Sentences with phrase «issue of abortion»

The poll showed relatively even splits on the controversial social issues of abortion and same - sex marriage.

Though there is some disagreement about when the soul enters the fetus, for most Jewish theologians this has no bearing on the practical, earthly issue of abortion.

But on the cutting edge issues of abortion rights, gay rights, and the right to die, they speak at best with a divided voice.

Especially in a country in which folk wisdom and popular religion have diverse cultural sources, the appeal to these is often highly divisive, as today over issues of abortion and homosexuality and religious practices in the schools.

Unintimidated by the opprobrium associated with «single issue» politics, it explains why one may well support or oppose a candidate on the single issue of abortion.

Second, evangelical Protestants will benefit immensely from listening to Roman Catholic thinkers engaging with the pressing public square issues of abortion, sexuality, and religious freedom.

While the author may be in support of Santorum, he is purely using Santorum's swing in the polls as a contrast to Bachmann and Perry's previous religious rhetoric to support his argument that younger evangelicals are more concerned about global social issues (clean water, world hunger, AIDS in Africa, etc.) than the old «traditional» religious issues of abortion and gay marriage.

The core issues of abortion, like the very real pain it causes both men and women, and the effect on society of this daily, and legal, attack on human life, often remain untouched.

No treatment of our contemporary Catholic malaise can fail to mention the devastating effect on the coherence of our faith of the related issues of abortion and contraception.

But all last night's results really achieved is an assurance that the controversial and divisive issue of abortion rights sticks around for another two years, and likely becomes an issue in the 2016 fight for control of the Senate.

Outspending Donovan by a five - to - one margin, Schneiderman also pressed the wedge issues of abortion — he is pro-choice, while Donovan is against abortion except in cases of rape and incest — and immigration.

An introduction to the moral issues of abortion and euthanasia for KS3 based around the concept of P4C (philosophy for children) with a very learner centered approach.

In the third debate he steered the discussion away from the Court, the Justices, and the Constitution, and toward the substantive issues of abortion and guns.

I know a large number of christians who would vote democrat based upon social policy, but won't because of the single issue of abortion.

«In all the positions the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has taken around the issue of abortion, they have not called for punishment of women who've had abortions,» said Don Clemmer, a spokesman for the group.

Perhaps with enough people hammering the issues of abortion and gay marriage, Harris is right to direct her attention and effort to other issues of mercy and justice, but the flavor of the book seems to downplay the importance of traditional marriage, infant life, and the church's role in mercy ministry.

The main problems with the religious right, Harris says, include disregard for poverty and international justice (particularly for women), obsession over the issues of abortion and gay marriage, and a mindset that generally embraces greed - centered capitalism.

Leaving aside the fact that nearly twenty - five years later legalized abortion still remains our most pressing legal and social issue, the claim that the issue of abortion could be medicalized turns out to be wrong in a way that we should have been able to predict long before: the medical profession has for the most part declined to join the partnership.

The issue of abortion seems to have overshadowed any other issue in religious circles for so long.

But it is over the issues of abortion that the good doctor stumbles most egregiously.

The issue of abortion is, of course, the exception, based as it is on denying the personhood of the unborn.

While often mentioned together, the issues of abortion and gay marriage could not be further apart.

In a world where the issue of abortion is such a sensitive topic, the subject of shame is one I think about often.

An easy assumption is that individuals who are firmly in the «pro-choice» or «pro-life» camps don't have ground to agree on surrounding the issue of abortion.

The issue of choosing to take one's own life continues to be debated within all faith communities as do the issues of abortion, pre-marital sex, and teen pregnancy.

The issues of abortion for or against are personal decisions.

That is why the issue of Abortion runs much deeper and hinges upon strong societal concerns for humanity and its core values.

Many Protestants, wrestling with the issue of abortion, understand that ethical decision - making often involves the wretched business of choosing among wrongs.

To all who determine their vote based on the issue of abortion alone, please listen.

Our generation has tossed all this aside in favor of a litmus test involving the issues of abortion, gay marriage, an anti-government and pro-captialsm agenda, and elimination of the separation of church and state.

Additionally, Pope Francis has never said we should forget the issue of abortion (despite what the press is trying to tell us), he is just affirming what Catholicism has always taught, that it is never our place to judge or condemn women who have had abortions.

No matter which way the law leans, human life suffers in the issue of abortion.

Or consider the issue of abortion.

The issue of abortion will not go away until abortion itself goes away.

I have noticed that as some women grow older, they tend to shift toward a more conservative position on the issue of abortion.

The fold - out brochure, which landed in Iowa mailboxes last week and was provided to CNN by a Des Moines - area voter, draws a series of contrasts between Obama and Mitt Romney on the issues of abortion, same - sex marriage and insurance coverage for contraception.

In an interview published in a Salvation Army publication in 2007, Farron spoke about his Christian belief and said: «Take the issue of abortion.

Because the issue of abortion draws clear rights and wrongs, there needs to be some sort of legal standing — does abortion violate the law or not?

Our differences over «right to life» go far deeper than the issue of abortion, on which quite a number of Protestants and Catholics agree.

With the same dynamic, the «Christian Right» is tagged with the responsibility for unsettling our national politics by injecting the issues of abortion and school prayer.

We need to break the conspiracy of silence that surrounds the issue of abortion.

As we process through Clinton's statement, and consider the issue of abortion at large, let's look deeper than ourselves and the freedoms that we personally enjoy every day.

The Christian Right is tagged with the responsibility for unsettling our national politics by injecting the issues of abortion and school prayer.