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Anti-abortion movements

Index Anti-abortion movements

Anti-abortion movements, also referred to as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. [1]

52 relations: Abortion, Abortion Act 1967, Abortion debate, Abortion law, Anti-abortion violence, AP Stylebook, Associated Press, Capital punishment, Consistent life ethic, Countermovement, Crisis pregnancy center, Doe v. Bolton, Efrat (organization), Euronews, Europe, Euthanasia, Feminism, Fetal rights, Focus (German magazine), Framing (social sciences), Guttmacher Institute, Hippocratic Oath, History of abortion law debate, Iona Institute, Jérôme Lejeune, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Liberty, Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein referendums, 2011, List of anti-abortion organizations in the United States, Madrid, March for Life (Paris), Marital rape, Mildred Fay Jefferson, National Review, PanAm Post, Philosophical aspects of the abortion debate, Physician, Political freedom, Pro Life Campaign, Quickening, Religion and abortion, Roe v. Wade, Sanctity of life, Sexual abstinence, Silent No More, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, Spain, United Kingdom, United States anti-abortion movement, ..., War, Youth Defence. Expand index (2 more) »

Abortion

Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.

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Abortion Act 1967

The Abortion Act 1967 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom legalising abortions by registered practitioners, and regulating the tax-paid provision of such medical practices through the National Health Service (NHS).

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Abortion debate

The abortion debate is the ongoing controversy surrounding the moral, legal, and religious status of induced abortion.

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Abortion law

Abortion law permits, prohibits, restricts, or otherwise regulates the availability of abortion.

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Anti-abortion violence

Anti-abortion violence is violence committed against individuals and organizations that provide abortion.

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AP Stylebook

The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, usually called the AP Stylebook, is an English grammar style and usage guide created by American journalists working for or connected with the Associated Press over the last century to standardize mass communications.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.

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Consistent life ethic

The consistent life ethic, or the consistent ethic of life is an ideology that opposes abortion, capital punishment, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.

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Countermovement

A countermovement in sociology means a social movement opposed to another social movement.

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Crisis pregnancy center

A crisis pregnancy center (CPC), sometimes called a pregnancy resource center (PRC), is a type of nonprofit organization established to counsel pregnant women against having an abortion.

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Doe v. Bolton

Doe v. Bolton,, was a decision of the United States Supreme Court overturning the abortion law of Georgia.

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Efrat (organization)

Efrat is an Israeli anti-abortion group which tries to convince Jewish women not to undergo abortions.

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Euronews

Euronews is a multilingual news media service, headquartered in Lyon, France.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Euthanasia

Euthanasia (from εὐθανασία; "good death": εὖ, eu; "well" or "good" – θάνατος, thanatos; "death") is the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social equality of sexes.

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Fetal rights

Fetal rights are the moral rights or legal rights of the human fetus under natural and civil law.

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Focus (German magazine)

Focus (stylized as FOCUS) is a German-language news magazine published by Hubert Burda Media.

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Framing (social sciences)

In the social sciences, framing comprises a set of concepts and theoretical perspectives on how individuals, groups, and societies, organize, perceive, and communicate about reality.

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Guttmacher Institute

The Guttmacher Institute is a research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the United States and globally.

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Hippocratic Oath

The Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by physicians.

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History of abortion law debate

In the earliest written sources, abortion is not considered as a general category of crime.

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Iona Institute

The Iona Institute is a socially conservative Roman Catholic advocacy group, sometimes described as a Catholic pressure group, based in Ireland.

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Jérôme Lejeune

Servant of God Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune (13 June 1926 – 3 April 1994) was a French pediatrician and geneticist, best known for discovering the link of diseases to chromosome abnormalities and for his subsequent opposition to prenatal diagnosis and abortion.

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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born 4 August 1960) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

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Liberty

Liberty, in politics, consists of the social, political, and economic freedoms to which all community members are entitled.

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Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in Central Europe.

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Liechtenstein referendums, 2011

Three referendums were held in Liechtenstein during 2011.

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List of anti-abortion organizations in the United States

This article is a list of pro-life organizations in the United States.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.

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March for Life (Paris)

March for Life, Paris. January 17, 2010. The Paris March for Life (Marche pour la vie) is an annual demonstration protesting abortion held in Paris in late January, close to the anniversary date of the 1975 law that legalized abortion in France.

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Marital rape

Marital rape (or spousal rape) is the act of sexual intercourse with one's spouse without the spouse's consent.

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Mildred Fay Jefferson

Mildred Fay Jefferson (April 6, 1927 – October 15, 2010) was an American physician and political activist.

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National Review

National Review (NR) is an American semi-monthly conservative editorial magazine focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs.

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PanAm Post

The PanAm Post is a website that specializes in international subjects as well as topics in the Americas from a free market perspective.

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Philosophical aspects of the abortion debate

The philosophical aspects of the abortion debate are logical arguments that can be made either in support of or in opposition to abortion.

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Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

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Political freedom

Political freedom (also known as political autonomy or political agency) is a central concept in history and political thought and one of the most important features of democratic societies.

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Pro Life Campaign

Pro Life Campaign (PLC) is an Irish pro-life advocacy organisation.

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Quickening

In pregnancy terms, quickening is the moment in pregnancy when the pregnant woman starts to feel or perceive fetal movements in the uterus.

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Religion and abortion

Many religious traditions have taken a stance on abortion, and these stances span a broad spectrum, as highlighted below.

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Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), is a landmark decision issued in 1973 by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of the constitutionality of laws that criminalized or restricted access to abortions.

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Sanctity of life

In religion and ethics, the inviolability or sanctity of life is a principle of implied protection regarding aspects of sentient life which are said to be holy, sacred, or otherwise of such value that they are not to be violated.

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Sexual abstinence

Sexual abstinence or sexual restraint is the practice of refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity for medical, psychological, legal, social, financial, philosophical, moral, or religious reasons.

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Silent No More

The Silent No More Awareness Campaign is an American-based anti-abortion campaign of two larger organizations, Priests for Life and Anglicans for Life.

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Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is a pro-life advocacy organisation in the United Kingdom which opposes abortion, assisted suicide and abortifacient birth control.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States anti-abortion movement

The United States anti-abortion movement (or the pro-life movement or right-to-life movement) contains elements opposing elective or therapeutic abortion on both moral and sectarian grounds and supports its legal prohibition or restriction.

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War

War is a state of armed conflict between states, societies and informal groups, such as insurgents and militias.

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Youth Defence

Youth Defence is an Irish organisation that opposes legalisation of abortion.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_movements

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