Sentences with phrase «outlawing abortion»

Fast - forward to the 21st century: Politicians and extremists who are dead - set on outlawing abortion and denying people the ability to make their own health care decisions try to bring a one - two punch against Planned Parenthood's health centers.
I think Jordan's views were relatively clear: outlawing abortion leads to women getting them done in shady and often dangerous ways, separation of church and state is essential, and religion puts blinders over one's eyes.
But it, too, has been bottled up by those who fear that granting any legal status to any fetus will somehow put us on a slippery slope to outlawing abortion.
the issue of race and whether or not it affects someone's thoughts on outlawing abortion is an extremely valid point to be made.
Finally, the writer [apparently] operates on the mistaken view that if we can only get at least 51 percent of the voting populace to be swayed sufficiently by our coalesced, power structure, emotional appeals, and biblical truth (used only where it will work), then we can pass laws outlawing abortion.
Mississippi would have become the first state to define a fertilized egg as a person, a measure which was aimed at outlawing abortion in the state but, opponents contended, would have led to all kinds of unintended consequences...
«Particularly ominous,» says Mr. Rich in tones most ominous, «are the many ideological and financial links between the PK hierarchy and organizations that are pushing the full religious - right agenda of outlawing abortion, demonizing homosexuals, and bringing prayer and the teaching of creationism to public schools.»
On these issues, Catholics enter covenants and have shared experiences and intuitions with Jews, secular rationalists and liberal Protestants who do not find the case for outlawing abortion to be part of their reading of natural law.
He could not shut about outlawing abortion even through I provided evidence that it would only increase the number of abortions.
By focusing exclusively on the legal components of abortion while simultaneously opposing these family - friendly social policies, the Republican Party has managed to hold pro-life voters hostage with the promise of outlawing abortion, (which has yet to happen under any Republican administrations since Roe v. Wade), while actively working against the very policies that would lead to a significant reduction in unwanted pregnancies.
The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).
Women's health advocates got a partial win on Tuesday as Ohio Governor John Kasich, a devoutly religious social conservative, vetoed a controversial «fetal heartbeat» bill that would have outlawed abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
You can not outlaw abortion, they'll will kill themselves with kitchen knives, you can not tell people to but their own birth control, they will not be able to.
The majority of the electorate simply do not share their views so try as they might every time, someone running on the platform to outlaw abortion or make gay people bad, etc. will just not win in the general election, period.
As I was preparing for class, I learned that Mississippi's voters had rejected the so - called «Personhood Amendment,» which would have outlawed abortion in the state by affirming as a matter of law that human life begins at conception.
Mississippi voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution that would have defined life as starting at conception and outlawed abortion and many forms of birth control if passed.
As a result, states were permitted to outlaw abortion in the third trimester of pregnancy except when the procedure is necessary to preserve the life of the mother.»
If we outlaw abortion we would have to ensure that those kids that we force to be born will be cared for, fed, provided medical coverage, etc...
Now, if we are not going to outlaw abortion, and the doctors / scientists want to take the aborted fetus and do stem cell research on it, well the damage is done and we might as well get all that we can out of it.
HOWEVER, I am not one of those proposing we outlaw abortion.
Larry, the president can not unilaterally outlaw abortion.
They would love to outlaw abortion and bring back sodomy laws like the ones struck down in Texas.
This is why we need a Christian Amendment not only to establish America as a Christian nation, but also to outlaw abortion once and for all.
That said, I don't think we should outlaw abortion.
If you want to privatize Social Security and Medicare, lower taxes for the rich, outlaw abortion, and start a new war with Iran, vote Republican.
Absolutely — and the first reform he would make would be to outlaw abortion and contraceptive mandates.
Just a few hours ago, the governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, signed a piece of legislation that outlaws abortions after 20 weeks.
Over the last 40 years when have Republicans in congress introduced legislation to outlaw abortion???
just outlaw abortions and use the money that otherwise would have gone to abortions to caring of the «unwanted» baby..
We have a problem with unwanted pregnancies in this country, birth control should be easily accessible... but they want to outlaw abortion as well.
If you want to deny gay people the right to get married, or want to outlaw abortion, or want creationism taught in school then you have hurt others.
«Another 10 percent surveyed in the poll volunteered they would prefer to outlaw abortion in the United States altogether or limit it earlier than 20 weeks after fertilization,» the Post reports.
If states with more than 45 % «pro-life» sentiment chose to outlaw abortion, this would only impact 16 states accounting for 10 % of abortions nationwide, or less than 100,000 abortions a year.
States with the highest abortion rates in the country, like California and New York, would be unlikely to outlaw abortion in their states.
Despite the gap between those who want to outlaw abortion and the opinion of the majority, the abortion debate will neither go away nor, concludes Luker, become noted for «civility, calm, or reasoned discourse.»
States would enact legislation either protecting a mother's right to have an abortion or outlawing abortions.
They also launched a video campaign titled «It Could Happen Here,» citing examples of pro-life attorneys general from other states who harassed abortion doctors, tried to close clinics and even sought to outlaw abortion.
While Mondale's candidacy stumbled, Cuomo took his oratorical skill to Notre Dame University, where as the nation's most famous Roman Catholic supporter of abortion rights, he argued the church should not expect him to press for outlawing abortions, given that many Catholics themselves were having them.
The law would outlaw abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which happens before many women know they're pregnant.
Washington — As bills to outlaw abortion and to end school busing moved toward legislative action last week, the Senate approved a measure endorsing voluntary prayer in public schools.
We know the real reason: They want to outlaw abortion — and they're trying to do it by chipping away at access to health care, bill by bill.
We at PPAF fight back when anti-abortion politicians and their extremist allies try to outlaw abortion, take away access to affordable birth control, and block patients from care at Planned Parenthood health centers.
But while the law is designed to challenge Roe v. Wade and outlaw abortion, doctors say that the wording is also likely to outlaw common methods of birth control, including the birth control pill.
The backlash against punishing abortion - seeking women is incomplete without acknowledging two points: First, ALL the Republican candidates for president want to outlaw abortion - and second, politicians have already been punishing women for years.
It's true that Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to outlaw abortion, and that Trump has pledged to appoint anti-abortion judges to the Supreme Court who'd try to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court to Review Federal Abortion Ban That Would Outlaw Abortions as Early as 12 to 15 Weeks in Pregnancy

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The news site reports that the statement came after Matthews repeatedly asked the candidate whether abortion should be punished if it is outlawed.
What you morons describe as «partial - birth abortion» was outlawed YEARS ago because of zealots like you.
If you look at other countries that have outlawed abotions, the abortions still haven't stopped.
Asked when he intends to stop making the annual trek to Washington for the march for Life, my young friend replied without hesitation, «I won't stop going until abortion is outlawed... and even then we will all continue to pray and witness to the sanctity of life until the whole world sees the beauty of the truth.»
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