Sentence examples for harmful measure from inspiring English sources

The plebiscite to determine the legality of same-sex marriage has been criticised by many in favour of marriage equality as a costly, unnecessary and potentially harmful measure which could further alienate queer Australians.

At the very least, we need to know more about the consequences of this drastic and potentially harmful measure.

"We urge Governor Bryant to do the right thing - reject discrimination, and veto this harmful measure when it reaches his desk," said HRC President Chad Griffin earlier this week.

The fact that the House is wasting time on a harmful measure like H.R. 1406 when badly needed, time-tested proposals are on the table makes it clear that too many of our leaders are more concerned with making it look like they are doing something to address the needs of families when, in reality, their proposals will make life worse.

One of several harmful measures is a levy on bank balance-sheets, introduced by Mr Osborne in 2012 and raised several times since.

Despite clear public support for women's reproductive rights, Michigan's Republican-controlled Legislature used the just-ended lame-duck session to ram through harmful measures eliminating insurance coverage of abortions and imposing medically unnecessary regulations on providers of safe and legal abortion care.

In other words, it would have to show that it would likely lose to minority plaintiffs because the test was not job-related and there were other more effective and less harmful measures of qualifications.

Preying on misinformation about transgender people and calling trans girls boys, advocates for these harmful measures decry the fictitious end of sex-segregated spaces altogether.

Plastic Recycling rates in America have plummeted as we increase the quantity of fossil fuels extracted through ever more harmful measures like Fracking and Tar Sands Extraction.

These are the same politicians who want to re-implement the life-threatening Global Gag Rule and a myriad of other harmful measures.

Boffetta et al. (2008) were concerned about false-positive findings because they "may lead to inappropriate government and public health decisions, including the introduction of costly and potentially harmful measures".