Sentences with phrase «in the abortion act»

From the limitation of offering assisted suicide to terminally - ill patients whose prognosis is only six months of life, to the so - called «safeguard» of having two doctors check the patient has a «clear, settled, and voluntary» wish to die (and, er, as we all know, a two doctor requirement was such a powerful safeguard in the Abortion Act!)

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I don't believe either side of people involved in these situations realize that even the woman goes through major trauma after doing this... So please don't act like oh I'm pro-choice «hehe abortion is some easy thing» when you haven't done it.

You don't think the «elephant in the room» of OUR time is the fact that we awkwardly pretend affirmative action isn't racist; abortion isn't murder; people compare the gay marriage debate to 300 + years of black slavery, oppression, and / or murder; and the major political parties act like Ron Paul doesn't exist?

The lawyers may have as much of an aversion as I've had to Donald Trump, but they are the ones who are sent into court to resist the mandates of Obamacare and to defend the Little Sisters of the Poor, the owners of Hobby Lobby, or the doctors and nurses who are invoking their rights under Hyde - Weldon Act not to be forced to participate in abortions.

Consider the Partial - Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 and the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 — the first two pieces of federal pro-life legislation to pass in years.

We can think of abortion acting as a type of insurance policy for teenage sexual activity in the same way that a car insurance policy covers theft etc..

The Abortion Act has a clear provision to respect the conscience of staff: «No person shall be under any duty, whether by contract or by any statutory or other legal requirement, to participate in any treatment authorised by this Act to which he has a conscientious objection.»

While President Bush endorsed the 2005 Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, which I supported, he also championed a pre-emptive war in Iraq that costs hundreds of thousands of lives.

In a report on the issue, it said: «While «prayer» is outlined within the prohibited activities, it is critical to note that only prayer in relation to protesting in an act of approval or disapproval in 34 respect of abortion services is included within this prohibitioIn a report on the issue, it said: «While «prayer» is outlined within the prohibited activities, it is critical to note that only prayer in relation to protesting in an act of approval or disapproval in 34 respect of abortion services is included within this prohibitioin relation to protesting in an act of approval or disapproval in 34 respect of abortion services is included within this prohibitioin an act of approval or disapproval in 34 respect of abortion services is included within this prohibitioin 34 respect of abortion services is included within this prohibition.

We think the reason no one acted is because the women in question were poor and of color, because the victims were infants without identities, and because the subject was the political football of abortion.»

A federal judge denied Hobby Lobby's request for an injunction against the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraceptive mandate on Monday, ruling that the arts - and - crafts giant must cover emergency contraceptives in its insurance policies even though it believes the pills cause abortions.

Leaving aside the issue of whether or not EBC may act in an abortifacient way in some cases, every single such study has found that schemes promoting EBC simply do not reduce observed rates of unwanted pregnancies or abortions.

Yes, we need to, as Christians, LIVE God's way, but we also need to be light and salt and not just stick our head in the sand and act like... or give the impression that... homosexual marriage, genocide, and abortion are ok, by our lack of speaking out because we're too busy living our own little holy lives.

There is only one way it could not be, and that is if you decide that it teaches that nihilism is the truth, revealed here by the pointless failure of Davis's career, so that his having to obtain abortions for women he impregnated is just another absurd, annoying, and energy - sapping aspect of that, his irrational guilt instincts causing him to have to scrounge for money, and so that his learning that one of these abortions didn't occur is just another sort of misfortune, saddling him with sentiments that he will have no way to really act upon (it is unlikely the that the mother of the child wants to see him), and probably causing him to draw some kind of superstitious karmic connection between a random coincidence of having hit a cat that looks just like one he abandoned, and his driving by the town his child may be living in.

Arkes remains a convinced incrementalist in abortion politics: he recounts the battle over partial - birth abortion (still ongoing) as a «modest first step» away from the jurisprudence of Roe; in a similar vein he has hopes that the Born - Alive Act (now signed into law) might help to revive reasoned public discourse about the true character of abortion.

They will be on the spot, especially if the Bush Administration proves to be creative and determined in pressing the legal implications of the Act when it comes to hospitals that allow the killing by exposure (or more direct means) of children who survive abortion procedures.

«In those times, we knew about things that have become common today: the reality of abortion, of people who manifest homosexual tendencies, whose personal dignity we always respected, but we were formed to see these acts as absolutely unacceptable, against the nature that God had created for us.»

Whereas BAIPA protects the right to life of the child who survives an abortion, the Pennsylvania act protects the child who could survive an abortion, making it criminal in most cases to abort the child and, where an abortion is permissible within narrow limits, requiring doctors to treat the child as a second patient who should be brought into the world alive and unharmed if possible.

The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act provides that unless a physician can establish that he «reasonably believes» an unborn child is younger than 24 weeks, or, if the child is older, he can establish that continuing the pregnancy will result in either the death of the mother or «the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function,» the physician can not perform a late - term aAbortion Control Act provides that unless a physician can establish that he «reasonably believes» an unborn child is younger than 24 weeks, or, if the child is older, he can establish that continuing the pregnancy will result in either the death of the mother or «the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function,» the physician can not perform a late - term abortionabortion.

Campaign Life 2017 is designed to gather together and mobilise people in the cause of life, so that, by the time the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act comes along on 27 October 2017, the pro-life movement in Scotland will have a more powerful voice than ever.

During the three - day hearing, the NIHRC will argue that abortion laws in Northern Ireland - which hasn't adopted the 1967 Abortion Act - infringe on women's right enshrined in the European Convention of Human Righabortion laws in Northern Ireland - which hasn't adopted the 1967 Abortion Act - infringe on women's right enshrined in the European Convention of Human RighAbortion Act - infringe on women's right enshrined in the European Convention of Human Right (ECHR)

The intention in abortion and contraception is always either to kill or to prevent a child from coming into being by frustrating the natural sexual act.

Sister Andrea: Campaign Life 2017 is designed to gather together and mobilise people in the cause of life, so that, by the time the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act comes along on 27 October 2017, the pro-life movement in Scotland will have a more powerful voice than ever.

And yet these sporadic chinks of light are couched in the context of heavy and unhelpful language in which abortion is variously referred to as an «abomination» (p87), «this moral leprosy», «this savage beast» (p175) or «a violent and soul - destroying act» (p218), to name but a few.

Third, I will treat in detail the Hartshornian stance regarding abortion, a stance with which I agree, both to illustrate the aforementioned connection between moderation in metaphysics and moderation in ethics as well as to combat the charge that virtue ethics, because it focuses more on the character of agents than on their acts, is incapable of treating the really difficult issues in applied ethics.

Miss Hubert launched a private prosecution against two doctors who had verbally agreed to perform «gender - abortions» in breach of the Abortion Act 1967.

Twenty - five years ago, on January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States, in what numerous constitutional scholars have called an act of raw judicial power, abolished the abortion laws of all fifty states.

Two leading pro-life groups say the recent US Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) means that taxpayer dollars will continue to pay for abortions.

«This decision again demonstrates the need for enactment of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which would permanently prevent taxpayer subsidies for abortion - covering health plans, both in ObamaCare and in other federal health benefits programsAbortion Act, which would permanently prevent taxpayer subsidies for abortion - covering health plans, both in ObamaCare and in other federal health benefits programsabortion - covering health plans, both in ObamaCare and in other federal health benefits programs.»

The ad targeted Dreihaus's vote in favor of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); SBAL equates support for the act with support for taxpayer - funded abortioAct (ACA); SBAL equates support for the act with support for taxpayer - funded abortioact with support for taxpayer - funded abortions.

For every terrorist who claims to act in the name of Islam, there are hundreds of Muslim people living average, peaceful lives, just as for every extremist who claims to act in the name of Christianity while bombing abortion clinics, beating gay men or otherwise engaging in criminal activity, there are hundreds of Christian people living average, peaceful lives.

Hence the spilling of semen for any nonprocreative purpose — in coitus interruptus (Gen. 38:1 - 11), male homosexual acts or male masturbation — was considered tantamount to abortion or murder.

The 1967 Abortion Act was only supposed to allow for a termination of pregnancy under such exceptional circumstances as those that would result in «grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.»

Code § 13A -6-1 (2006) defines «person,» for the purpose of criminal homicide or assaults, to include an unborn child in utero at any stage of development, regardless of viability and specifies that nothing in the act shall make it a crime to perform or obtain an abortion that is otherwise legal.

And even more fundamentally, if we are bearers of inviolable dignity and a basic right to life in virtue of our humanity, and not in virtue of accidental qualities such as age, or size, or stage of development or condition of dependency --- if, in other words, we believe in the fundamental equality of human beings --- how can a right to abortion (where «abortion» means performing an act whose purpose is to cause fetal death) be defended at all?

In its lead editorial, «A Threat to Abortion Rights,» the New York Times fulminated that Clinton «must act swiftly to reel in those officials who would lure him into a disastrous political betrayal.&raquIn its lead editorial, «A Threat to Abortion Rights,» the New York Times fulminated that Clinton «must act swiftly to reel in those officials who would lure him into a disastrous political betrayal.&raquin those officials who would lure him into a disastrous political betrayal.»

As I flew back from Dublin to Edinburgh I read the Sunday edition of the Irish Independent the headline of which was «POLL: Act Now on Abortion say voters» with the story continuing: «The most seismic shift [in the Irish public's attitude to abortion] is that a clear majority (56 %) now favour a new referendum to repeal the current position, which gives equal right to life to the mother and foetusAbortion say voters» with the story continuing: «The most seismic shift [in the Irish public's attitude to abortion] is that a clear majority (56 %) now favour a new referendum to repeal the current position, which gives equal right to life to the mother and foetusabortion] is that a clear majority (56 %) now favour a new referendum to repeal the current position, which gives equal right to life to the mother and foetus.»

Sirico describes as the «notable exception of abortion» should give him some sense that the bishops are engaged as bishops in genuinely offering pastoral advice based upon the Church's magisterium, rather than acting as Democratic pundits with miters.

Although I'm not quite sure what Mr. Gardner means by actions being «motivated in part by the immediate circumstances,» I can assure him that so long as he holds that there are acts, such as direct abortion and terror bombing, that are wrong in any circumstances, he stands with us against proportionalism.

Others, including Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles Chaput, have already noted that in the 1980s, abortion advocates attempted to silence various pro-life groups using RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Louise: a woman in her late 40s who thought her childbearing years were over but got pregnant, and in light of extreme medical complications had an abortion, an act for which she later gave thanks to God.

The preacher's absolute sureness might push her to question her doubts and to act in a way that later causes anguish if her doubts return, especially following an abortion.

«Catholic politicians should build new coalitions in support of protecting innocent human life: Coalitions, first and foremost, with American women» the majority of whom are pro-life» who understand that Roe's abortion license has encouraged irresponsible male sexual behavior more than any other legal act in our history.

In answer to the question of why the Reproductive Parity Act was needed, proponents said they were concerned that implementation of the Affordable Care Act might cause insurance carriers to stop covering abortions and new carriers might enter the market with more restrictive coverage.

The House voted 237 - 189 in favor of the Pain - Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which targets late - term abortions at the point where pro-life advocates argue that babies can feel pain in utero.

He voted against partial - birth abortion, and in support of the Child Custody Protection Act.

«Research has shown that life - affirming laws do have an impact on lowering the number of abortions, and with all the life - affirming laws passed since 2010, we have a reason to celebrate the number of lives saved and women protected as legislators worked to defend them from a predatory and rarely accountable abortion industry,» AUL Acting President Clark Forsythe said in a written statement.

Acting the day after the 44th anniversary of the US Supreme Court's legalization of abortion, Trump signed an order restoring what is known as the Mexico City Policy, which President Barack Obama had rescinded three days after he was inaugurated in 2009.

She commends cultures in which «abortion is viewed as one way of completing the sacred cycle that begins with sexuality,» condemning the squeamish «white Western culture» in which we «don't want to accept responsibility for our destructive acts or our negative side, so we deny their existence.»

In his article, Instone - Brewer ridiculously caricatures the Catholic theological answer to this question, erroneously describing it as having to do with the act of sex itself, and even as making a moral equivalence between abortion and artificial contraception.