Sentences with phrase «on federal funding for abortion»
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.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
Obama rescinded the ban on federal funds for overseas abortion providers and signed a healthcare law that many conservatives say subsidizes abortion, though the law's supporters say it respects the federal ban on abortion funding.
On the pro-life side, ban abortions after 20 weeks (with an exception for the mother's life) and make permanent the long - standing and bipartisan - crafted principles of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the direct federal funding of abortion.
As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.
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.
Enactment of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which would institute a permanent, government - wide ban on federal funding of abFunding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which would institute a permanent, government - wide ban on federal funding of aAbortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which would institute a permanent, government - wide ban on federal funding of aAbortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which would institute a permanent, government - wide ban on federal funding of abfunding of abortionabortion.
The ERLC has offered six pro-life priorities for action by President - elect Trump and Congress in 2017, including the nomination and confirmation of a pro-life successor to the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, a permanent ban on all federal funding of abortion and the defunding of Planned Parenthood, the country's No. 1 abortion provider.
Trump has largely stood by his pro-life campaign promises, appointing conservative justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, signing a law allowing states to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood, and reinstating a ban on federal funds for organizations that perform abortions overseas.
In one of his first acts as president, Trump has reinstated a federal ban on U.S. funding for international health organizations that counsel women on family planning options that include abortion.
The law is clear that any federal funds for Planned Parenthood can't be used for abortions, so that's not an issue,» Katko told Grant Reeher on WRVO.
On 2 March, representatives from 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide or discuss abortions.
On 2 March, representatives of more than 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative launched by Dutch minister Lilianne Ploumen to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide abortions or discuss the procedure.
People on this type of assistance can't use federal funding for abortion because of an unfair federal policy called the Hyde Amendment (which has very narrow exceptions).
The June Coleman Fund is available for women seeking abortion services with a household income less than 250 % of the Federal Poverty Index, but not on a Maryland Medicaid plan.
Until 1987, when the Reagan administration issued the so - called gag rule, that provision consistently had been interpreted as a ban on the use of Title X funds to pay for abortions, and the federal regulations governing Title X did not otherwise reflect an antiabortion animus toward providers.
In 2017, four states found ways to limit certain family planning providers» eligibility for reimbursement under Medicaid, the federal - state program that contributes 75 % of all public funds spent on family planning services nationwide (see Public Funding for Family Planning and Abortion Services, FY 1980 — 2015).
(CNN) Donald Trump on Tuesday night once again sought to strike a softer tone on Planned Parenthood, paying tribute to its «very good work for millions of women» while also keeping up a threat to cut off federal funding to the organization if it continues to offer abortion services.