Sentence examples for oppose laws from inspiring English sources

Abortion rights advocates oppose laws that require ultrasounds, even if viewing the images is voluntary.

It looked very much like a press release from Koch Industries, announcing that the big American conglomerate would stop funding various lobby groups that question the scientific consensus on global warming or oppose laws to curb emissions.

The Italian president, who has the power to oppose laws and can disband the Legislature and oversee the formation of governments, is elected every seven years by Parliament and some regional lawmakers.

"Among land-owning castes in rural areas, female foeticide is rampant because people bitterly oppose laws which say girls should inherit equally," said Reena Kukreja, who teaches gender studies at Queens University in Ontario, Canada.

Those who can or must support themselves outside marriage tend to favour expanding economic opportunities for women and to oppose laws and values that give familial authority to husbands and fathers.

It is hardly unusual for lawyers to oppose laws or regulations that they believe would cut down on lawsuits, but the New York Public Interest Research Group also denounced the new regulations in joining the suit.

Quotes their disparaging remarks about the American Civil Liberties Union indicating that they oppose law enforcement.

"The offenders have for a long time been brazenly committing crimes, avoiding investigations and even ganging up to violently oppose law enforcement," the statement continued.

For these reasons I have long opposed laws outlawing Holocaust denial.

Here in Texas, Gov. George W. Bush has opposed laws that would prohibit the execution of the mentally retarded.

The church has noisily opposed laws to make divorce easier, allow gay marriage and take religion out of the obligatory school curriculum.