In England, Wales and Scotland access to abortion is covered by the 1967 Abortion Act.
This is a clear indication that the original intent and spirit of the Abortion Act is being widely flouted and ignored.
Cardinal O'Brien, Scotland's most senior Catholic, in a sermon marking 40 years since the Abortion Act, also called on voters to reject candidates who defend a "social evil".
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There has been speculation that, in the 40th anniversary year of the 1967 Abortion Act, both sides of the debate will try to further liberalise, or curb it, through amendments to the forthcoming Human Tissues and Embryos bill.
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However, it also stressed it not opposed to abortion and was not pressing for any part of the Act to be repealed.
The laws covering abortion in Northern Ireland are the 1861 Offences against the Person Act, and the Criminal Justice act from 1945.
Without any evidence of wrongdoing, Attorney General Holder accused Pine of obstructing the entrance to an abortion clinic in violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act ("FACE").
He says he will appoint anti-abortion justices to the Supreme Court and back the existing federal Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA).
The real battles on same-sex marriage, abortion, education, spending, labor unions, and, yes, the Affordable Care Act are happening state by state.
"In the 1967 Act what Parliament set out to do was to balance two objectives, conscious that abortion was a controversial matter, " he said.
Naral Pro-Choice Washington, a group that has advocated for the legislation, says its attorneys have highlighted a provision in the Affordable Care Act that says the federal law cannot pre-empt state laws that prohibit or require abortion coverage.
Most Americans seem to be perfectly capable of understanding that deranged, isolated extremists do not act on behalf of the whole religion, just as most understand the difference between people who oppose abortion and people who attack abortion clinics.
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