Sentences with phrase «holds protecting the status»

She deliberately and cynically attempted to limit the impact and downplay the seriousness of the issue, but that's exactly what I would expect from a woman who holds protecting the status of midwives and pushing natural birth ahead of patient safety.

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Fear of it is used to perpetuate a status quo where men hold power and women stay in their place, to foster the notion that women are like children who need to be protected by male - dominated laws and institutions.

The public is highly unlikely to be sympathetic if lawmakers dare to hold up the budget simply because they want to protect the status quo.

NOM officials hold symposium sessions with titles like «Homosexuals or Homo Sapiens: Who Deserves Protected Class Status?»

In a storied pre-dawn episode one day in 1976, a Texas power company secretly rewired its lines near Wichita Falls, Texas, to a sister plant in Oklahoma in order to protect its status as an interstate holding company.

Executive Club Members who may be taking fewer or no flights during their maternity, paternity or adoption leave can put their account on hold for a year, protecting hard - earned Executive Club Bronze, Silver or Gold status.

A popular recreational destination, the gorge holds federally protected status as a National Scenic Area.

Plus: First World War - era submarine wrecks given protected status Gurlitt: collector allegedly held more than 90 works «likely to have been looted» and unlucky recipient of Van Gogh's ear identified

Perhaps it was more convenient for those drafting the rules to ignore the reality of the matter, because the importance of protecting the status quo of solicitor - client privilege was held to outweigh the importance of preventing the financial ruin of a few unfortunate individuals.

With respect to the human rights argument, the court held that the landlord was unable to establish that the by - law discriminates based on family status (or on any other protected status).