Sentences with phrase «banning abortions nationwide»
Congressman Gibson voted to support a measure banning abortions nationwide after 20 weeks of pregnancy regardless of the circumstances, and has voted against funding for Planned Parenthood in the past.
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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.
Blodgett said the GOP bill blocks people with Medicaid from accessing preventive care at Planned Parenthood health centers, including birth control and cancer screenings; undermines Essential Health Benefits standards, including maternity coverage; and imposes a nationwide ban on private insurance coverage of abortion.
The next US president plans to overturn the country's long - standing nationwide provision for abortions, and if states are allowed to decide, many will opt for a ban
WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood Federation of America denounced today's House Judiciary Committee passage of dangerous and unconstitutional legislation that would ban abortion at 20 weeks nationwide — interfering in a woman's ability to make personal decisions about her pregnancy in consultation with her doctor.
WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards called on Speaker John Boehner and House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Chairman Trent Franks (R - AZ) to cancel Thursday's hearing on his bill to ban abortion at 20 weeks nationwide in light of today's ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that a similar law in Arizona is unconstitutional.