Sentences with phrase «at funding abortions»

It's not just that he voted for the health - care bill, which aimed at funding abortions.

Not exact matches

Those who speak out against abortion and family practice and at the same time support cuts in education, school lunch funding, decry reasonable control of weapons and other programs that help children can not call themselves Christians.

And such groups provided Catholic support for the president in 2009, when he faced conservative Catholic criticism over his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame, and in 2010, when the bishops opposed Obama's health care law, alleging that it left the door open to taxpayer - funded abortion.

(Personally, I would love it if my tax dollars no longer even indirectly funded abortions at Planned Parenthood clinics, but sadly, a majority does not yet agree.)

Good examples of topics where this tends to happen are abortion, school funding, pray at public events, and so on.

Planned Parenthood's abortions are very highly positively correlated with the amount of government funds received by the company, at 99 \ % correlation.

At 99 \ % correlation, Planned Parenthood's government funding and abortions are statistically one and the same.

[13] At 99 \ % correlation, Planned Parenthood's government funding and abortions are statistically one and the same.

Second, Planned Parenthood's abortions are very highly positively correlated with the amount of government funds received by the company, at 99 \ % correlation.

The Obama administration announced its first round of grants from a new fund aimed at helping pregnant women and parenting teens on Wednesday, a move the White House framed as part of its «common ground» approach to abortion.

... for the past 25 years, the Democratic Party, at least rhetorically, acknowledged that compelling taxpayers to fund abortions was a step too far in the culture wars.

At the time, 13 states had defunded Planned Parenthood by keeping Title IX funds from going to the organization, which is the nation's largest provider of on - demand abortions by far.

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.

Now, I propose that when churches start paying taxes, we can perhaps look at taxpayer money not going to fund abortion.

Planned Parenthood and NARAL both screamed at the passing of the Democratic pro-life Congressman Bart Stupak's amendment, insisting that it would strip women of health care» though, in fact, federal funding of abortions was something the health - care bill would have created.

In an odd way, it's maybe even worse news than if the leading Democrats in the House had succeeded at including abortion funding, which is clearly what they wanted to do.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

The rule — first implemented by President Reagan at a 1984 conference in Mexico City — prohibits international family planning organizations from receiving federal funds unless they agree not to perform or counsel for abortions or lobby in order to liberalize the pro-life policies of foreign governments.

Recent developments are not particularly encouraging, as claims to individual autonomy are generally thought to trump the conscientious objections of Christians, Jews, and others who might recoil at, say, funding abortions or issuing marriage licenses to same - sex couples.

At 10:30 a.m., Concerned Clergy for Choice members hold a press conference expressing support for access to contraception, safe and legal abortion, and the funding to provide these basic medical services, LCA Press Room (104), LOB, Albany.

Trump signed legislation aimed at cutting off federal funding to Planned Parenthood and other groups that perform abortions, a move cheered by conservatives who have clamored to impose curbs on reproductive rights.

Grantees will be banned from performing abortions — regardless of the funding source — at the same facilities that provide Title X services.

City Councilman Peter Koo has given at least $ 24,000 in Council member item funds since 2012 to Bridge to Life, which promotes alternatives to abortion.

In June of 1994 he voted to cut off all Medicaid abortion funding, showing that he (at one point in his career) decided to change his stance on the subject.

At issue, is a piece of legislation regarding federal funding for abortion, specifically the language regarding rape victims who want an abortion.

On 2 March, representatives from 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide or discuss abortions.

On 2 March, representatives of more than 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative launched by Dutch minister Lilianne Ploumen to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide abortions or discuss the procedure.

Eran Bendavid at Stanford University, California, studied abortion rates in 20 African countries affected by the Bush restrictions on funding.

Second, President Obama signaled his intention to repeal a rule promulgated in the last days of the Bush administration that codified previous law ensuring that no health care providers at institutions receiving federal funds should be discriminated against for refusing to participate in abortion or sterilization procedures.

Between the government's withdrawal of funding for NGOs that provide maternal health programs overseas, and a proclaimed emphasis on maternal health at the upcoming G8, some in Canada are wondering if we're heading to a new vote on abortion.

That all changed at the end of 2014 when, after months of negotiations, the U.S. Congress finally passed a funding bill with bipartisan support that amended this policy to ensure that Peace Corps Volunteers have equitable coverage for abortion in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life of the woman, consistent with the coverage that federal employees and women serving in the military receive.

To understand what federal funds pay for at Planned Parenthood, you first need to know that federal tax dollars don't pay for abortions.

«We're not going to allow, and we're not going to fund, as long as you have the abortion going on at Planned Parenthood,» Trump said in March, just moments after complimenting the organization.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott in March signed into law the measure that would end all state funding for preventive health care services at any clinics that also provide abortions.

Last week, over protests from thousands of Ohioans statewide, Governor John Kasich signed a budget into law without exercising his line - item veto to strike a Targeted Restriction of Abortion Providers (TRAP) provision prohibiting transfer agreements with public hospitals, a mandatory ultrasound provision, as well as a measure designed to block funds for preventive health care at Planned Parenthood health centers in Ohio.

The Justice Fund If you are getting an abortion at one of our health centers and need help paying for the procedure, the Justice Fund may be able to help you.

This was their actual motive and it can be seen from anti-abortion politicians» response: These widely discredited videos gave politicians who have always wanted to ban safe and legal abortion the fuel they needed to try to cut funding for women's health programs and block patients from accessing services at Planned Parenthood health centers.

In some cases, states are now looking to go so far as to exclude from state - administered funding all entities that simply offer abortion counseling or referrals at a client's request.

«We're not going to allow, and we're not going to fund, as long as you have the abortion going on at Planned Parenthood,» Trump said.

We at Planned Parenthood Action Fund are all about putting Trump in his place, but the backlash against the concept of punishing abortion - seeking women is incomplete without acknowledging two points:

The third prohibits the use of public funds to train abortion providers at state universities.

Some critics of the Title X program oppose funding clinics that provide abortion, even if federal money goes for other services, such as treating sexually transmitted infections, said Susan Fogel, director of reproductive health at the National Health Law Program.

In Congress, Pence was at the forefront of a conservative effort to block any federal funds from going to Planned Parenthood because the organization — which provides women with cancer screenings, counseling services and tests — also provides abortions.

In 2014, the services provided at Title X — funded clinics alone helped U.S. women prevent 904,000 unintended pregnancies, 439,000 unplanned births and 326,000 abortions.

When asked about family planning funding back at the Republican primary debate back in May, Guadagno claimed to be «pro-choice,» yet, she said she doesn't want to restore family planning funds because Planned Parenthood provides safe and legal abortion care.

At press time, the president had just signed legislation that would allow states to withhold Title X funding from family planning providers, though Title X money can not actually be used to fund abortions.

«But we're not going to allow and we're not going to fund, as long as you have the abortion going on at Planned Parenthood.

There already is a ban on federal funding of abortion, with rare exceptions, at Planned Parenthood or anywhere else.

At bottom, however, the central argument, even if rarely expressed in so many words, is that by funding organizations that provide abortions, no matter for what other purpose, government somehow gives its imprimatur to abortion itself — and that imprimatur must be removed.

President Trump took another swipe at Obama - era policies, signing legislation that would allow states to deny federal family planning funds to Planned Parenthood, as well as other organizations that provide abortion services.