortions to be performed in a facility with attributes
of an ambulatory surgery center or hospital.
The STC report on
abortion includes recommendations on the number
of doctors required to
approve an
abortion, the length
of time at which
abortion can be safely carried out, and the question
of whether the fetus has the ability to feel pain.
This month, the House
of Representatives
approved a spending bill that bans the National Institutes
of Health from funding any research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from
abortions.
Tangling the earth's problems with the US
abortion debate would ensure inertia, something
of which GW skeptics would probably
approve.
Alito was a fair bit more circumspect than 5th Circuit Judge Harold DeMoss who recently wrote this article accusing the Supreme Court
of usurping the rights
of voters to
approve or deny what he considers to be constitutional change — in his opinion, that document does not guarantee a right
of privacy (nee
abortion).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
approved the use
of mifepristone for early nonsurgical
abortion in 2000.
In the most egregious
of the waiting period provisions, a new South Dakota law would have required a woman to obtain pre-
abortion counseling in person at the
abortion facility at least 72 hours prior to the procedure; it would also have required her to visit a state -
approved crisis pregnancy center during that 72 - hour interval.
Planned Parenthood today denounced an anti-women's health provision
approved by the House Appropriations Committee that would ban the use
of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funds for
abortion except in cases
of rape, incest and life endangerment.