Sentences with phrase «such abortion services»

It also considered whether the continuing failure to provide such abortion services infringed ECHR, art 14 in conjunction with 8.

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That ruling says businesses may object on religious grounds to offering health services stipulated by the ACA, such as abortion services and fertility drugs.

We now have a situation where a Catholic hospital will be seen as condoning referrals for abortion and approving the full range of family planning services including abortifacients such as the morning - after pill.

Lader argued that since early abortions are statistically safer for the woman than childbirth, and since the morality of such abortions is a matter of religious and philosophical dispute, the state ought not to prevent women from having legal access to abortion services:

The writers of the report are, perhaps, most disturbed by the fact that «even when legal, abortion is often prevented or delayed by obstacles to the access of appropriate services, such as the widespread use of conscientious objection, medically unnecessary waiting periods or biased counselling»; and calls on Member States to «regulate and monitor the use of conscientious objection in the key professions, so as to ensure that reproductive healthcare is guaranteed as an individual's right.»

According to the ethics report, physicians objecting to abortion or contraception must refer patients desiring such services to other providers (recommendation # 4); may not argue or advocate their views on these matters though they are required to provide prior notice to their patients of their moral commitments (recommendation # 3); and, in emergency cases or in situations that might negatively affect patient physical or mental health, they must actually provide contraception and / or perform abortions (recommendation # 5, emphasis added).

There are links to other «helpful» websites such as the BPAS (British Pregnancy Advisory Service — which describes itself as «the leading provider of abortion services in the UK»), Childline (which advises a girl named Chantelle, aged 14, that if she is afraid that she might be pregnant she can still prevent pregnancy by using emergency contraception up to three days after intercourse),)

Grants are not authorized for programs or projects that provide abortions or abortion counseling, or that actively promote abortion, nor for family planning services, unless such services are not otherwise available in the community.

The courageous work of pro-life groups in vigils at abortion clinics, of street pastors working with clubbers at night - time in city centres, of those offering prayer ministry for healing in shopping centres, of street evangelisers such as the St Patrick's group in Soho - all these examples need to be better known, and imitated.1 Then there's the output of media groups working through radio, TV, internet sites, blogs and video teaching programmes, such as Catholic Evangelisation Services; these too, while offering an independent type of Christian teaching, provide an important stimulus to on - the - ground evangelising.

Birth control and abortion is common practice; the hospitals can provide «sinner buildings» where the doctors and staff who don't have a moral problem providing such services can do so and keep the hospital in compliance with the law..

HHS positioned the shift as part of its «major actions to protect conscience rights and life,» including a new proposed rule to better enforce 25 federal protections for health care providers who decline to perform abortions and other services, as well as yesterday's announcement of a new division dedicated to fielding such complaints.

The conference — cohosted by the ERLC and Focus on the Family — features more than 50 speakers addressing not only abortion but such issues as adoption, end - of - life care, ministry to those with special needs, human trafficking, service to immigrants and refugees, and the development of a pro-life worldview.

It may well be true that self - consciousness about standing on such shaky ground is the reason why the talk of a woman's «right» to abortion services has become an uncritical mantra, rising to a aggressive assertion when challenged, for this kind of feminist.

The plan's website says it does not cover abortion, sterilization, or artificial contraception, but adds: «As a member of Fidelis Care, you can secure such services through free access to the Medicaid program or through State Department of Health - contracted entities.»

it does not cover abortion, sterilization, or artificial contraception, but adds: «As a member of Fidelis Care, you can secure such services through free access to the Medicaid program or through State Department of Health - contracted entities.»

Other areas of our work that also have human rights and equalities angles include our campaigns around state - funded religious schools, religious education, for public service reform, and on ethical issues such as abortion and assisted dying.

Such services would also prevent deaths associated with unsafe abortions, which, according to a 2009 editorial published in The Lancet, kill eight women around the world every hour.

This rule mandates that foreign organizations receiving money for family planning assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) must deny such crucial information to women as the option of legal abortion or where safe family planning services may be obtained.

The reason for this decline is not fully understood, but it has been attributed to the increasing use of contraceptives, especially long - acting methods such as intrauterine devices, historic declines in the rate of unintended pregnancy and increasing numbers of state regulations that limit the availability of otherwise legal abortion services.

This policy requires doctors who object to providing medical care on the basis of religious or conscientious grounds (such as medical assistance in dying, abortion, birth control and gender confirmation surgery) to connect the patient with a person or agency who will either provide care or connect the patient with a willing provider of the service requested.

This policy requires doctors who object to providing medical care on the basis of religious or conscientious grounds (such as medical assistance in dying — «MAID» — but also abortion, birth control and gender confirmation surgery) to connect the patient with a person or agency who will either provide care or connect the patient with a willing provider of the service requested.

Based on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario publishing two «policy statements» requiring registrants to provide effective referrals, five registrants challenged their obligations to provide effective referrals, on the basis that their having to provide referrals for services that considered wrongful — services such as abortions, medical assistance in dying, or contraception for example — constituted complicity and violated their religious freedom.

The curricula were considered weak in a number of areas: They emphasized abstinence; lacked adequate basic information on contraceptives, condoms, sex and sexual health; excluded key topics such as reproduction, STIs, abortion, access to condoms and sexual health services; and omitted other social and contextual aspects, such as harassment and parental monitoring.

Proponents of such restrictions are ultimately seeking to make abortion inaccessible for U.S. women, and so are seeking to shutter Planned Parenthood health centers and any safety - net health center providing publicly funded family planning services that additionally offers abortions (using other funds), or is affiliated with an abortion provider.

For a century, people have relied on Planned Parenthood for care and information, and each year Planned Parenthood health centers serve millions of patients essential services, such as birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, safe and legal abortion, and other high - quality health care.

This orchestrated effort led, predictably, to state and federal calls to end funding for all Planned Parenthood services — more than 95 % of which involve such things as contraception and screening for sexually transmitted diseases, rather than abortion.

Some critics of the Title X program oppose funding clinics that provide abortion, even if federal money goes for other services, such as treating sexually transmitted infections, said Susan Fogel, director of reproductive health at the National Health Law Program.

Then, as now, some of the biggest providers of reproductive healthcare around the world — groups such as the International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International — decided to forego U.S. funding rather than limit the services they provide and risk exposing more women to unsafe abortions.

For more than a fifty years people have relied on Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida (PPSWCF) for care and information, and each year Planned Parenthood health centers in Florida serve thousands of patients essential services, such as birth control, STI testing and treatment, lifesaving cancer screenings, safe and legal abortion, and other high - quality health care.

This rider would allow employers and health insurance companies to refuse to provide coverage of any health care service — such as abortion — on the basis of religious or moral convictions.

She is proud to have won the endorsement of the Planned Parenthood Action fund, and has promised to always defend what she calls essential health and reproductive care, including the services Planned Parenthood provides for women, such as access to legal abortion.

The Action Fund's primary purpose is educating voters about public policies that impact reproductive health care and rights — such as adequate funding for family planning services, access to safe and affordable abortion, the promotion of medically - accurate, age - appropriate sex education for our youth, increased access to emergency contraception and confidential health services for minors.

When the gag rule case came before the U.S. Supreme Court, family planning providers argued that in crafting the statute, Congress expected that Title X family planning projects might be housed within larger entities, such as hospitals or local health departments, that provide a wide range of other services, including abortion services.