Sentences with phrase «of abortion opponents»

By omitting any mention of nuclear transfer, Castle and DeGette's bill managed to attract a number of abortion opponents.

(CNN)- For decades, the March for Life has followed a familiar formula: Bus in thousands of abortion opponents.

Not exact matches

Newman, who had the backing of an array of national abortion - rights groups and two members of Illinois» congressional delegation, campaigned heavily against her opponent's voting record and promoted herself as a champion of «working families, healthcare for all, and everybody's rights,» she told Business Insider last year.

The response was too little, too late, and it did virtually nothing to quell accusations that the decision to defund Planned Parenthood was motivated by its new vice president, Karen Handel, a staunch opponent of abortion.

UCP MLAs sat stonefaced and silent Thursday, looking at phones and tablets as opponents accused them of misogyny and political cowardice over the government's proposed abortion clinic buffer zone bill.

How many of those pro-Obama opponents of late - term abortion heard about President Obama's appalling vote to oppose extending legal protections to infants who survived attempted abortions?

Because they block creation of fertilized eggs, they would not meet abortion opponents» definition of abortion - inducing drugs.

In her eyes, by running ahead of the people, the now - infamous 1973 decision gave «opponents of access to abortion a target to aim at relentlessly.»

The opponents of abortion would have more credibility if they also cared about babies after they are born, not only before.

Perhaps surprisingly, opponents of partial - birth abortion were able to use this doubt to their legislative advantage.»

For that reason, opponents of abortion must be ready to continue the struggle, no matter how efficient and privatized abortion becomes.

In a debate with an advocate for abortion, one occasionally comes up against an informed opponent who seeks to undermine the Church's position on the issue by pointing out that the Universal Doctor of the Church, St Thomas Aquinas, held to the doctrine of delayed animation or hominisation.

To avoid begging the question as to why the embryo deserves moral respect, the opponent to abortion usually resorts to something like what I have called the theory of strict identity based on a symmetrical theory of temporal relations.

But until more support is forthcoming for the theory of pure internal relations it is the opponents to abortion who appear to be quite immoderate.

Although not in itself an argument against the opponent to abortion, nor an argument in favor of infanticide, the following consideration by Hartshorne indicates the counter intuitiveness of the theory of strict identity:

That is, genetic identity is a nonstrict identity, as opposed to Leibniz's (and the opponent to abortion's) theory of strict identity.

In his 2009 Notre Dame address, Obama called upon abortion rights supporters and opponents to «work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions.»

Obama's appearance at Notre Dame, one of the country's premier Catholic institutions, drew protests from some abortion opponents.

One claimed that «the main form of political terrorism in the United States is perpetuated by right wing opponents of abortion,» while another added that «most anti-abortion activists» are «religious fanatics who want to impose their version of God's word on the rest of us.»

But that largely changed this year after most pro-life Democrats voted for the federal healthcare bill that many abortion opponents say allows for federal funding of abortion.

Some abortion opponents have trouble with the whole idea of growing embryos as a source, as it were, of spare parts.

Mississippi would have become the first state to define a fertilized egg as a person, a measure which was aimed at outlawing abortion in the state but, opponents contended, would have led to all kinds of unintended consequences...

These decisions exemplify both the inherently expansive nature of the new regime's abortion jurisprudence as well as its disempowerment of political opponents.

What is one's place in a political regime that regards abortion as defining of the constitutional covenant, that expands the principle to other institutions of both private and public law, and that politically disempowers opponents?

Moreover, the Court's own case law shows that it is impossible to disempower political opponents of abortion without going on to disempower them politically on other issues as well.

Opponents of abortion will treat moms who miscarry an unwanted pregnancy the same as if they had intentionally killed a living being.

A measure that supporters say would codify Roe v. Wade in state law has also failed to gain a vote as opponents contend it is an unnecessary expansion of abortion rights.

Shaven - headed Scouser Nuttall recites the standard Ukip talk of going after Labour voters in Northern England but the social conservative, a supporter of judicial executions and opponent of abortions, will struggle to walk the talk..

The Jewish Week's Adam Dickter reported that the text of Paladino's remarks to Orthodox rabbis in Borough Park was written by Rabbi Yehuda Levin, described by Dickter as «an ardent opponent of gay rights and abortion and occasional New York political candidate.»

The push would reignite a heated debate over the RHA, a measure that is aimed at the codification of Roe v. Wade in state law and is deeply opposed by opponents of abortion, who have argued it's a needless expansion of existing rights in New York.

Smith's bill also precedes the March for Life in Washington, which is expected to draw large crowds of abortion rights opponents on Friday.

Sen. Gustavo Rivera is using his primary opponent, Manny Tavarez, as a fundraising tool, sending out an email to supporters yesterday that decries his fellow Democrats» proclaimed support of «family values,» which include opposition to same - sex marriage and abortion rights.

Opponents of abortion rights contend the move would expand abortion rights to an uncomfortable degree and is unnecessary.

Opponents of acting Supreme Court Justice Lori Sattler say she is unfit for elevation to a permanent seat in the court because she allowed evidence of a woman's abortion to be submitted in a custody case back in 2013.

Opponents of abortion have been gathering around the nation this month.

Before he was elected to the Assembly in 2009, Mr. Crespo worked for State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr., a Pentecostal minister and proud opponent of same - sex marriage and abortion.

Republicans balked at the abortion provision, which supporters contended codified the Roe v. Wade ruling in state law, but opponents said was a needless expansion of the current law in New York.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose own opponent Rob Astorino is firmly opposed to abortion, is reviving talk of the women's agenda this year after first proposing it in 2013.

Martins has been under attack from his Democratic opponent, Adam Haber, for the Senate GOP's refusal to allow Gov. Andrew Cuomo's full 10 - point Women's Equality Act to come to the floor for a vote as a result of opposition to the abortion - rights plank.

The women's agenda is a 10 - point package of bills that includes a provision aimed at codifying the Roe v. Wade decision in state law — a plank that abortion opponents say is an expansion of the existing state law.

NARAL Pro-Choice NY is out with a statement this morning that slams Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's GOP / Conservative opponent Joe DioGuardi's views on abortion rights, calling his opposition to choice — even in cases of rape and incest — «well outside the values of New Yorkers... and far beyond the national mainstream.»

The Conservative Party, along with a range of right - leaning groups such as the Rifle And Pistol Association and abortion opponents, opposed the convention referendum, which was soundly rejected in a landslide by voters.

Opponents of the abortion bill walk in circles around supporters of the bill as a committee holds hearings on the bill at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday, July 2.

Mr. Cuomo picked up on that theme — attacking his opponent, GOP Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, for saying he was opposed to a woman's right to an abortion because of his religious beliefs.

During the campaign, Cuomo wielded the act to draw distinctions between himself and his Republican opponent Rob Astorino, who opposed the abortion part of the act, while mostly avoiding the question of family and medical leave.

Supporters of Queens Democratic Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky, ranging from state lawmakers to prominent advocates, on Friday criticized her primary opponent SJ Jung for his stance on abortion.

A measure that is aimed at codifing the Roe v. Wade decision in state law is opposed by Senate Republicans and opponents of abortion say it is an expansion of existing protections.

It's telling (and not in a good way) that the most vociferous opponents of abortion are... men.

He became a firm opponent of abortion, which some might see as a matter of conscience, others hypocrisy.

In a bit of an everything - but - the - kitchen sink spot, Sen. Eric Schneiderman hits his Republican opponent, Dan Donovan, hard on three issues that have ermeged as chief among his criticisms of the Staten Island DA: Wall Street, mob - tainted campaign cash and abortion rights.