Sentences with phrase «state over abortion»

Not exact matches

The proposals for health care in Congress this year, for example, will soon escalate the clash between religious hospitals and state agencies over mandatory performance of abortion: Any single - payer system will prove, as it must, irresistible to social engineers in government, and each twist of the ratchet necessarily moves Catholic hospitals further from the Church and closer to the state.
Now, as many of them argue for forcing others to do what they want, like forcing doctors to refer women to abortionists or even participate in abortions themselves, the traditional goal «has been thrown over in favor of a crusade to establish what might be called... «comprehensive liberalism» as the official pseudo-religion of the state
Our Archbishop has stated: If the provisions for contraceptives and abortions are not removed, the Archdiocese will no longer provide health insurance benefits to any of its employees, including over 1800 school teachers.
To put it another way, since the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, there have been perhaps over thirty million abortions in the United States.
Seen from this perspective, the interviewees admit that they agree that abortion is never morally justifiable: a «180» in their thinking about the legalised killing of over 53 million persons in the United States since Roe v. Wade.
In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.
A recent study by the Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good finds that social and economic supports such as benefits for pregnant women and mothers and economic assistance to low - income families have contributed significantly to reducing the number of abortions in the United States over the past twenty years.
Since May, Cuomo's state Democratic Committee has served as the conduit for all things anti-Astorino: His fight with the Department of Housing and Urban Development over affordable housing, his conservative stance on abortion and a lawsuit filed against him stemming from the obscure battles within the Independence Party in Westchester County.
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.
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As in many races around the country, female voters are being fought over in Washington state's 1st district, where the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this week launched a $ 250,000 ad buy targeting GOP nominee John Koster's strong opposition to abortion.
But the omnibus version of the bill has stalled in the state Senate over the last two years with mostly Republicans opposing a measure aimed at strengthening abortion rights.
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 today.
Cuomo, to chants of «four more years», promised to deliver in his next term on a mostly progressive agenda, including enacting a number of items that were stalled in the State Senate over the past couple of years, like an abortion rights provision as part of a women's rights agenda and public financing of political campaigns.
In the ad, Murphy's daughter points to her dad's vote for the package of bills dubbed the Women's Equality Act, an omnibus that had been introduced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and had stalled in the GOP - led Senate over a plank aimed at enhancing abortion rights in the state.
Issues over women's rights and reproductive health are at the forefront of this political campaign season in state legislative races as Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes a statewide call for the passage of the 10 - point women's agenda and with it Republican opposition to a plank aimed at strengthening abortion rights.
Republican John Cahill isn't a candidate for state attorney general just yet, but two Democratic women are already blasting him over his stance on abortion and the women's agenda.
They operate abortion clinics all over the state,» said Chiaroscuro President Greg Pfundstein.
State Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah is stepping down amid criticism over his agency's failure to conduct regular inspections of abortion clinics and for delays in releasing a long - awaited fracking...
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.
The opposition, which also include pro and anti abortion rights groups, second amendment advocates and the state's Conservative Party, spent over one million dollars running ads and distributing lawn signs in the weeks leading up to the vote.
For the past two years, Cuomo has tried and failed to get a 10 - point Women's Equality Act approved in the state legislature, due to opposition from Republicans, who co-lead the Senate, over an abortion rights provision.
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.
McCaskill easily won a second term over Republican Todd Akin in 2012, helped by his comments about «legitimate rape» and abortion, but she is among the most vulnerable Democrats facing re-election this year, in a state that broke for Trump by 19 points.
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.
The controversy over the exemptions began two years ago, when it was revealed that the state arm of the abortion rights group NARAL had been granted an exemption, prompting Republicans to complain that the watchdog panel had created a disclosure - free avenue for political giving.
But after Democrats failed to retake the State Senate last year, and after the 2014 election season was over, with Cuomo victorious, the governor and his lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul both declared the abortion plank of the act officially dormant, if not dead.
I think the debate about whether we should design our children will replace the debate over abortion in the United States and become the object of discussion worldwide.
Thursday, May 17 2018New restrictions in some conservative states are urging a high court battle over a woman's right to an abortion.
Kansans for Life, the state's largest anti-abortion organization, fought for weeks to maintain a clause in the legislation designed to discourage a court challenge over its ban on drug - induced abortions.
Given the current election year controversies over abortion and the ideas of separation of church and state, this book seems to mirror the current issues.
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.
For years, the commission's 88 member nations have been split along an ideological divide no less profound than the one over abortion in the United States.
Although most people struggle with these questions let's not forget the obvious fact that we wouldn't have 1.3 million abortions per year and a total of over 50 million abortions in the United States since Roe v. Wade if millions were not in favor of life and were pro-abortion.
Examples of FRD include cases where a pregnant employee is told to get an abortion if she wishes to remain employed, a less qualified parent without children is promoted over a more qualified parent (typically, this one hits women harder) or a male state trooper is denied leave to care for his newborn and told by his supervisor that his wife would have to be «in a coma or dead» for a man to qualify for leave as the primary caregiver.
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The Ryan Program has established over 60 programs in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico and is responsible for the abortion care training of nearly 10,500 OB / GYN residents.
Over the course of the year, legislators in 30 states introduced abortion bans, with six states enacting new laws.
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