Sentences with phrase «legislation banning abortion»

Anti-women's health politicians also are using the fraud campaign to push for legislation banning abortion, both federally and in states.

Already, conservative politicians have begun to use this fraud campaign to justify legislation to defund Planned Parenthood, which would cut women off from birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, and other services, and to push for legislation banning abortion federally and in states.

Not exact matches

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.

Dagny, How is introducing legislation that would give states carte blanche to have school prayer, gay marriage bans, abortion bans (all goalsof Ron Paul) without judicial review, pro liberty?

Last week Republicans introduced legislation to ban all federal funding for abortion.

«Not since Congress voted to ban the brutal partial - birth abortion method has a more important piece of pro-life legislation come before Congress,» said Susan Muskett of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).

Despite her famous 13 - hour filibuster last year against new abortion legislation in Texas, Sen. Wendy Davis says she actually supports a 20 - week ban on abortion.

In Poland - a country with already highly restrictive abortion legislation - the government is now trying to ban abortion outright in all cases, even if the woman's life is in danger.

For example the two - term Congressman was the only Republican in the House earlier this year against G.O.P. legislation that would ban federal payments for abortion, and he's joined the gay rights caucus on Capitol Hill.

While it didn't get as much attention as the (thankfully) failed vote by the Senate to ban abortions after 20 weeks in January — never mind that abortion that late in a term is both rare, and nearly always because the fetus has a catastrophic ailment — John Faso voted in favor of the same legislation in the House this past fall.

Eldridge notes Gibson's signing of a pledge to vote against any climate change legislation that would raise taxes, his support for a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks and his support for fracking as evidence of his true political colors.

Urged by anti-abortion rights groups and Republican lawmakers to take up their cause, the Florida senator is mulling over introducing legislation to ban abortions after 20 weeks nationally — just a few days after he helped pass a comprehensive immigration bill that created waves among conservatives.

Kansans for Life, the state's largest anti-abortion organization, fought for weeks to maintain a clause in the legislation designed to discourage a court challenge over its ban on drug - induced abortions.

Following South Dakota's abortion ban, 11 other states introduced legislation this year aimed at criminalizing abortion.

Following South Dakota's abortion ban, 11 other states introduced legislation this session aimed at criminalizing abortion.

WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood Federation of America denounced today's House Judiciary Committee passage of dangerous and unconstitutional legislation that would ban abortion at 20 weeks nationwide — interfering in a woman's ability to make personal decisions about her pregnancy in consultation with her doctor.

In an attempt to force through the administration's already - unpopular bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the administration backed legislation that would end maternity coverage for women, force new moms back to work, ban abortion coverage, and raise insurance costs for women.

In signing the legislation today, Governor Brewer ignored the personal plea of Ms. Deaver, who was forced to live through 10 excruciating days waiting to give birth to a baby that she knew would die minutes later, because her doctors feared prosecution under her state's 20 - week abortion ban.

In the mid-1990s, Missouri enacted legislation that would have flatly banned any state revenues from going to an organization that «provides or promotes» abortion, a formulation reminiscent of the original state laws of the late 1970s.