Sentences with phrase «provisions banning abortion»

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Dreihaus, part of a group of Democrats that supported a ban on taxpayer funding of abortion yet — when this provision failed to pass — still voted in favor of the final health care reform bill, argued that, given his pro-life beliefs, the ad amounted to defamation.

In response, Prime Minister Enda Kenny has proposed a bill that would «clarify» the abortion statute in Ireland, making a clear exception in the constitutional ban for cases of maternal health and including an unrelated provision allowing for suicide as a reason for seeking terminating the pregnancy.

The bill has several controversial provisions, such as the requirement that women experiencing problems after abortions, which would still be banned, must be treated humanely and compassionately.

Two provisions do represent a change from the status quo, however: the mandate for providing a 12 months» supply of contraceptive drugs, and the ban on copayments for abortion.

The next US president plans to overturn the country's long - standing nationwide provision for abortions, and if states are allowed to decide, many will opt for a ban

When the provision goes into effect in 2013, 19 states will have bans on «partial - birth» abortion (see Bans on «Partial - Birth» Abortibans on «partial - birth» abortion (see Bans on «Partial - Birth» Ababortion (see Bans on «Partial - Birth» AbortiBans on «Partial - Birth» AbortionAbortion).

Planned Parenthood today denounced an anti-women's health provision approved by the House Appropriations Committee that would ban the use of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funds for abortion except in cases of rape, incest and life endangerment.

WASHINGTON, DC — Planned Parenthood today denounced an anti-women's health provision approved by the House of Representatives that would ban the use of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funds for abortion except in cases of rape, incest and life endangerment.

Meanwhile, five states (AL, ID, IN, KS and OK) enacted provisions to ban abortion at or beyond 20 weeks» gestation based on the spurious assertion that a fetus can feel pain at that point.

House Bill 2036 has several damaging provisions that pose a threat to women's health, but the provision of the bill that bans abortion at 20 weeks is a particularly cruel and dangerous attack on women's health.

Another of the law's harmful provisions has been allowed to take effect — forcing medical professionals in Texas to follow outdated and less effective procedures for medication abortion, while banning it entirely for others.

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.