Sentences with phrase «controls on abortion»
All supported lower taxation, stricter controls on abortion and active support for the institution of marriage.
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And Giuliani shifted right on a number of issues — including gun control and public funding of abortions — during his failed presidential run four years later.
And Giuliani shifted right on a number of issues - including gun control and public funding of abortions - during his failed presidential run four years later.
All the circular discussion on the immorality of abortion is about control of women by men who are afraid of women.
The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).
Numerous reports are suggesting that Siri, the new voice - controlled personal assistant on the iPhone 4S, is unable to find any results whenever you ask her to find an abortion clinic.
Other Christians invoke images of persecution when someone disagrees with them on controversial issues such as abortion or birth control, says Moss, whose «The Myth of Persecution» was recently released.
We should come together, as reflected in your comments, in encouraging reduction in abortions, and we would have near universal agreement on that, except in countries engaged in strict population control and gender selection.
We've had blue laws imposing Christian beliefs on businesses, Prohibition, laws criminalizing sodomy, laws banning birth control, abortions, gay marriages, interracial marriages and more simply because arrogant Christians thought they needed to impose their «personal knowledge» of what God wants on our entire society.
And why on earth oppose access to birth control and reforms in the health care system when those will likely make the biggest difference in actually curbing abortions in this country?
As I noted before, the morality of a decision to terminate a pregnancy, IMHO, turns on a host of legitimate competing interests (e.g. life of the mother, ra - pe, incest, deprivations to already existing siblings v. abortion as birth control, pure convenience, etc).
As everyone knows, there is a tremendous cultural struggle going on in national politics, manifested in disputes over abortion, capital punishment, gun control, crime, welfare, affirmative action, gay rights, school prayer, and other kindred things, many of which have a subtle racial dimension.
Gay marriage is nothing compared to the starvation of children in countries that are overpopulated because of the Church's ban on birth control and abortion.
The person in front of me wanted to share her views on a few political issues which were obviously important to her, namely abortion, gun control, taxes and Obamacare.
The militia movement's stance on such issues as gun control or abortion or the sightings of UN troops in the American heartland do not threaten the Jewish community and thus need not trigger the public opposition of the Jewish community.
This is why, Francis insists, we must oppose, not just assaults on the environment, but grave attacks on human rights — such as abortion and coercive population control — and condemn destructive gender ideologies, since «it is not healthy to cancel out sexual difference.»
... Not focused on abortion, but inclusive of gun control, warmongering, immigration, and the death penalty!
If the client is getting on birth control make this the focus of the visit and put a note in the chief complaints that the client had a surgical or medical abortion «x» weeks ago.
(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.
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has perpetuated a «genocide on the black community,» says a group of African - American pastors who claimed Thursday the birth control and abortion provider has had a racist agenda since its beginnings in 1921.
Its because your politicians dwell on these freakish policies of Abortion and Gay Rights and Birth Control!
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.
«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.
But mostly it is because of the tendency of Catholics to diverge from the official party line on questions such as homosexuality, birth control and abortion.
If we just educated EVERY single American on how to properly use birth control, we would save countless abortions.
Click here to listen to Premier's Tola Mbakwe speaking with Ed Rennie from Be Here for Me, a group which opposes imposing controls on spaces outside abortion clinics:
They all have essentially the same English common heritage, yet none of them have remotely similar political positions on: — Gun control and its corollary (gun violence)-- Abortion — Marriage equality — Recognition of indigenous cultures *
Despite a nationwide drop in abortions, Planned Parenthood's rates remain steady as it gains market share; meanwhile, the number of patients seen annually has dropped from 3 million to 2.4 million since 2008, due to fewer women coming in for other services, according to the NRLC report, which is based on numbers from Planned Parenthood, the affiliated Guttmacher Institute, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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.
(Over 90 percent of abortions take place much earlier in a woman's pregnancy, before 14 weeks, based on Centers for Disease Control data.)
She said she is heartbroken and angry about the Vatican's doctrinal assessment that the leadership group representing most American nuns has been challenging the church's doctrine on homosexuality, the male - only priesthood, artificial birth control, celibacy and abortion.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which also reported a decline in abortions in its December announcement, does not require states to provide information on abortions.
«Just as Catholics for a Free Choice and other such groups suggest to the general public that not all Catholics agree with positions adopted by their bishops on birth control, abortion and in - vitro fertilization, so will the Religious Right serve to suggest that not all Catholics accept the positions of church leaders in social justice matters,» writes Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference.
So those who oppose coverage of birth control based on their religious or pro-life convictions must take into consideration the fact that lack of coverage may actually lead to more abortions.
Whatever their personal views on abortion or birth control as an individual preference, neither Milton Friedman or Gary Becker argue that societies need to curb population growth for development.
To the Republican it is about control and restoring America to its Christian foundation, ending abortion on demand, restoring the sancti ty of marriage, reinstating school prayer, seeing that the various citizenry know their place and taking out the garbage.
Christians are the ones trying to dictate what should and shouldn't be taught in school (Intelligent Design vs Evolution); they whine when women stand up for their rights (birth control, abortion); they whine when LGBT ask for equal rights; they stand on street corners and hand out their propaganda; they literally try to step in to every aspect of the public forum.
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.
On news articles about the march I have seen these comments «these whores just want free birth control» «these bitches want their abortions paid for» «these women are having a hissy fit» «this is a man bashing rally» and that is a small sampling.
New York Senate Democrats have resolved a longstanding internal power struggle that empowered Republicans and prevented votes on liberal priorities including gun control, early voting, abortion rights and help for immigrants.
The abortion plank in the WEA, originally proposed in 2013 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has resulted in a standoff between the two legislative chambers: The Senate GOP refuses to vote on any legislation that includes it, while the Democrat - controlled Assembly won't vote on any stand - alone WEA bills.
Hoping to capitalize on Democratic anger over the election of President Trump, Mayer and other Democrats argue the Westchester contest is critical to their hopes of controlling the Senate and enacting legislation long sought by progressives, including new gun control measures, campaign finance and ethics reforms, and a bill to strengthen New York's abortion laws.
During this and future campaigns, Hagelin favored abortion rights without public financing, campaign finance law reform, improved gun control, a flat tax, the eradication of PACs, a ban on soft money contributions, and school vouchers.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Democrats resolved a longstanding internal rupture in the New York state Senate Wednesday that had empowered Republicans and prevented votes on liberal priorities including gun control, abortion rights and help for immigrants.
He is moderate on social issues — he has no plans to roll back Cuomo's gun - control law, supports same - sex marriage and abortion rights up to the third trimester, and endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016.
While Cuomo is socially liberal on gun control and abortion, he's seen as more fiscally conservative, willing to battle teachers unions and supportive of business friendly tax cuts.
As for Bramson, what can you say about someone who ran on issues that are only important in statewide or national elections (i.e., gun control and abortion)?
But some on the right demur, thinking Christie too squishy on immigration, gun control and abortion.
He's in favor of abortion rights adn gun control: maybe they will throw him Health and Human Services, but, since there is no chance of the GOP winning in 2012, he had better concentrate on his farm in Peekskill and his law practice.
The Senate, controlled by a Republican - dominated coalition, passed nine of its planks but refused to hold a floor vote on the abortion measure.