Sentences with phrase «of abortion services for»

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The suit was brought against the Department of Health and Human Services by March for Life, a group that holds annual marches in Washington, D.C. opposing the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortions in the U.S..

Gianna: The Catholic Healthcare Center for Women» named after Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, an Italian doctor, wife, and mother, who, when faced with complications while pregnant, refused to have an abortion at great risk to her own life» provides women gynecological and obstetric care that is fully committed to the USCCB's Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services and fully respects both the dignity of women and the sanctity of human life.

Some of these centers (fewer than half) offer abortion services, but none actually uses federal funds to perform abortions, since using those funds for that purpose is already illegal.

We now have a situation where a Catholic hospital will be seen as condoning referrals for abortion and approving the full range of family planning services including abortifacients such as the morning - after pill.

For the sake of liberals who are (understandably) queasy about defending abortion on its merits, Democratic politicians like to pretend that Planned Parenthood offers mammograms (it doesn't), that it is a common source of pre-natal care (it's not), and that abortion represents only 3 percent of its services (the real number is unclear, but far higher — though again, it doesn't help our cause to inflate it to 94 percent).

Religious members of the movement are embarking on our 40 Days for Life campaign, in which we pray, fast, hold vigil, and perform community outreach, all in service of saving men, women, and children from abortion.

Take for example, the case of a school nurse putting up posters with contact details for local sexual health services that provide contraception and abortion services.

The great issues of our time are moral: the uses of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character of society; loss of the sense of the common good in tandem with the pampering of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization of many societies; continued racism; the persistence of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims of future generations.

Lader argued that since early abortions are statistically safer for the woman than childbirth, and since the morality of such abortions is a matter of religious and philosophical dispute, the state ought not to prevent women from having legal access to abortion services:

If a large group of people of a certain belief moved into your area becoming the majority they could take over the hospitals essentially denying you services (as is the case in much of the south for abortion).

One notable example of this practice relates to PPGC policies for obtaining payment for abortion - related services.

Catholic schools, for example, used to think of academic freedom as in the service of the truth we find in natural law, the truth about abortion, the relational person, and so forth.

In Vermont, the federal court is now hearing a case in which a man is refusing to enroll in Vermont Health Connect, a state exchange, because a portion of his premium paid for abortion services and this violates his religious convictions.

There is an opportunity for organizations to continue the important work they do in support of women's health, while not providing abortion services.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had.

The courageous work of pro-life groups in vigils at abortion clinics, of street pastors working with clubbers at night - time in city centres, of those offering prayer ministry for healing in shopping centres, of street evangelisers such as the St Patrick's group in Soho - all these examples need to be better known, and imitated.1 Then there's the output of media groups working through radio, TV, internet sites, blogs and video teaching programmes, such as Catholic Evangelisation Services; these too, while offering an independent type of Christian teaching, provide an important stimulus to on - the - ground evangelising.

A recent law prohibits federal funds from paying for most abortions, but Planned Parenthood — which, among other services, is a major abortion provider (3 percent of their services are abortions)-- has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding — legally, much of that can not be used on abortions.

Writing on the website Spiked, Ann Furedi, the head of BPAS (the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, a euphemism similar to «Planned Parenthood»), notes that «most people who think of themselves as liberal and modern - thinking believe that rape, incest, youth, poverty or even general «unwantedness» are «good reasons» for doctors to approve abortion; and they think «sex selection» is a bad reason, which should be stopped.»

Despite a nationwide drop in abortions, Planned Parenthood's rates remain steady as it gains market share; meanwhile, the number of patients seen annually has dropped from 3 million to 2.4 million since 2008, due to fewer women coming in for other services, according to the NRLC report, which is based on numbers from Planned Parenthood, the affiliated Guttmacher Institute, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

HHS positioned the shift as part of its «major actions to protect conscience rights and life,» including a new proposed rule to better enforce 25 federal protections for health care providers who decline to perform abortions and other services, as well as yesterday's announcement of a new division dedicated to fielding such complaints.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

While federal funds can not be used for abortions, Planned Parenthood reports that half of its patients use Medicaid to cover other services like birth control.

That regulation from the Department of Health and Human Services helping implement the 2010 health care law requires employers to provide their workers with coverage for contraceptives with mechanisms that can potentially induce abortions.

It recommended that the state clarify «the responsibilities of public health service providers,» which read in light the Committee's long - standing disgust at conscientious objection to abortion means something like «force your doctors to perform and refer for abortions.»

It may well be true that self - consciousness about standing on such shaky ground is the reason why the talk of a woman's «right» to abortion services has become an uncritical mantra, rising to a aggressive assertion when challenged, for this kind of feminist.

Do you realize that over 95 % of the women walking into them are walking in for basic women's health services — not abortions?

It is time for Ireland to move its maternity services into line with the WHO guidelines for the provision of safe abortion services as part of Primary Healthcare and for the government to realise that pregnant people must have the final say in what happens to their bodies.

On the other hand, he did tell the DN that he would end Medicaid funding for abortion and eliminate the pro-abortion aspects of family planning services.

If AHCA passes as written, it would put pressure on the state Department of Financial Services to weaken the abortion mandate — or render the tax credits difficult, if not impossible, for New Yorkers to claim.

Three days after that vote — the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration and the eve a major women's march in Washington — Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state Department of Financial Services would impose similar contraceptive requirements by regulatory action, along with a ban on copayments for abortions.

Europe must stand for access to the whole range of sexual and reproductive services — including access to safe abortion when needed — here at home in Europe, and in partnership with other governments around the world.

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.

«Serious candidates running for state - wide office respect New Yorker's beliefs in ensuring women's access to comprehensive reproductive health care services — including abortion,» M. Tracey Brooks, the president of Planned Parenthood Advocates, said then in a statement comparing Astorino to «radical statements of the national Republican Party» and saying his «position reflects his inability to represent the people of the state of New York.»

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Joseph Kwame Apoya, the Regional Coordinator of Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) advised females, particularly the adolescents to desist from illegal and unsafe abortion and visit health facilities for expert advice and qualify services whenever they are pregnant.

Other areas of our work that also have human rights and equalities angles include our campaigns around state - funded religious schools, religious education, for public service reform, and on ethical issues such as abortion and assisted dying.

«The present language in the Senate bill provides a tremendous loophole for federal funds of abortion and will eventually expand abortion services,» he said.

But some worry that Price's appointment bodes ill for public health programs, pointing to his deep opposition to the ACA and his record of votes to defund women's health provider Planned Parenthood, much of whose clientele is poor, and 3 % of whose services consist of providing abortions.

This rule mandates that foreign organizations receiving money for family planning assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) must deny such crucial information to women as the option of legal abortion or where safe family planning services may be obtained.

The reason for this decline is not fully understood, but it has been attributed to the increasing use of contraceptives, especially long - acting methods such as intrauterine devices, historic declines in the rate of unintended pregnancy and increasing numbers of state regulations that limit the availability of otherwise legal abortion services.

, a pro-life ministry in nearby Forest City that provides services to low - income women with children under the age of three and «has a general concern for sharing the love of Jesus Christ through both actions and words» by providing information about prenatal development, abortion and abstinence education.

These bills provide a roadmap for state policymakers seeking to fight government interference within the patient - provider relationship, promote women - centered approaches in the provision of abortion and other reproductive health care services, and enact legislation that emphasizes the need to expand access to abortion.

Many will remember when US Senator John Kyl said «over 90 % of Planned Parenthood's budget was used for abortion services when the real number is 3 %.

In September 2017, West Coast LEAF joined with Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, Options for Sexual Health, and Island Sexual Health in calling for universal cost - coverage of the abortion drug Mifegymiso to ensure safe and equal access to reproductive health services Read More

Following a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that allowed the immediate enforcement of a state law blocking women from getting services from one - third of abortion providers in the state, reproductive health care providers have taken their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Convinced a prosecutor to dismiss murder charges against a physician for the physician's lawful provision of abortion services.

Based on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario publishing two «policy statements» requiring registrants to provide effective referrals, five registrants challenged their obligations to provide effective referrals, on the basis that their having to provide referrals for services that considered wrongful — services such as abortions, medical assistance in dying, or contraception for example — constituted complicity and violated their religious freedom.

While abortion is its most hot - button service, and STD tests and contraceptives are its most plentiful, Planned Parenthood provides a ton of other services to the community, from education to health screenings to counseling to STD treatment, for both men and women.

Suicide, attempted suicide or any intentionally self - inflicted injury of you, a traveling companion, family member or business partner booked to travel with you, while sane or insane; an act of declared or undeclared war; participating in maneuvers or training exercises of an armed service, except while participating in weekend or summer training for the reserve forces of the United States, including the National Guard; riding or driving in races, or speed or endurance competitions or events; mountaineering (engaging in the sport of scaling mountains generally requiring the use of picks, ropes, or other special equipment); participating as a member of a team in an organized sporting competition or participating as a professional in a stunt, athletic or sporting event or competition; participating in skydiving or parachuting, parasailing, hang gliding, bungee cord jumping, extreme skiing, skiing outside marked trails or heli - skiing, mountaineering, any race, speed contests not including any of the regatta races, spelunking or caving, hot air ballooning, or scuba diving if the depth exceeds 120 feet (40 meters) or if you are not certified to dive and a dive master is not present during the dive; piloting or learning to pilot or acting as a member of the crew of any aircraft; being intoxicated or under the influence of any controlled substance unless as administered or prescribed by a legally qualified physician; the commission of or attempt to commit a felony or being engaged in an illegal occupation; normal childbirth or pregnancy (except complications of pregnancy) or voluntarily induced abortion; dental treatment (except as coverage is otherwise specifically provided herein); amounts which exceed the maximum benefit amount for each coverage as shown in the Schedule of Benefits; due to a pre-existing condition, as defined in the plan documents.

Since Fiscal Year 1979, annual appropriations acts have prohibited the Peace Corps from covering abortion services for its volunteers and trainees, even in cases of rape, incest, and life endangerment.

In so doing, he's stood up for reproductive - health patients» right to privacy, fought for the dignity of the LGBTQ community, protected the right to receive an abortion after 20 weeks, and fought to keep state funding for preventive health - care services provided through Planned Parenthood Arizona.