Sentences with phrase «such as abortions»

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.

Especially when it comes to specific topics such as abortions.

A new campaign is calling on the UK Government to protect doctors and nurses who feel pressured to perform medical procedures which contradict their religious views, such as abortions.

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

Skillful use of wedge issues such as abortion could make an electoral difference in that context.

Harper told Southam News in 2001 that he leaned toward a pro-life stance, and added that he supported the Alliance's policy of dealing with moral issues such as abortion and capital punishment through citizen - initiated referendums.

Other Christians invoke images of persecution when someone disagrees with them on controversial issues such as abortion or birth control, says Moss, whose «The Myth of Persecution» was recently released.

The association with the Religious Right has cost Grey some support among liberals, who believe that by working with the right, Grey legitimates their position on other issues, such as abortion and gay rights.

In addition, one can find from Protestant churches statement after statement about certain problems or quandaries that may impinge upon the family, such as abortion, gender - roles conflict, and homosexuality.

The Church speaks with Christ's own authority on faith and morals and evils such as abortion, casual sex, the culture (or «anti-culture») of recreational drugs, binge - drinking, and pornography.

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.

Democrats with conservative positions on social issues such as abortion continue to disappear from Congress.

However, American evangelicals will benefit from Francis's conservative stance on issues such as abortion and gay marriage, said Anderson.

This is why, Francis insists, we must oppose, not just assaults on the environment, but grave attacks on human rights — such as abortion and coercive population control — and condemn destructive gender ideologies, since «it is not healthy to cancel out sexual difference.»

(A case in point is that of a publicly supported, church - related hospital which is the only hospital in town and which refuses to permit certain medically accepted surgical procedures — such as abortion or tubal ligation — which are objectionable to the church but not to the patients of other faiths or no faith who depend upon that hospital for health care, and whose tax dollars support it.)

Similarly, with respect to issues such as abortion, fetal experimentation, and euthanasia, many today deny what an earlier generation and, it would seem, most Americans today take to be undeniable.

This includes defense of religious freedom and the marriage - based family, resistance to evils such as abortion, euthanasia, eugenics, and coercive population control, and a devotion to justice for all, especially for the poor.

While the Justice made clear his own preference for pro-life public policies, he argued that in itself democracy is neutral as between competing positions on issues such as abortion and euthanasia.

They recognize that «a spirit of callous disregard for life shows itself in direct assaults on human life such as abortion and capital punishment, as well as in senseless violence, escalating militarism, racism, xenophobia, and the skewed accumulation of wealth and life - sustaining resources.»

In the 2008 election, she voted for John McCain because she preferred his positions to Barack Obama's on the issues that were most important to her, such as abortion, taxation, and health care.

And there's a big problem, Stewart went on, with reducing «biblical values» to one or two social issues such as abortion and gay marriage, while ignoring issues such as poverty and immigration reform.

'' reducing «biblical values» to one or two social issues such as abortion and gay marriage, while ignoring issues such as poverty and immigration reform.»

Interestingly enough, social issues such as abortion and gay rights were not central to Mainline defections from Bush in 1992.

There were hardly any questions about issues that most Christians would consider to have a peculiarly moral character, such as abortion, but intense interest in topics such as the expansion of NATO.

Cardinal Dulles paraphrases the standard argument this way: «By giving the impression that human beings sometimes have the right to kill, [capital punishment] fosters a casual attitude toward evils such as abortion, suicide, and euthanasia.»

All direct attacks on innocent human life, such as abortion and euthanasia, strike at the house's foundation.»

Of course the statement says nothing new about great evils such as abortion and euthanasia, but it speaks the truth with bracing forthrightness.

In fact, the school is home to a large, though shrinking, group of people who hold traditional Catholic beliefs on specific issues such as abortion and euthanasia, but who at the same time hold many beliefs about ethics that are indistinguishable from the subjectivism, relativism, emotivism, and nihilism of secular America.

Perry's ties to Texas» black and Hispanic communities are largely built around faith - related issues such as abortion and gay marriage, on which polls show minorities tend to be more conservative than whites.

He has some intelligent things to say about the madnesses of multiculturalism and affirmative action, and rightly deplores the national preemption of questions such as abortion and religion in public education.

Things such as abortion and the death penalty often come down to ethics.

In addition, some changes, such as the abortion license, are not so set in concrete as Fukuyama suggests.

Non-white religious conservatives will need to confront their constituencies on issues thought to be «Republican,» such as abortion and religious freedom.

Ahead of Friday's annual March for Life, pro-life Christians celebrated new federal protections for health care workers who decline to administer procedures such as abortion, sterilization, or euthanasia on religious or moral grounds.

Romney has a mixed record on certain moral issues» such as abortion and gay marriage» that are of deep importance to religious believers and secular liberals.

Pittman has been known to take strong positions on social and political issues such as abortion and immigration, sending charged email messages to select staffers and friends that leave little doubt where he stands.

This program usually does not cover controversial topics such as abortion or masturbation.

They may have to actually show how they intend to solve these problems and even adress sensible issues such as abortion and legalization of drugs.

Klein, meanwhile, has goaded Felder into taking a position on hot - button issues friendly to the Democratic base, such as abortion rights.

Thanks both to the lack of truly divisive issues in the UK (such as abortion, gay marriage or gun control) and more importantly a fear of being branded a maverick by the central party, British candidates sadly can't motivate people to give the kind of money it takes to run a state - ofthe - art campaign.

As a member of Congress, Manchin is known for his bipartisanship, voting or working with Republicans on issues such as abortion and gun ownership.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein has countered in recent days will calls for votes on key liberal issues such as abortion rights and protections for transgender New Yorkers, inferring the bills still wouldn't pass amid opposition from lawmakers like Sen. Ruben Diaz, a socially conservative Democrat from the Bronx.

The comments come as reports suggest the Irish government is prepared to hold a second referendum on the treaty, having secured itself exceptions for certain policy areas, such as abortion.

Aside from their mutual support of orange men, on issues such as abortion and marriage equality both Pence and the DUP's respective views are deeply rooted in a fundamentalist interpretation of Christian scripture.

In recent years, Republicans have worked to soften their tone when it comes to contentious issues such as abortion, wanting to avoid a repeat of gaffes like Todd Akin's «legitimate rape» comments that have turned off many female voters.

The Syracuse resident said he does not trust Katko on topics such as abortion and campaign finance reform.

While politicians elsewhere in the UK do their best to avoid touchstone moral issues such as abortion and gay rights come election season, they're still a staple of Northern Ireland politics.

He also had made public statements during a 2012 run as a Republican for U.S. Senate, in which he staked out conservative positions on issues such as abortion, climate change and same - sex marriage.

The group, along with CitizenLink and its coalition of state - based family policy councils, questioned Trump's stances on issues such as abortion and same - sex marriage (which tended in the past to be liberal) as well his gambling and casino interests.

Though he rejects some party tenets such as abortion rights, he says he will remain a Democrat should he prevail on Nov. 7.