Republican presidential front - runner Donald Trump said on Wednesday that women who end pregnancies should face punishment if the United States bans abortion, triggering a torrent of criticism from
both sides of the abortion debate, including from his White House rivals.
There are arguments that can be made on
both sides of the abortion argument.
They recognized, as United Methodists on
either side of the abortion debate have recognized until recently, that the in vitro human embryo makes, at the very least, an iconic moral claim.
Uuuummmm, Guttmacher inst!tute stats are generally accepted by
both sides of the abortion debate.
Meanwhile, Governor Romney has been on
both sides of the abortion issue throughout his political career.
Both sides of abortion policy - making often write off unborn children of rape as obviously «fair game.»
But crossing to the other
side of the abortion divide was disappointing in some ways Johnson did not expect.
A New York state ethics board has denied applications from groups on
both sides of the abortion debate a request to keep private their donor lists.
It includes unions, the state's Conservative Party and groups on
both sides of the abortion debate.
Hillary Clinton faced criticism from
both sides of the abortion debate after she waded into the fraught argument about when life begins by describing the unborn as a «person.»
The ruling released on Monday in a 5 - 3 decision is being considered by advocates on
both sides of the abortion debate as one of the most consequential in a generation from the high court.
Groups on
both sides of the abortion debate are members.
In staking a position that upsets advocates on
both sides of the abortion issue, Mr. Pataki can arguably proclaim himself a moderate, some political analysts said.
Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, R - DeWitt, also opposes the convention, along with groups on
both sides of the abortion issue and some environmental groups.
A state ethics board has denied applications from groups on
both sides of the abortion debate a request to keep private their donor lists.
Though unabashedly pro-life in point - of - view, October Baby is nonetheless an apolitical coming - of - age adventure apt to touch the hearts of audience members on
either side of the abortion issue.
Incredibly moving and powerful, it marks an impressive feature film debut from Shane and Wilson, and should pretty much be required viewing for anyone on
either side of the abortion debate.
Campaigners on
all sides of abortion debates increasingly fall back on science to make their moral case.
Activists on
both sides of the abortion debate tell POLITICO they've never seen a legislator pursue Planned Parenthood with such a single - minded focus.
The bottom line, however, is that making Planned Parenthood a target is probably good for those on
both sides of the abortion debate.
Not exact matches
Even when they had the White House (George W) and both Houses
of Congress the GOP never even introduced, much less voted on, any bill banning
abortion, allowing prayer in school, banning gay marriage or any other
of the wedge issues they use to attract a certain mentally deranged segment
of the population to their
side by pretending to defend those things that are important to Christian conservatives.
I don't believe either
side of people involved in these situations realize that even the woman goes through major trauma after doing this... So please don't act like oh I'm pro-choice «hehe
abortion is some easy thing» when you haven't done it.
I think your position is the position
of most pro-choice supporters, my issue with the religious pro-life
side is they do not want to support the very things that have been shown to have to largest impact on reducing
abortion, s.e.x education and contraception.
Even on
abortion, that most contentious issue, the pro-choice
side generally holds to an idea
of the good the pro-life people will recognize, while condemning the method by which it is to be achieved.
In the midst
of giving generally good advice to conservative pro-lifers about how to play to their political strength — by emphasizing the issue
of late - term
abortion, where a consensus
of public opinion is on their
side — Krauthammer offered this:
Neither
side wants an increase in
abortions, so how can you work together to decrease the number
of people seeking them?
(It should be noted that late tern
abortions make up a very small percentage
of abortions, as do cases
of rape and incest... so both
sides tend to appeal to rare cases in debates.)
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.
Even among Christians, for whom scripture should be a guide to life's challenges, many cling to the idea that issues such as
abortion and the end
of life are so complex that only a simple - minded person, unable to see two
sides of an argument, could possibly take a firm stance.
Though Gorsuch has not ruled on Roe v. Wade, he calls for a consistent pro-life ethic surrounding end -
of - life issues in his book, The Future
of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, and is expected to
side against
abortion.
In Santa we Trust It is the deception
of politics with one
side whipping up the anti
abortion crowd.
Somehow, we have to break the identification
of the
sides on
abortion with the
sides on religion, and I'm not sure how to do that without one
side or the other surrendering on
abortion.
Why the
abortion issue won't go away: One
side (pro-choice) argues from fact, reason, and an understanding
of the natural world; and the other (pro-life) argues from ignorance and blind belief in a fairy tale.
The debate over
abortion (most recently focused on what are called either «late - term» or «partial - birth «
abortions, depending on your position) reveals a reluctance to look at the facts surrounding both
sides of a serious issue out
of fear that one might discover or publicize a fact that does not support one's stance.
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.
While exerting one's autonomy and taking
of innocent life in
abortion is clearly wrong and disallowed by Scripture, so is being vitriolic and hating others on the other
side of an issue.
abortion issue, gay rights: are not «religious» issues, the proof
of that is that within the Christian community there is support for both
sides, AND there is support for both
sides in the atheistic community.
Interestingly, in September the Clinton Justice Department made some noises about possibly appointing some federal judges who are not on «the right
side»
of the
abortion question.
But a decade later, I've become aware that 12 - step programs are home to people from every religion, denomination, sect, cult, political tilt, gender identity, sexual preference, economic strata, racial and ethnic background, believers in gun rights and
abortion rights and the right to home schooling, drinkers
of coffee and tea, whiskey and mouthwash, people who sleep on their
sides or their stomachs or sidewalks.
Afraid
of being branded as moralists, or even worse, proselytizers, politicians cling to surface arguments that remain in the public's comfort zone, choosing
sides in the familiar debates on school prayer, pornography, media immorality and
abortion.
Santorum used to be pro-choice —
Abortion, he wrote, requires «a sensitivity to the genuine concerns
of both
sides.»
This often results in the two communities being on opposite
sides of hot issues like
abortion or school prayers.
In 1968, he won the award for best editorial
of the year from the Catholic Press Association» Catholics liked giving awards to a Lutheran in those days; they thought
of it as being bravely trendy and ecumenical» for an essay on
abortion, and he cried, «The pro-
abortion flag is being planted on the wrong
side of the liberal - conservative divide.»
exploitation
of the earth is a clear violation
of the Genesis mandate, but devaluing human life (
abortion, etc.) is falling off the fence on the other
side.
Over the last few months, certain intellectuals on both
sides of the debate over
abortion have publicly expressed newfound doubts about their
side's positions and tactics.
Like Hawkins, Penny Young Nance — head
of Concerned Women for America, a network that's both pro-life and Christian — rejects the core principles
of the Women's March and sees younger women continuing to
side against
abortion.
According to a Pew Research Center report released last year, 40 percent
of American women oppose
abortion in all or most circumstances, and white evangelical Protestants are far more likely than any other religious group to
side against it.
She commends cultures in which «
abortion is viewed as one way
of completing the sacred cycle that begins with sexuality,» condemning the squeamish «white Western culture» in which we «don't want to accept responsibility for our destructive acts or our negative
side, so we deny their existence.»
She can no longer trust what some
of us might think
of as her better
side, explaining that if she had another child she would feel even worse because she would be admitting that the decision to have the
abortion was a dreadful mistake, admitting that she and her husband «could in fact have managed to care for another life.»
The first several months
of applying democracy to
abortion did not favor the pro-life
side.