Sentences with phrase «over abortion law»

The present political uproar over abortion law in Ireland» one of only three western European nations, together with Poland and Malta, which continue to ban the practice» seems to have arrived with similar ferocity.

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Thus, debates between, for example, Roman Catholic natural law theorists and secular feminist legal theorists over abortion are, for Posner, a waste of time, for neither theoretical approach possesses the tools to persuade anyone of contrary views.

And such groups provided Catholic support for the president in 2009, when he faced conservative Catholic criticism over his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame, and in 2010, when the bishops opposed Obama's health care law, alleging that it left the door open to taxpayer - funded abortion.

She said: «On the day when the Belfast Court of Appeal ruled that it is up to the Stormont Assembly to decide on abortion law in Northern Ireland, the Government at Westminster has now decided to ride roughshod over the views of the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland.»

Nino let Clarence Thomas take over reading the dissent in Stenberg v. Carhart, as their colleagues were willing to strike down a law in Nebraska that barred the grisly procedure known as «partial - birth abortion.»

I don't think you can be a pro-life feminist and argue that women need to be condescended to and «informed of what they're doing» as though they don't already know (cf. laws that institute mandatory waiting periods so they can «think it over,» which puts an untenable burden on those who have to travel for abortion procedures and do not have the money to do so).

Arkes remains a convinced incrementalist in abortion politics: he recounts the battle over partial - birth abortion (still ongoing) as a «modest first step» away from the jurisprudence of Roe; in a similar vein he has hopes that the Born - Alive Act (now signed into law) might help to revive reasoned public discourse about the true character of abortion.

Don't want an abortion, don't have one but don't think your personal belief trumps the laws that you must bide by in this world and please don't think they deserve respect when obviously they are being use to step on other peoples rights to freedom over their own body.

Gosnell was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of patient Karnamaya Mongar and convicted of numerous lesser charges, including multiple counts of violating Pennsylvania's informed consent law and twenty - one counts of abortion of unborn babies over twenty - four weeks gestation.

He said: «We're going to need to change by virtue a humanised political debate over exactly what we want to see in our country, that means changing the law, it is also changing the culture so people view abortion as what it is, destruction of an unborn child.»

We go to work, socialize, and share public space with many people who reject the moral law's authority over their lives, people who regard abortion as a fundamental right or who think sexual liberation an imperative.

The push would reignite a heated debate over the RHA, a measure that is aimed at the codification of Roe v. Wade in state law and is deeply opposed by opponents of abortion, who have argued it's a needless expansion of existing rights in New York.

Hoping to capitalize on Democratic anger over the election of President Trump, Mayer and other Democrats argue the Westchester contest is critical to their hopes of controlling the Senate and enacting legislation long sought by progressives, including new gun control measures, campaign finance and ethics reforms, and a bill to strengthen New York's abortion laws.

Laws governing abortion in America have changed over time, from no laws in Colonial days — when it was considered a medical issue — to the various state restrictions seen toLaws governing abortion in America have changed over time, from no laws in Colonial days — when it was considered a medical issue — to the various state restrictions seen tolaws in Colonial days — when it was considered a medical issue — to the various state restrictions seen today.

He is moderate on social issues — he has no plans to roll back Cuomo's gun - control law, supports same - sex marriage and abortion rights up to the third trimester — and endorsed Hillary Clinton over Trump in 2016.

But the entire plan got stuck over the tenth provision, which would codify into New York State law the abortion rights defined in the 1973 US Supreme Court Roe v Wade decision.

But the entire plan got stuck over the tenth provision, which would codify into New York state law the abortion rights defined in the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision.

Kehoe argued that under Doe v. Bolton, another landmark case on abortion defining health risks abortion might remedy, the broad language would allow for abortions even when a mother is not in significant danger, an expansion over previous New York State law requiring a life - threatening condition.

Indeed, polls have shown Mr. Cuomo with a wide lead over Mr. Astorino, whom the governor's campaign plans to attack as an «ultraconservative» over his opposition to abortion rights, strict gun control laws and same - sex marriage.

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«As first noted here late last night, in today's edition of The Recorder of San Francisco, attorney Cyrus Sanai has an interesting essay entitled «Taking the Kozinski Challenge» that begins, «The fiercest battle within the federal appellate courts these days is not over abortion or gay marriage, but the arcane question of whether an attorney may cite the unpublished case law of an appellate court as the binding law of the circuit.»»

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.

Last week, over protests from thousands of Ohioans statewide, Governor John Kasich signed a budget into law without exercising his line - item veto to strike a Targeted Restriction of Abortion Providers (TRAP) provision prohibiting transfer agreements with public hospitals, a mandatory ultrasound provision, as well as a measure designed to block funds for preventive health care at Planned Parenthood health centers in Ohio.

A law requiring women seeking an abortion to make three visits to the doctor over two days.

First, millions of people have gained health insurance coverage as a result of the ACA, and the uninsured rate among women of reproductive age fell by more than one - third over the first two full years of the law's implementation.7 With increasing numbers of their clients obtaining health insurance, abortion providers — and specialized providers in particular — may have new incentives to establish relationships with insurers.

Over the course of the year, legislators in 30 states introduced abortion bans, with six states enacting new laws.