The phrase "a controversial act" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action or decision that provokes disagreement or debate among people.
Example: "The government's decision to implement the new policy was seen by many as a controversial act that sparked widespread protests."
Alternatives: "a contentious action" or "a disputed measure".
And, as the Lancet demonstrates, it is easy enough to find those who suggest that women who choose to give birth at home are committing a controversial act, even endangering the lives of their babies.
The exhibition, which will include a Rembrandt self-portrait, a Cezanne painting once owned by Gauguin of the home of Émile Zola, and a Korean porcelain bowl that is almost 1,000 years old, will be the first outside Scotland since a controversial act passed by the Scottish parliament in January allowing the collection to tour internationally.
Elise Keaton points out that the region's rich coalfields were a major part of the reason President Abraham Lincoln approved a controversial Act of Congress in 1863 to carve out West Virginia as a new state.
Although crucial to MoMA's early success, Stephen is remembered primarily for firing its brilliant founding director, Alfred Barr Jr., in a still controversial act that Weber takes pains to defend.
These days, even to the common people, Osama bin Laden's name is associated with all controversial acts.
It was an unprecedented and controversial act, and Icann officials expect it will be just the first of many showdowns between early Internet profiteers and small countries and territories.
In recent years, US officials have cited evidence that Awlaki had become personally involved in the planning of attacks on America – something that would help provide a legal justification for the controversial act of remote-controlled assassination.
Resistance and reluctance: Trump's most controversial act yet is a sweeping immigration order that bars refugees and even legitimate visa holders from a list of Muslim majority countries from entering the country.
Romney tried to explain his controversial act by arguing in a Boston Globe op-ed that he did it in order to keep a campaign promise not to change Massachusetts' abortion laws.
The passage of a controversial energy act was temporarily halted: it will be put to the vote again when Congress reconvenes in January.See article: Medicare reform gets through CongressPresident George Bush said the American armed forces were facing a "great and historic task" in confronting terrorism.
WASHINGTON -- In a declassified and heavily redacted report on a controversial Patriot Act provision, the Justice Department's inspector general found that the government had failed to implement guidelines limiting the amount of data collected on Americans for seven years.
