Sentences with phrase «on medical abortion»

«Research on medical abortion, miscarriage may change international routines.»

Richard Wolf of USA Today has a news update headlined «Justices won't hear Okla. appeal on medical abortions; Decision comes after state Supreme Court ruled that the law, passed in 2011 but later struck down in court, would have banned all medical abortions.»

Not exact matches

Look it up for yourself: the GOP has cut school lunch programs, Aid to dependent children, Planned Parenthood health care which provides medical care for expectant mothers (under the guise that they perform a limited number of abortions annually), Medicare programs which provides health care to the children who were born in the past because they weren't aborted, WIC which provides food to Women, Infants and Children... one could go on.

But Judge Posner incisively points out that «public support for the [partial - birth abortion bans] was [in part] based... on sheer ignorance of the medical realities of late - term abortion.

Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

The Journal of Medical Ethics has an entire symposium on infanticide in its latest issue, in which one can see scholars at prominent institutions reasoning (plausibly, alas) that if the unborn child can be licitly aborted, then «after - birth abortion» can be permitted as well.

If he knowingly commits a post-24 weeks abortion, based on such stringent life and health criteria, the doctor must certify his judgment about the threat in writing; acquire the concurrence of a second doctor in that judgment based on a «separate personal medical examination» of the woman; perform the abortion in a hospital; employ procedures designed to maximize the unborn child's chances to survive; and have a second physician present, ready to consider any surviving child his primary patient.

But before I did, I decided to discuss the issue with several medical professionals, some of whom are on the «pro-life» side and others of whom are on the «pro-choice» side, including a handful of abortion providers.

If the client is getting on birth control make this the focus of the visit and put a note in the chief complaints that the client had a surgical or medical abortion «x» weeks ago.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

Nebraska's position was buttressed by various statements of the American Medical Association, which had previously supported a federal version of the ban on partial «birth abortion, and which after expert study had been unable to identify any circumstance where partial «birth abortion was the only appropriate procedure.

Reflecting on the disordered state of medical oaths in the era of abortion, the Value of Life Committee in early 1995 sent a letter of inquiry to a group of prominent scholars and physicians, including distinguished authors of texts on medical ethics.

Moreover, I carefully pointed out that ethicists on this issue can basically be divided into two camps: those that view aborted fetuses as cadavers of a medical procedure and think that some good should come from abortions, and those that view aborted fetuses as victims of oppression, sin, and thoughtlessness, and therefore think that these victims should not be further exploited» especially under the guise of a «good cause.»

Besides condemning abortion and euthanasia as attacks on human life, Evangelium Vitae addresses other hotly debated issues in medical ethics that implicate the value and dignity of human life.

Based on what various family members and friends in the medical profession who deal with pregnant young women have told me, many pregnant out - of - wedlock young women face tremendous pressure from both their parents (including the good religious folks) and the guy who got them pregnant to have an abortion.

The discussion highlighted the need for a substantive parliamentary debate on the current abortion legislation since medical science and practice is raising serious questions over when the foetus becomes viable outside the womb, the current twenty - four week limit for «social» abortion and the growing number of doctors in the UK who are refusing to perform abortions because of the aforementioned.

A new campaign is calling on the UK Government to protect doctors and nurses who feel pressured to perform medical procedures which contradict their religious views, such as abortions.

For religious, medical or other others, terminating their pregnancy through abortion may not be on the table.

Before NOW - NYS supports this nominee, women need answers as to how Kagan will rule on issues of reproductive rights; abortion, contraception, and all forms of medical procedures that would affect a woman's privacy in making important decisions about her body.»

Under the legislation, passed by the Council in March, the centers would have been forced to explicitly advertise that they do not perform abortions and disclose whether they have a licensed medical provider on site, provide referrals for prenatal care and abortions and provide emergency contraception.

«Doctors in Ireland need clarity on when they can provide abortions and they need it now,» said Patricia Lohr, medical director of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS).

Abortion Ban — Vote Passed (237 - 189, 7 Not Voting) The House passed the bill that would prohibit abortions in cases where the probable age of the fetus is 20 weeks or later, and it imposes criminal penalties on medical professionals who violate the ban.

The House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, launched last October and led by Representative Marsha Blackburn (R — TN), grew out of Republican backlash over undercover videos released last summer by the Center for Medical Progress, an antiabortion group that accused the organization Planned Parenthood of illegally profiting from the sale of tissue from abortions.

In 1996, Mr. Tarne helped found the Physicians Ad Hoc Coalition for Truth (PHACT), an organization of doctors and other medical professionals formed to bring the medical facts to bear on the partial - birth abortion debate.

Yesterday the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that would have forced the closure of abortion clinics that didn't meet strict requirements — requirements the justices decided (by a 5 - to - 3 margin) didn't make women any safer and put an undue burden on their constitutional right to seek safe and legal medical care.

Attached is an assessment on Christianity and Medical Ethics with a focus on abortion.

Here we focus on the nature and medical issues concerning abortion.

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With 87 percent of the nation's 11,000 state judges having to face voters in some type of election, the right's well - funded assault on the courts could have a tremendous impact, not just on obvious issues such as abortion, same - sex marriage, school vouchers, medical research, and school prayer, but on the way justice is delivered day by day.»

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear this case tomorrow — its first on abortion in five years, Greenhouse notes — and to examine New Hampshire's decision not to provide an exception to parental consent for non-life-threatening medical emergencies.

Today the women's health care providers who jointly filed suit last month on behalf of their patients have filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate an injunction granted by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel on October 28 blocking a Texas provision requiring doctors who provide abortions to obtain admitting privileges at a local hospital — a requirement that leading medical associations oppose and only results in women losing access to safe medical care.

Although abortion is not governed by specific law in Canada, it is in fact limited in its availability based on medical, and medical ethics criteria.

This policy requires doctors who object to providing medical care on the basis of religious or conscientious grounds (such as medical assistance in dying, abortion, birth control and gender confirmation surgery) to connect the patient with a person or agency who will either provide care or connect the patient with a willing provider of the service requested.

This policy requires doctors who object to providing medical care on the basis of religious or conscientious grounds (such as medical assistance in dying — «MAID» — but also abortion, birth control and gender confirmation surgery) to connect the patient with a person or agency who will either provide care or connect the patient with a willing provider of the service requested.

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.

The letter notes that, even with the deceptive edits to videos and misinformation campaign over the last six weeks, there is no evidence and no indication that Planned Parenthood has violated any laws or medical standards — and that, on the contrary, Planned Parenthood provides a full range of high - quality health care services to 2.7 million people a year, including birth control, cancer screenings, STD testing, and abortion.

Planned Parenthood announced on Jan. 14 it is suing the Center for Medical Progress, the group responsible for heavily edited and secretly filmed videos claiming the abortion provider illegally sells fetal tissue.

A ban on abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy in North Carolina that only permitted access to abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy under an extremely narrow medical emergency exception.

The RHRA formed in 2003 in response to the arrest of three medical providers on false charges of committing murder through abortion.

On the same grounds, Doe V. Bolton strikes down a 1968 abortion reform statute in the state of Georgia that had prohibited abortions, except in cases of medical necessity, rape, incest, and fetal abnormality.

«As the County Board of Health pointed out, there is no public health value, nor support from the medical community, including the medical professionals on that Board, for a county ordinance requiring abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges.»

Abortion - rights groups, along with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association, say the rules are not based on scientific fact and are medically unnecessary.

The proportion of U.S. contraceptive users relying on LARCs jumped from 2.4 % in 2002 to 14.3 % in 2014, the highest level ever recorded in the United States.9 There is also some evidence that LARCs are highly desired by many abortion patients and that patient interest increases when LARCs are available for immediate postabortion initiation.1, 11,12 Notably, all contraceptive methods, including LARCs, are appropriate for immediate uptake following a surgical abortion.13 In addition, recently updated medical guidelines support providing implants and injectable contraception at the time of a medication abortion, along with previously available methods like the pill, patch and ring; the IUD is now the only method that providers can not offer on the day medication abortion is started.14 This broader array of options is particularly significant given that medication abortion represents an increasing proportion of all abortions nationally.