Sentences with phrase «sterilization law»

In Buck v. Bell (1927), the majority decision, written by Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., used modern opinions of science to support the Virginia sterilization law: «It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from breeding their kind.

For example, California now has a mandatory pre-adoption sterilization law for counties with over 100,000 residents.

The pit bull sterilization law was passed after a 12 - year - old boy was mauled by two pit bulls that had not been sterilized.

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San Francisco enacted the first mandatory pit bull sterilization law in 2005.

Subsequently, four months after the release of this data, the City of Wichita enacted a mandatory pit bull sterilization law.

Adding to the conundrum are the facts that basic record keeping in animal sheltering is not mandatory, the state sterilization law actually lacks a penalty if it is violated and our humane euthanasia law exempts cities under 10,000 from mandatory compliance; this exempts over 80 % of our municipalities from compliance with this statute.

Read the case of Carrie Buck to learn about sterilization laws in the United States and to consider the impact that eugenics had on laws and public policy.

They don't want to think about the animal rights legislation and sterilization laws.

Despite the outrage at Nazi racial policy, Allied authorities were unable to classify sterilizations as war crimes, because similar sterilization laws had been enforced in some states since 1907 and had been upheld by the Supreme Court.

Not exact matches

Its law firm, Liberty Counsel (which has offices on campus), said the healthcare law was paving the way for «forced abortion and compulsory sterilization.»

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

Schneiderman's proposal, the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act of 2017, would codify in state law Obamacare provisions that require health insurers to offer contraception with no out - of - pocket cost and would also expand guarantees to include coverage of sterilization procedures for both men and women, and emergency contraception obtainable even without a prescription.

Second, President Obama signaled his intention to repeal a rule promulgated in the last days of the Bush administration that codified previous law ensuring that no health care providers at institutions receiving federal funds should be discriminated against for refusing to participate in abortion or sterilization procedures.

Under the Affordable Care Act (the health care law), most insurance plans cover FDA - approved prescription birth control for women, such as the pill, IUDs, and female sterilization, at no additional cost to you.

Carrie and Emma Buck in 1924, right before the Buck v. Bell trial, which provided the first court approval of a law allowing forced sterilization in Virginia.

He's tormented, however, by his disfiguring facial birthmark, and his safety is threatened by a Nazi law requiring sterilization of those with deformities.

The poems examine Hamer's early life under Jim Crow laws as well as her staunch activism despite facing many difficulties in life, including arrest, physical abuse, and forced sterilization.

Disturbingly, Focus Oklahoma research revealed that an estimated less than one fifth of rural shelters comply with the 1986 state law requiring sterilization of animals released from shelters.

We estimate less than one fifth of rural shelters comply with the state law requiring sterilization of shelter animals.

Fewer than one fourth of cities have procedures that actually support compliance with the 1986 Oklahoma Dog and Cat Sterilization Act, a law intended to keep shelter animals from giving birth to more unwanted animals; many do not keep records of the number of animals handled and 28 shelters refused to return calls or told us they would not discuss their shelter policies with the public.

The births of unwanted companion animals can and should be prevented and Tulsa County can enact a county tag law with a sterilization mandate in order to reduce the number of animals that will become surplus and fall between the cracks.

Back in February 2008, Los Angeles County signed one of the nation's toughest laws on pet sterilization, requiring most dogs and cats to be spayed or neutered by the time they are 4 months old.

PATTI DONEGAN»S letter focused on the problem of puppy mills, backyard breeders and dog brokers.Florida Statute 585.195 states each dog offered for sale shall be inoculated against canine disease prior to sale.Florida Statute 823.15 requires sterilization of dogs and cats released from an animal shelter or humane society.The problem in Orange County is the lack of enforcement of these laws, and the need to extend sterilization requirements to back - yard breeders.The public can become involved by encouraging the county commission and city councils to enforce the rules and regulations presently on the books, until a countywide ordinance can be made law that protects the needs of the consumer and the lives of the animals.

Laws that mandate the sterilization of shelter animals and make low — cost sterilization services widely available.

Owners who do not comply with the law will receive information on subsidized sterilization services.

Accordingly, in the 1990s and early years of the present century, I wrote and spoke in favor of the landmark national legislation supporting street dog sterilization in India, Turkey, and Costa Rica before those laws were passed.

In spite of the easy refutation of the anti-purebred litanies, breeders are on the defensive, especially in those areas where active animal rights proponents are working for laws that penalize owners of intact dogs with large license differentials, special breeding permits, advertising restrictions, litter limits, and even forced sterilization of dogs impounded for running at large.

Enhanced enforcement of dog license laws, with adequate fees to augment animal control budgets and surcharges on ownership of unaltered dogs to help fund low - cost pet sterilization programs in the communities in which the fees are collected.

For example, many animal control laws; including those requiring licensing, identification, sterilization, rabies inoculation, leashing in public places and adequate outdoor shelter; entail monetary penalties and sometimes seizure of the animal with payment of fines as a prerequisite for return to owner.

Equally important, well - crafted legislation will insulate community cats from licensing requirements, feeding bans, pet limits or other punitive laws that often impede the progress of sterilization efforts and public health protection.

We need strong leadership coupled with proactive policies and well - enforced laws that recognize cats as invasive species, impose fines on owners who... refuse to control their pets, require mandatory sterilizations of pets, prohibit feral - cat colonies and feeding stations, especially on public land, and acknowledge the legitimate role of euthanasia when necessary.

But we may be facing the law of diminishing returns regarding sterilization.

We are a municipal animal care and control organization focused on reuniting missing pets with owners, finding new homes for unclaimed pets, facilitating pet retention through outreach and assistance, encouraging compliance with local pet laws, and promoting pet sterilization.

Model laws, popularised by the Eugenics Society, advocated the mandatory sterilization of the «retarded» and the feeble - minded.

Such laws are often targeted at persons with intellectual or mental health disabilities and include those that result in involuntary institutionalization, forced birth control and sterilization, segregation away from the mainstream of the population and laws that otherwise deny basic rights: LCO Disabilities Report at 42.

*** Note on Sterilization Certification Requirement Affecting Some Dental Assistants *** In its 2013 session, the New York State legislature passed a law requiring technicians who perform instrument sterilization in hospitals and in diagnostic and treatment centers offering ambulatory surgical services to hold one of two central services certifications — the Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) credential from the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) or the Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) certification from the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and DistribuSterilization Certification Requirement Affecting Some Dental Assistants *** In its 2013 session, the New York State legislature passed a law requiring technicians who perform instrument sterilization in hospitals and in diagnostic and treatment centers offering ambulatory surgical services to hold one of two central services certifications — the Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) credential from the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) or the Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) certification from the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribusterilization in hospitals and in diagnostic and treatment centers offering ambulatory surgical services to hold one of two central services certifications — the Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) credential from the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) or the Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) certification from the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).

Upheld the standards of sanitation and sterilization as directed by law and the spa's policies and procedures.

Maintained rigorous standards of sanitation and sterilization as directed by law and the spa's policies and procedures.

The law states that «a minor has the same capacity as an adult to consent to treatment for or advice about drug abuse, alcoholism, venereal disease, pregnancy, and contraception other than sterilization.»

Nevada's new law also requires insurance plans to cover over-the-counter methods, while Maine's new law requires coverage for male sterilization.