Sentences with phrase «of harmful policies»

Twenty years of harmful policies have hurt Pennsylvania's neediest families.

Watch Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Cecile Richards explain the impact of this harmful policy:

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So they're more likely to be sensitive to the harmful consequences of policy uncertainty.»

Furthermore, an election outcome supportive of anti-European policies could be «harmful» for the investment climate in the Netherlands, Brzeski added.

For monetary policy to be effective, it is important to have clarity about what the FOMC can be clear and consistent about — its manner of responses to mitigate the potential harmful effects of disturbances and the goals of policy.

«The current policy of the company is both confusing to riders, who are often unsure whether tipping is appropriate, and harmful to the income of drivers, some of whom are able to make a significant share of their income from tips,» the guild's petition reads.

Other environmental policies include promoting smarter energy use through the ecoEnergy Initiative; a Chemical Management Plan to regulate chemicals harmful to human health and the environment; $ 1.5 billion over seven years for the production of renewable fuels; a commitment to ensure that 90 percent of Canadian electricity needs are generated through non-emitting sources by 2020; and additional government funding to acquire and preserve ecologically sensitive lands.

Canada's National Household Survey on incomes produced flawed data with harmful implications for public policy, according to a range of researchers and statistics experts who have sifted through the numbers.

I do believe spiritual abuse is rampant, that systems perpetually pull towards inhumane policies and treatment of people, and that all kinds of harmful ideas, attitudes and behaviours run rampant inside systems, including the church.

This policy, called Josephinism, held that the state has not only the right to defend the Church, to reform it in the case of harmful activities, and to inspect it, but also to convene councils or synods, to end theological controversies, to censor theological books, and to tolerate other religions.

Honest question # 2 — If many Christians will applaud a fellow Christian who stands up against or speaks out against what they view as the harmful actions and / or bad policies of their government or the company they work for...... why will they not also applaud their former fellow Christian who leaves Christianity and speaks out against what they view as the harmful actions and / or bad policies of the God they once worshiped?

... why will they not also applaud their former fellow Christian who leaves Christianity and speaks out against what they view as the harmful actions and / or bad policies of the God they once worshiped?

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What really confuses me most, however, is how the two - faced, xenophobic, incompetent and irresponsible British footballing media, and authorities, continue to act as supporters of this policy of play which will ultimately (rather naively on their part) conclude with a British national football team NEVER EVER again winning another international tournament as the rest of the footballing world and authorities continue to move on to develop a more civilised game that does not tolerate such physically harmful tactics.

Because these will be publicly visible, we operate a policy of pre-moderation to ensure that they are appropriate and not harmful to others.

International experts from UN Women and NGOs like Promundo are doing important work to change harmful norms of gender and masculinity through parental leave and fathers» quotas policies and education programs for adolescent boys, respectively.

I discussed how the research on breastfeeding carried out at the Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil) has helped shape global policies on the recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, the use of child growth standards based on breastfed children, and the harmful long - term consequences of artificial feeding.

«With the uncertainty and chaos that the Trump presidency creates on a national level, we believe that having a strong government close to home is vital to creating a wall of resistance to his harmful and divisive policies,» says Verena Arnabal of

«New Yorkers aren't stupid; these representatives sold out their constituents, tried to destroy our health care system and enabled an ever - growing list of harmful, hateful and radical policies coming out of Washington,» said Basil Smikle, executive director of the New York State Democratic Party.

«With the uncertainty and chaos that the Trump presidency creates on a national level, we believe that having a strong government close to home is vital to creating a wall of resistance to his harmful and divisive policies,» says Verena Arnabal of Indivisible Westchester.

Israeli policies are dangerous and harmful for the Jewish state, for the stability of the region, and for Israelis and Jews worldwide.

Evidence shows that the most effective policies to reduce alcohol harms, including harms to others, are: - Raising the price of the cheapest alcohol, through taxation and minimum unit pricing - Regulating the density of outlets that can serve alcohol and restricting the permitted hours of sale - drink driving laws, including a lower legal blood alcohol limit and random roadside breath tests - Screening and brief advice for people who are at risk of drinking to a level that is harmful to themselves and others However, the most effective approach is a comprehensive, multi-sectorial set of measures that work together to reduce levels of harmful drinking.

Front and center was the administration's policy of closing chronically struggling schools, which they slammed as bad policy and harmful to kids.

Cutting free school lunches in favour of free school breakfasts is harmful, neglectful and cruel, and I am totally opposed to this policy.

Since the January inauguration of Donald Trump as president, department heads and administrators throughout New York City government have been bracing for negative reverberations, with many expecting slashed federal spending and harmful policy rollbacks.

In yesterday's Telegraph, drawing on the experience of Holland and Sweden, Iain Duncan Smith condemned the UK Drug Policy Commission's recommendation that the fight against drugs should focus on minimising its harmful side effects.

In particular, threats from the federal government were acknowledged by Cuomo during his state of the State address and in remarks from legislative leaders in the Assembly and Senate, from the potentially harmful environmental policy of

There are a lot of things that have been happening in this country, both in terms of actual issues or policies being advanced and in terms of rhetoric, that are really harmful.

«Excellus BlueCross BlueShield's policy of community involvement and their understanding of the gravity and scope of Oneida County's lead poisoning issue will make it possible for our Lead Primary Prevention program to expand its HEPA vacuum loaner program and more aggressively attack the problem of lead dust, so harmful to children, and so prevalent in the county's aging infra - structure,» Picente said.

«We all know that the current system of support for farmers and landowners shaped by the Common Agricultural Policy is inefficient, ineffective, inequitable and environmentally harmful.

Jennifer Ronayne, a fifth - grade teacher at the Connetquot schools with 13 years of experience, said Cuomo has little understanding of how classrooms work — and of how harmful his policies have been for teachers and students, particularly those children who have special needs or who are English language learners.

There can be nothing morally wrong with a campaign pointing out the harmful effects that a particular policy change might have on the country, or on particular groups of voters.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the policy will encourage tax compliance while protecting the consuming public against harmful and unwholesome products.

Protecting the environment is important, but enacting harmful policies under the guise of environmental protection simply to make headlines is irresponsible.

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Senior author A. David Paltiel, MBA, PhD, professor of Public Health (Health Policy) at the Yale School of Public Health, says, «Our aim is to confront donor nations with the clinical and economic consequences of any decision to substantially cut HIV program funding and to help recipient nations respond in the least harmful ways possible to the actions of countries in the developed world.»

Given past evidence that a wider rich - poor gap can be harmful to a population's health, tax policies that widen or narrow this gap may influence the overall health of a society.

In fact, a Monash University study found that Australia's policy of encouraging skilled immigration during an economic downturn has «had a harmful impact on the level of employment, participation in the labour market and the working conditions of other Australians, particularly young people.»

Rebuilding the world's fisheries will require tossing out a piece of folk wisdom that has led to harmful policies.

In the absence of broader structural measures, the authors conclude that «targeted technology initiatives, strategic industry policies, and the like will have modest positive effects at best, and may instead prove harmful to overall economic performance».

Lower rates of asthma and other health problems are frequently cited as benefits of policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions from sources like power plants and vehicles, because these policies also lead to reductions in other harmful types of air pollution.

«Although these articles concentrate on the US regulatory landscape, they offer an important message that is relevant worldwide: as our understanding of the harmful effects of a combination of chemicals at low concentrations and throughout the human lifespan increases, scientists must re-examine long - held beliefs regarding the relationship between exposure and effect, and ensure that policy makers understand the significance of these findings.»

A system of regulation rather than prohibition is a less harmful, more ethical and a more effective public policy.

Reports of damaging ocean acidification, accelerating sea - level rise or unprecedented decreases of polar and glacial ice are also mostly myths designed to terrify people into accepting harmful policies that allegedly «save the planet.»

The AAS joins the AGU in calling for continued peer - reviewed climate research to inform climate - related policy decisions, to provide a basis for mitigating the harmful effects of global change, and to help communities adapt and become resilient to extreme climatic events.

The triple threat to our mouths is: these harmful procedures, lack of understanding of the dentinal fluid, and this periodontal scorched earth policy we have on bacteria.

As a mom of two young boys, I was thrilled to see the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a policy statement to raise awareness about the harmful effects pesticides have on young children.

In addition to that, we have a strong and strict policy on membership; therefore, there would be no chances for you to become victims of any harmful or negative experiences while dating and meeting black women and white men.

In the absence of new ideas — and different policies — local districts will carry out predictable and harmful cuts that will hurt kids and impede achievement.

Their framework is founded on the idea of relational youth violence — «behaviors (physical, relational, sexual, verbal, or psychological) and policies (formal or informal) that are intentionally or unintentionally harmful... based on real or perceived power imbalances.»