Sentences with phrase «when abortion restrictions»

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And Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says the last time his conservative Christian movement saw so many victories at the state level — where many legislatures are busy passing new abortion restrictions - was in 2004, when more than a dozen states adopted same - sex marriage bans.

So even though I think abortion is morally wrong in most cases, and support more legal restrictions around it, I often vote for pro-choice candidates when I think their policies will do the most to address the health and economic concerns that drive women to get abortions in the first place.

Strange that Canada has a lower abortion rate than the US when Canada has a lower rate of religion (your post confirms it) and has ZERO restrictions on abortion (unlike the US).

When the president signed into law a budget bill that included $ 385 million for family planning overseas, he accepted a restriction that no more than $ 15 million could go to organizations that perform or promote abortion in foreign countries even if he waived the limitation.

And when it comes to immunizing such «choices» from legal restriction or even private remonstration, the Court's liberals can be counted upon to flip on the switch of what Justice Antonin Scalia, writing in dissent, describes as «the ad hoc nullification machine that [is] set in motion to push aside whatever doctrines of constitutional law stand in the way of the highly favored practice of abortion.»

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.

The bishops proved their power in the House, when, following direct negotiations with the House Speaker, they forced House Democratic leaders to allow a vote on the Stupak amendment, which introduced firmer restrictions on abortion funding.

The judge argued that the state law, «when measured against Supreme Court precedent... falls woefully short of constitutional requirements» in the restrictions it placed on access to abortion for pregnant girls under age 18.

Just when and how can federal courts «bar the enforcement of abortion restrictions that have not yet gone into effect» and haven't affected anybody?

«The Appropriations bill is an important step in the right direction when it comes to women's health — holding the line on deeply unpopular abortion restrictions and expanding access for Peace Corps volunteers.

Moreover, the exceptions contained in these restrictions do not allow for an abortion when necessary to protect a woman's health, as required by the Court.

Six of these states (AL, ID, IN, KS, MO and OK), all of which adopted restrictions on abortions performed later in pregnancy (see above), moved to require abortion providers to report a diagnosis when an abortion is performed at or beyond 20 weeks» gestation.

«The science says abortion is safe, but time and time again elected officials are ignoring the facts and jamming through abortion restrictions under a false guise of «safety» when they actually endanger women.

These restrictions are for the abortion related ultrasound visit, the visit when you have your procedure AND for any follow up visits you need.

The case exposed the lie that anti-abortion politicians have been peddling for years: that it's somehow «safer» for women when the state imposes medically unnecessary, onerous restrictions on health centers and clinicians that provide abortions.

This update poses the biggest benefit for women in Ohio, Texas and North Dakota, where restrictions have compelled health care providers to use the outdated, inferior, and less effective regimen when prescribing medication abortion.

The real goal of TRAP restrictions is simple: shutting down abortion providers when they are unable to comply.

Delaware enacted a comprehensive new law that affirms the legality of abortion until fetal viability, allows abortion after viability when the woman's life or health would be at risk or when there is a diagnosed fetal anomaly, and repeals several outdated and unenforced abortion restrictions.

In states where these restrictions have been passed, some women have been forced to have a surgical procedure when they would have chosen non-surgical abortion instead.