Sentences with phrase «laws against abortion»

This is why I don't think most Christians who demand laws against abortion are sincere about it being about «respect for human life».

Conservatives are deeply aggrieved by Supreme Court decisions in the past 30 years that have struck down laws against abortion, laws on homosexuality and certain laws and policies promoting religion in the public square.

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But Kasich did sign into law a measure banning abortions after 20 weeks — another controversial regulation that could potentially brush up against previous court rulings, even though Kasich cited Supreme Court precedent for his veto of the «heartbeat» legislation.

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It says that 100,000 people are alive today because of the country's laws on abortion and argue that «a world which continues to pit the rights of a woman against the rights of her unborn child is not advancing human rights.»

«New natural law» is an oxymoron if natural law is by definition immutable, and invoking it to impute intrinsic evil to capital punishment paves the way — logically, if unintentionally — to undermining doctrine against contraception, abortion, and sexual inversion.

In our own time, the Supreme Court, in Roe v. Wade, struck down the abortion laws of all fifty states, effectively wiping out all legal protection of unborn human beings against being killed upon the request of their mothers.

In earlier statements, the ACOG defended the individual judgment of the physician in determining what is medically indicated as a buttress against laws criminalizing partial - birth abortion.

Very restrictive abortion laws go against the consciences of many, but the lack of such laws does not require behavior that goes against the consciences of others.

Any law that discriminates against gays, that prevents women from having abortions, that prohibits gays from getting married, are all based on Christian beliefs — not scientific, not reasoning, just christian religious beliefs.

In 1994, the Court not only allowed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statutes to be applied against anti-abortion demonstrators, putting them in the same category with mobsters, but also allowed to stand a Florida law restricting the speech of pro-life, but not pro-choice, demonstrators in the vicinity of abortion clinics.

The professors don't like abortion, 70 per cent deeming it immoral when a married woman resorts to it to stop having children; but only 44 per cent want laws against it.

I can not judge whether Planned Parenthood violated laws against organ trafficking, medical negligence, or partial - birth abortion.

Millions of voters knew about Todd Akin's comments on abortion and rape but had never heard about Barack Obama's vote against an Illinois law to protect newborns that survived botched abortions.

In Northern Ireland, the 1967 Abortion Act does not apply, their abortion law is to this day the draconian 1861 Offences Against the PerAbortion Act does not apply, their abortion law is to this day the draconian 1861 Offences Against the Perabortion law is to this day the draconian 1861 Offences Against the Person Act.

The ad, shared first with Roll Call, hits the congressman for voting against the 2010 health care law, opposing abortion rights and background check and same - sex marriage legislation.

Equal rights, protections against discrimination, environmental safeguards, campaign finance reform and laws codifying a woman's right to an abortion are other possible changes.

He could pass a DREAM Act, raise the age of criminality in the state, legislate against discrimination against those who express their gender differently and encode a woman's right to an abortion into the state's health law.

Donovan said his position — he is against abortion except for cases of rape and incest — would not affect his job of enforcing the law.

He's against the Reproductive Health Act, backed by Democrats in the state legislature and Cuomo, which would codify into New York State law the abortion rights provisions in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

Funke contends that one part of the equality act would actually expand late - term abortions, and he says he could support other parts of the legislation, which would give a boost to laws against sexual harassment, domestic violence and salary discrimination.

He said he would advocate against abortion, but changing abortion laws is not a legislative priority compared with the state's fiscal and ethical crises.

NARAL Pro-Choice America launched a five - figure TV buy attacking Lipinski late last year for voting against the 2010 health care law and opposing abortion rights and background check and same - sex marriage legislation.

Wouldn't gave supported bombing myself, but if it was a free vote, then they weren't rebels, When Tony Blair had a free vote on changing abortion, and was leader of the opposition and he was against the Tory law in 1995 ′ were those labour back benchers who voted in a free vote, rebels?

Second, President Obama signaled his intention to repeal a rule promulgated in the last days of the Bush administration that codified previous law ensuring that no health care providers at institutions receiving federal funds should be discriminated against for refusing to participate in abortion or sterilization procedures.

The judge argued that the state law, «when measured against Supreme Court precedent... falls woefully short of constitutional requirements» in the restrictions it placed on access to abortion for pregnant girls under age 18.

In her recent piece, Fillibuster, 2016 she re-enacted Senator Wendy Davis» 11 Hour filibuster against Texas abortion laws in June 2013 adhering to the Texas filibuster rules which prohibited sitting, leaning, drinking, eating, or restroom breaks.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined «Supreme Court lets stand Oklahoma court ruling against part of new abortion law.»

First, the state moved to ban Planned Parenthood health centers from participating in the Women's Health Program, based solely on the fact that these centers were associated with other sites where abortions were provided; Planned Parenthood health centers had been serving about four in 10 women in the program statewide, and some sites served as many as eight in 10 women within their service areas.22 The Obama administration made clear that Texas» action violated federal law by discriminating against qualified providers.

The rule made it clear that it is against the law for state politicians to block people from accessing care at a health center because the organization also provides safe, legal abortion.

Finally, in 1988 the Canadian Supreme Court ruled Canada's abortion law unconstitutional and dropped all charges against Dr. Morgentaler.

On August 14, Federal Judge Richard G. Kopf (appointed by President Reagan) preliminarily enjoined enforcement of Nebraska's partial - birth abortion law against the plaintiff, Dr. Leroy Carhart.

Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS), represented by attorneys from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and joined by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed suit today in Federal District Court in Sioux Falls, SD, against a new law that severely restricts abortion access.

Last fall, the Obama Administration proposed a rule reinforcing that it is against the law for state politicians to block people from accessing care at a health center of their choice because it also provides safe, legal abortion.

It is already against federal law to prevent Planned Parenthood or other health care providers from participating in Title X simply because they also provide abortion.

It is already against federal law to prevent health care providers from participating in Title X because they also provide abortion.

Against a national backdrop of policymaking that often appears to willfully ignore clear and compelling data, it is important to note that 17 states have laws on abortion that match at least five of 10 major categories of restrictions that conflict with scientific evidence.