Sentences with phrase «terms of abortion law»

The same Americans are not in agreement on what that perception of reality should mean in terms of abortion law, but, if we believe in a society governed by democratic discourse and decision, that perception of reality and the consideration of its legal ramifications can not be ruled out of order.

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one of the females in your family; your mother or sister or daughter or cousin becomes a ra.pe victim, without abortion laws you are concenting to forcing them to carry that baby to term then go through child birth to deliever it.

In terms of both constituency and leadership, evangelicals are in the forefront of the movement for more protective attitudes and laws regarding abortion.

Republicans also denounced the effort, and one anti-abortion group pre-emptively defined the new party as synonymous with late - term abortion because abortion law changes embraced by Cuomo would have delegated to a physician's scope of practice, which could be amended by state Department of Health officials.

The reproductive health act, first introduced by former Governor Eliot Spitzer, would set in state law the right to accept or refuse contraception and the right to have a late term abortion, if a doctor determines that the health of the mother is at risk.

Sure, Senate Republicans have stopped some bills from becoming law, like late - term abortion expansion and publicly financed elections for all state offices, but I can't remember the last time they were driving ideas of their own.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman took a large step toward making New York one of several states to allow late - term abortions in cases where the mother's health is in jeopardy or the fetus suffers a fatal complication, relying on Supreme Court rulings he said overrode existing law.

Funke contends that one part of the equality act would actually expand late - term abortions, and he says he could support other parts of the legislation, which would give a boost to laws against sexual harassment, domestic violence and salary discrimination.

One distinction that the law's defenders now raise, however, is that other alternatives to partial - birth abortion exist (see, summary in NYT article of 11/9/06, Justices Hear Argument on Late Term Ababortion exist (see, summary in NYT article of 11/9/06, Justices Hear Argument on Late Term AbortionAbortion).

Moreover, based on this evidence, Congress concluded that partial - birth / late - term abortions are never medically necessary as a matter of law.

There are certainly people who are seeking late term abortion for other reasons (sex selection of the unborn baby) who are going to other countries to have this done (as it is not available here in Canada) but this would not realistically be curtailed by any law.