Sentences with phrase «on abortion rights»

States continued their assault on abortion in 2017, with 19 states adopting 63 new restrictions on abortion rights and access.

This is the most important ruling on abortion rights since Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992, says Maya Manian, a law professor at the University of San Francisco.

That ruling said that a law that constitutes an undue burden on abortion rights is unconstitutional — but today's decision finally more clearly defines what an undue burden means under the law.

In addition to the Greens, the W.F.P. must also contend with the Cuomo - created Women's Equality Party, which was formed to accentuate the contrast between Cuomo and his Republican opponent, Rob Astorino, on abortion rights.

A coalition of Republicans and a handful of breakaway Democrats have blocked votes on an abortion rights provision that would codify into state law the federal rights granted to New York women under the landmark Roe v Wade decision.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is making women's rights a central focus of his campaign, focusing on an abortion rights provision.

The consensus that emerged was that the former congressman is a blank slate, and Gillibrand supporters needed to move quickly to highlight parts of Mr. Ford's record that might prove troublesome for him, like his position on abortion rights.

The IDC backs the governor on the abortion rights issue, and has introduced an even stronger bill to enact public campaign finance and other reforms.

Focus on Abortion Rights

But the lieutenant governor says that doesn't mean she's giving up on the abortion rights provision.

But a bill on abortion rights was struggling, and reform measures appear dead for the session.

Dicker mocked Cuomo's State of the State speech, with its emphasis on abortion rights and gun control, and the noticable absence of any decisive movement on hydrofracking.

But lawmakers are divided over one of the provisions, which focuses on abortion rights.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making women's rights a pillar of his campaign and is focusing on an abortion rights provision.

I wondered how she felt about laboring to save the political skin of a conservative Republican who disagreed with her on abortion rights and a slew of other issues.

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.»

A group of advocates, including NARAL's Kelli Conlin; NYC Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn; NYS Assemblywoman Debra Glick; Jennifer Brown, head of the Reproductive Rights Unit under AG Eliot Spitzer; and Deborah Bachrach, Chief assistant AG under AG Robert Abrams are gathering this morning at City Hall in Lower Manhattan to officially denounce Donovan's position on abortion rights.

Governor Cuomo is making women's rights a central focus of his campaign, focusing on an abortion rights provision.

Women's groups say they have not given up on an abortion rights bill passing in the final days of the legislative session, now that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has introduced the Women's Equality Act as 10 separate bills.

Following state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long's assertion that he is too moderate for NY - 23, Matt Dohney is firing back, casting himself as in the same camp on abortion rights as another of Long's endorsed candidates, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio.

For example, there's no way Felder, an observant Jew, would ever vote «yes» on the abortion rights bill.

For instance, every serious candidate suffered from some piece of unflattering content spread online from person to person: McCain sang «Bomb, Bomb Iran,» Edwards had his two - minute hair - brushing episode, Clinton was greeted with children and flowers while landing «under sniper fire,» and a comparison of Mitt Romney's past and current statements on abortion rights made for a fascinating study in contrast.

Updated: One observer questions how a Senate Democratic majority can be a «firewall» against Trump's policies, noting lawmakers like Felder and Sen. Ruben Diaz hold conservative views on abortion rights.

Ireland is to hold a referendum next summer on abortion rights months before a planned visit to the country by Pope Francis.

The GOP has completely abandoned its social libertarian views in order to go along with religious voters» uncompromising views on abortion rights and gay rights.

In the biggest Supreme Court case on abortion rights of the past 25 years, the Supreme Court struck down Texas» tight regulations on abortion clinics in a 5 - 3 decision.

The Catholic Church in Ireland has responded to the announcement of a new referendum on abortion rights by urging people to be «courageous» and take a «principled» stand for the sanctity of life.

As Jonathan Dudley observes in a recent Belief Blog post, U.S. Catholic leaders began to take on abortion right after Roe v. Wade legalized it in 1973, but American evangelical leaders continued to teach that life begins at birth until the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Not exact matches

Asked about Democrats having enough leeway on polarizing issues like gun rights and opposition to abortion, House Democratic Caucus chair Joe Crowley said in a press conference on Wednesday that the party «always has been» a big tent.

They were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote, but they were also protesting the limits and expectations placed on American womanhood, demanding changes to childcare and abortion policies and education and employment opportunities.

With hot - button right - wing populist issues like abortion and capital punishment largely off the table in Canadian politics, the long - gun registry took on disproportionate importance for that portion of the Conservative base.

And Giuliani shifted right on a number of issues — including gun control and public funding of abortions — during his failed presidential run four years later.

Dawn Huckelbridge, director of American Bridge's Women's Rights Initiative, released the following statement in response to the US Senate's vote on a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and threaten doctors with jail time:

The organization... [will] make the argument that... the federal courts... are the final authority on issues important to progressives such as immigration, abortion, gay rights, social policy, the environment and corporate power, to name a few.

And Giuliani shifted right on a number of issues - including gun control and public funding of abortions - during his failed presidential run four years later.

It seems to make more sense for Republicans to focus policy proposals on parental rights and restrictions on late - term abortion while noting that - whatever their ultimate beliefs - some abortion restrictions are very unlikely to happen in any foreseeable future while third trimester abortion on - demand is a reality.

It is hard to get a fix on Romney regarding climate change, the 2nd amendment, abortion rights, a coherent strategy of deficit reduction and reform of the tax code, health care and so on.

the person being voted for by these individuals probably does have the right scientific markings like, no God, abortion on demand no matter how late in term, good in business and stealing (er) expropriating for personal gain, cheating on your mate, etc, etc. 2nd.

Only when the pro-life movement appeared to be succeeding did the pro-choice movement become energized and outspoken in defending the right to an abortion on political grounds, although even now it tends to avoid discussing the ethical dilemma underlying abortion.

On the Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been the most straightforward in arguing that Roe v. Wade is fundamentally wrong in claiming that there is a constitutional right to abortion, and that the Court is fundamentally wrong in trying to devise an abortion code to be applied to all the states.

We can therefore say that the right of religious hospitals to object to performing abortions, which is rooted in their right to free exercise of their religion, is at best on hold in Alaska.

Additional reasons might be given for The United Methodist Church to rid itself of a commitment to abortion rights: the increasing numbers of African delegates (who are, in the main, pro-life) to General Conference; the horrifyingly high abortion rates (though the annual totals are continuing to decrease) in the United States; the pro-life drift of American public opinion (which United Methodism seems to follow); the uncommon clarity of ecumenical teaching on the dignity of the human person; and the providence of God.

Lumping all Christians into a Republican bucket and calling all Christians bigots isn't fair or right simply based on social issues like abortion or gay marriage.

These considerations are made even more relevant because of present United States commitments to international treaties on human rights, which could conceivably, at some time, put United States positive laws relating to abortion and the judges who implement them at variance with and in violation of a future international consensus on that issue.»

It seems to me that the right - wing of this country is more focused on fire and brimstone issues that divide us like gay marriage and abortion just so they can avoid the fact that their primary reason for their economic platform is to feed people's greed.

However, contrary to the author's hopes, the abortion debate can not survive over the long term because the anti-abortion movement is based on the political right.

«The «right to abortion,» with its theme of sexual liberation,» as Hadley Arkes puts it, «has become the central peg on which the interests of the Democratic party have been arranged,» just as, «since the days of Ronald Reagan, the Republican party has become... the pro-life party in our politics.»

The association with the Religious Right has cost Grey some support among liberals, who believe that by working with the right, Grey legitimates their position on other issues, such as abortion and gay riRight has cost Grey some support among liberals, who believe that by working with the right, Grey legitimates their position on other issues, such as abortion and gay riright, Grey legitimates their position on other issues, such as abortion and gay rights.

If abortion and related life issues are in fact the great civil - rights issues of our time» in that they test whether the state may arbitrarily deny the protection of the law to certain members of the human community» then Griswold eventually led to a situation in which the Democratic and Republican positions on civil rights flipped, with members of today's Democratic party playing the role that its Southern intransigents played during the glory days of the American civil - rights movement.

The right to an abortion should be recognized as a fundamental right triggering strict scrutiny because of the great impact childbearing and childbirth has on a woman's life.