Sentence examples for permitted the procedure from inspiring English sources

In fact, our two most populous states New York and California had already legalized or effectively permitted the procedure.

The nearest facility that permitted the procedure and that covered Chamorro's insurance was at least 70 miles away.

Spain's conservative government has approved an abortion law that rolls back current legislation permitting the procedure without restrictions until the 14th week.

The most restrictive abortion law in the United States, permitting the procedure only to protect the life or health of a woman, was struck down by a Federal judge.

In the case of mitochondrial transplants what will probably happen is that one country breaks ranks, permits the procedure, and the world will then see the consequences.

Immediately afterward, he seemed to draw less of a hard line, saying he would leave the decision to permit the procedure up to the states.

He said he received a fatwa, or legal ruling, from a Muslim cleric permitting the procedure, which he does free of charge.

In the Ohio case, Judge Rice interpreted the Nebraska case to mean that a state had to permit the procedure when, in the doctor's judgment, "it is simply safer than alternative methods".

Monsivais observed that on matters of abortion, Fox has expressed a hostility even to the extreme cases, like the rape of a child, where Mexican law does permit the procedure.

If so Guernsey will not only be the first place in the British Isles to permit the procedure, it will also raise an urgent question: why cannot those living in the whole of the UK benefit from it too?

The House has already passed a total ban on human cloning, but the Senate seems roughly split between those who want a complete ban, as President Bush has urged, and those who would prohibit only cloning to produce a human being while permitting the procedure to produce embryonic cells for medical research and treatment.