Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) says if elected president he will work to limit abortion and birth-control, ban stem-cell research and same-sex marriage, and abolish some areas of the judiciary.
Bachmann told churchgoers that it’s time to “stand for our faith because that’s one of the freedoms that our founders bled and died for to give to each one of us.”
The intended effect of “personhood” amendments is to criminalize abortion by changing the legal definition of a person to also include a fetus.
The bill, which the President has vowed to veto, would also strengthen conscience exemptions for medical facilities that disagree with abortion, such as religious institutions. Opponents say this clause could lead to pregnant women being denied life-saving medical care.
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Although the practice has been illegal for decades, the IRS rarely takes any action to reprimand high-profile scofflaws.
The school, the Minnesota Department of Education and the ACLU reached a partial settlement in the case that requires charter schools to sign an annual statement declaring under penalty of law that the schools are not promoting religion.
Catholics for Choice said a birth control exemption for religious organizations ignores the well-being of the organization’s workers and patients.
Bachmann also spoke on her belief that women should be submissive to their husbands.
Hammond’s church was the subject of a complaint to the IRS after his 2006 endorsement of Bachmann from the pulpit.
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