Sentences with phrase «of abortion restrictions»

Policymakers and advocates must continue to work to reverse restrictions on insurance coverage of abortion, to stop the incessant attempts by antiabortion policymakers to drive a wedge between the provision of abortion and family planning services, and to lighten the burden of abortion restrictions more generally on patients and providers.

Over 30 % of all abortion restrictions enacted since the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade came in just the last six years.

Washington, DC — New research from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) demonstrates that health centers in Texas are already struggling to meet increased demand for safe, legal abortion following a wave of closures after the passage of abortion restrictions in 2013.

In 2012, after 19 states passed an unprecedented number of abortion restrictions, such as mandatory waiting periods or ultrasounds, individual supporters gave $ 98 million — $ 25 million more than they had the year before.

The 334 new abortion restrictions enacted between January 2011 and July 2016, according to data gathered by the Guttmacher Institute, amount to a full 30 % of all abortion restrictions enacted by states since Roe in 1973.

«In a memo disclosed yesterday that he wrote in 1985 as an assistant to the solicitor general, Alito recommended that the administration submit a brief to the Supreme Court, asking it to uphold a Pennsylvania law that imposed a variety of abortion restrictions and «make clear that we disagree with Roe v. Wade.

Abortion Fights: The Texas state Senate on Saturday passed a sweeping set of abortion restrictions, becoming the latest in a series of state - level political fights that are triggering a frenzy of legal action, The Washington Post reports.

Just when and how can federal courts «bar the enforcement of abortion restrictions that have not yet gone into effect» and haven't affected anybody?

«It could also open the door to challenges to other types of abortion restrictions,» such as 24 - waiting periods or rules about informed consent, she says.

State lawmakers passed the second - highest number of abortion restrictions ever this past year, with 19 states enacting 43 measures in 2012 that limited access to abortion services, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

The median voter will be somewhere on the spectrum of abortion restrictions.

Not exact matches

Perhaps the most politically volatile coming Supreme Court case is Whole Woman's Health v. Lakey, which will decide whether dozens of abortion clinics throughout Texas can remain open — a decision that probably will affect other conservative states that have in recent years imposed harsh restrictions on abortion clinics.

He's never really tried to sell himself as a family man in the traditional sense and wears the hypocrisy of his political commitment to abortion restrictions and abstinence - only sex education very lightly.

So, with those considerations in mind, I think it's safer to say that while legal restrictions on abortion might put a dent in the abortion rate, they won't put an end to abortion as we know it, and, most importantly, they won't do a thing to alter the number of unwanted pregnancies.

«What is interesting about this aspect of abortion attitudes is that while many people find abortion to be problematic, they may either personally feel it is wrong or favor greater restrictions.

If you're on the left, you might insert «abortion» and use that logic to help argue against any and all restrictions and regulations — even in the wake of Kermit Gosnell and StemExpress and 926,190 abortions in 2014 (and 1,608,600 in 1990, and 1,497,670 in 1979, and on and on, up to 60 million since Roe).

Meanwhile, reports show the number of restrictions adopted throughout the country against abortion during the year are far more than in any previous year.

Earlier this month, the Texas legislature approved a loudly - debated package of restrictions on abortions in the Lone Star State; among other things, requiring abortion clinics to bring their facilities in line with surgical standards and banning abortions after 20 weeks.

Since the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Morgentaler (1988) holding even relatively minor criminal code restrictions on abortion contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (on similar» and similarly spurious» grounds as those of the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade), Canada has been without restrictions on abortion.

Alias no restrictions would mean an underage girl could get an abortion, free of charge, on demand, without parental involvement or identificatio / notification of the father.

Guys, IMHO, no restrictions would mean an underage girl could get an abortion, free of charge, on demand, without parental involvement or identificatio / notification of the father.

Statistics indicate that Americans, especially younger Americans, favor some restrictions on abortion, and a record number of millennials think abortion should be illegal altogether.

Yet another example is that of nonviolent protestors at abortion clinics who defy unjust restrictions of their freedom of speech in order to plead the case for the unborn to women contemplating abortion.

Despite having a higher proportion of atheists and agnostics (and no restrictions on abortion unlike the US), the abortion rate is MUCH LOWER in Canada.

In Guttmacher's analysis, they found that the decline of abortions is because of the availability of effective, affordable birth control and the abortion restrictions that have limited women's access.

Even many of those who favor lower taxes (or at least oppose higher taxes) and abortion restrictions don't know the Republican Party as anything other than a vehicle for upper - class interest group politics and white identity politics.

Meticulously considering the policy implications of this tension, Reinders concludes that it is neither within the liberal purview nor within the limits of the practical to address it through legal restrictions on procreative technology and abortion.

Using this data, the team found that supporters of abortion on demand had, on average, fewer than two kids for every 2.5 born to parents who favored legal restrictions on abortion.

It is a confirmation of the restrictions we have on abortion.

Strange that Canada has a lower abortion rate than the US when Canada has a lower rate of religion (your post confirms it) and has ZERO restrictions on abortion (unlike the US).

A similar invasion of civil rights is implicit in the initiative to require doctors to report to the Department of Health persons infected with the AIDS virus, and in the proposed restrictions that would prohibit any family planning institution receiving federal funds from informing clients of the availability of abortion services.

Update (Oct 28): New restrictions that could have closed one - third of Texas's abortion providers will no longer take effect Tuesday, after a federal judge ruled the bulk of the laws unconstitutional.

This last claim is the lynchpin on which a host of new, successful state restrictions on abortion hinge.

The bills introduced included such measures as bans on government funding of abortion, restrictions on late - term abortions, ultrasound requirements, and prohibitions on abortions based on sex, race, or genetic abnormality.

«Abortion restrictions and clinic closures mean that patients may need to travel greater distances to access services,» said Rachel Jones, lead author of the study, in a written release.

This makes 2013 second only to 2011 in the number of new abortion restrictions enacted in a single year.

A majority of the states, he noted, have had restrictions on abortion going back a hundred years, all of which suggested powerfully that the Fourteenth Amendment was never understood to entail a right to an abortion.

And when it comes to immunizing such «choices» from legal restriction or even private remonstration, the Court's liberals can be counted upon to flip on the switch of what Justice Antonin Scalia, writing in dissent, describes as «the ad hoc nullification machine that [is] set in motion to push aside whatever doctrines of constitutional law stand in the way of the highly favored practice of abortion.»

Public healthcare is also driven by «market forces» by way of the ballot box, and it is clear that women will not stand for any restriction on BC or abortion.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to expand restrictions on abortion, prohibiting individuals and small businesses from claiming federal tax credits through the Affordable Care Act if their health plan includes abortion coverage.

The dynamics of this stage of the conversations could be promising: Carper is acting as a go - between to centrists such as Sens. Snowe, Landrieu, Nelson and Lieberman, while Schumer is in constant contact with liberals like Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (D - Ohio).

«I'm very concerned about the strength and aggressiveness of you two pushing back,» said Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (Ohio), the panel's ranking Democrat.

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all of the U.S. states had unconstitutional restrictions on abortion — despite the U.S. Constitution being silent on the subject.

Britain's leading pregnancy service has called for a review of abortion laws and for current restrictions requiring two doctors to authorise terminations to be changed.

The House of Representatives voted to expand restrictions on abortion, prohibiting individuals and small businesses from claiming federal tax credits through the Affordable Care Act if their health plan includes abortion coverage.

And as both federal and state legislators grapple with increased restrictions on abortion, a new national poll indicates Americans have mixed reactions to some of the moves being made right now in state houses and the nation's capital.

Members of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice held a news conference calling on the Senate to alter language in the House bill that places explicit restrictions on federal funding for abortion.

Mr. Rosenbaum, who has long represented the more liberal wing of the party, opposes any restrictions on abortion.

Stargel a has served in the state Senate since 2012 and has been noted for her strict conservatism in supporting abortion restrictions and her support of charter schools.