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The abortion debate is a longstanding and contentious discourse that touches on the moral, legal, medical, and religious aspects of induced abortion. [1] In English-speaking countries, the debate has two major sides, commonly referred to as the "pro-choice" and "pro-life" movements.
The playbook does support anti-abortion policies, and it laments the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abortion surveillance and reporting systems, calling them “woefully inadequate.”
Reardon describes his position on abortion as both "pro-life" (believing a human fetus is deserving of protection) and "pro-woman" and "anti-abortion" (believing abortion hurts women). [6] In a 2002 article in Ethics & Medicine , Reardon argued that in order to be effective, anti-abortion efforts had to present "a moral vision that consistently ...
Following the 1968 publication of Humanae Vitae, an encyclical by Pope Paul VI that expressly forbade abortion and most methods of birth control [9] and that sowed controversy within the church over its restatement of the prohibition on birth control, [10] Catholic bishops in the United States started to stress anti-abortion views as a central facet of Catholic identity and preached against ...
But a competing measure—Initiative 434—passed 55.3 percent to 44.7 percent and, while not as supportive of legal abortion as 439, it's also something of a pro-choice bill.
Think Big invested millions of dollars advocating for abortion ballot initiatives in eight states. Of the eight states, South Dakota, Nebraska and Florida rejected the initiatives this election cycle.
As of July 2018, three Republican Senators had identified themselves as "pro-choice", or pro-abortion rights, Shelley Moore Capito, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski. [9] "Collins, Murkowski, and Capito have voted for both pro- and anti-abortion legislation, but all three back the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion". [10]
Thankfully, House Democrats were able to stop the Republicans’ 15-week, 6-week, and 15-day abortion bans — but blocking anti-abortion legislation is only part of the battle for reproductive ...