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"abstain" Definitions
  1. abstain (from something) to choose not to use a vote, either in favour of or against something
  2. abstain (from something) to decide not to do or have something, especially something you like or enjoy, because it is bad for your health or considered morally wrong
  3. abstain (from something) (Indian English) to stay away from something

913 Sentences With "abstain"

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Of course, we want teenagers to abstain from smoking, just as we want them to abstain from sex.
"People can abstain from alcohol and drugs to help with the connection between the substance and the receptors in the brain, but people can't abstain from sex," he says.
I hate scarves the same way others abstain from belts.
They argue that most Americans abstain from such party contests.
I think it would be wise of them to abstain.
Soon enough three states abstain, enough to dash Selina's ambitions.
Another 50 are commanded to abstain from the delicious stuff.
Investors who abstain are counted as supporting the board's recommendation.
Abstain from social media and you are labeled a dinosaur.
Even just the nonintuitive choice to abstain from making Mrs.
Another 13 are commanded to abstain from the delicious stuff.
They have only to abstain for such a vote to fail.
They agreed to abstain, though they will not join the government.
Abstain from using controlled substances or alcohol (she'll be drug tested).
Rarely has the decision to abstain from italics been so prophetic.
What if we had to abstain from kissing and oral sex?
Fortunately, it eventually chose to abstain, allowing the agreement to pass.
I don't know how to put it nicely, so I abstain.
He'll get that majority if enough Socialists abstain, which they should.
With carrot-stick prompts, many addicted people can choose to abstain.
"You don't abstain because you prefer to go fishing," she said.
Several opposition leaders called on their countrymen to abstain from voting.
Israel, America's closest ally at the UN, also voted to abstain.
It follows that they could abstain, just as regular voters did.
The 52-year-old was ordered to abstain from drugs and alcohol .
The 52-year-old was ordered to  abstain from drugs and alcohol .
The Socialists and some smaller parties have called for voters to abstain.
The main opposition Labour Party was expected to abstain in the vote.
I mean, in a perfect world, we'd all abstain from sex, whatever.
Did you gracefully abstain from prom, and head to the beach instead?
If you can abstain from alcohol while you're on antibiotics, do that.
After much prayerful consideration, I have to abstain from the upcoming blowjob.
Labour, the main opposition party, whipped its members to abstain from voting.
But now he is so disgusted that he may abstain in 6.
Is addiction a brain disease that interferes with one's capacity to abstain?
Many of his voters may abstain, in effect aiding Ms. Le Pen.
About half of those who would abstain support Gabbard at the moment.
How can anyone abstain in the second round of the presidential [election]?
Moreover, people who abstain from unhealthy practices also get sick and die eventually.
When I abstain from food and drink and still take a long run.
My friends buy tequila shots but I abstain and we promptly dip out.
Now men there are required to abstain from gay sex for a year.
They had to abstain from any heroin use for the entire trial period.
"It's constantly this push and pull to abstain and be healthy," says Choutova.
They act mostly normally, though for inexplicable reasons, they generally abstain from sex.
Should E.ON abstain it would significantly increase Elliott's chances of getting it through.
"We won't support Rajoy for the investiture nor will we abstain," Hernando said.
Today, age and wisdom have informed her decision to abstain from the surgery.
My upbringing and faith taught me that I should abstain until I married.
They fast, abstain from sex and face the sun and pray each morning.
It is simply illogical to call yourself pro-choice and abstain from voting.
She circles back to small town Nickerson, who Tom James convinced to abstain.
The cannabis users were instructed to abstain for at least 12 hours beforehand.
Underlining it are questions about the number of voters who may abstain altogether.
Nevertheless, dueling campaigns to vote 'yes', 'no' or abstain raged on the internet.
Over 50 members of Congress opted to abstain from the inauguration and related event.
Two right-wing parties, the People's Party and Ciudadanos, rejected his plea to abstain.
Joe Manchin voted with the Republicans and Sessions was the one member to abstain.
These books don't merely abstain from American simplicity; they poke it in the sternum.
Perhaps technology has messed up all young people, even those who abstain from it.
Indio, where Coachella is held, is among the cities that have chosen to abstain.
Abstain from masturbation to express gratitude to Apple for freeing you from porn.5.
It's not like drugs and alcohol, where you can tell people to abstain completely.
The couple has been very public about their decision to abstain from premarital sex.
Ms Hung's backers, many of them old-guard KMT voters, may abstain in protest.
Hillary Clinton could dab all she wanted to, but the First Lady would abstain.
So far his party has merely offered to abstain in the second investiture vote.
Women, for instance, would need to take it every day and abstain from alcohol.
Those without symptoms are encouraged to practice protected sex or abstain for eight weeks.
Now that the proposal has been withdrawn, Glass Lewis recommends shareholders abstain from voting.
They mostly abstain from Photoshop, preferring to pull off the mirage with their hands.
The Nissan members were to abstain and review the terms with their parent company.
We care about these things, but not enough to abstain entirely from consuming flesh.
More than 40 percent of Melenchon voters plan to abstain, the poll also showed.
Could you please ask your team to abstain from taking this close an inspiration.
People who abstain from eating meat, drinking alcohol and sinful behavior will be blessed.
Romania was one of 35 countries to abstain, while 128 countries condemned the announcement.
Members can vote for a candidate or abstain; they cannot vote a candidate down.
Canada, the Czech Republic and Hungary might abstain from the vote, according to diplomats.
Fully 65% of his supporters said that they would abstain or spoil their ballot papers.
Two Western officials said that President Barack Obama had intended to abstain from the vote.
In Buddhism, the report says, suicide violates a basic tenet: to abstain from taking life.
Still, most reports suggest that Labour will abstain (so, at least not voting against it).
They asked participants to abstain from smoking for 12 hours before they measured the baseline.
Cartlidge added that May's cabinet team of top ministers would abstain on the different options.
That's why many observant Catholics will fast and abstain from meat on Fridays year-round.
Brazilian authorities have recommended that women abstain from having sex while the outbreak is ongoing.
Thus, some Twitch streamers have decided to abstain from streaming in solidarity with the protesters.
Men with symptoms should abstain from sex or use condoms for at least six months.
So why do these tennis stars decide to keep their wristwear on when others abstain?
Unlike citizens of Brazil, Peru and Argentina, they have the right to abstain without repercussions.
A lack of "sober monitors," fraternity members who abstain from drinking and supervise the party.
He might also be able to continue if the Alliance's Centre and Liberal parties abstain.
Traditionally, antitrust officials have addressed concerns by making companies agree to abstain from anticompetitive practices.
That stance rattled Renault's French labor union, whose representative planned to abstain from a vote.
Slaves might be told to abstain from orgasms, ostensibly to heal their negative sexual patterns.
The number of disillusioned voters who abstain could determine if Ms. Le Pen upends expectations.
But Christians were still expected to abstain from meats, dairies and sweets on certain days.
Warrington also speculates that as people have become increasingly open about their desire to abstain apart from the assumed reasons (addiction, pregnancy, religiosity), that has opened the gates for an increased introspection about imbibing, and an increased willingness to take a break or abstain altogether.
Esquerra, a Catalan separatist party, will probably abstain, which would get Mr Sánchez over the line.
This year, even more companies are loudly promoting their plans to abstain from Turkey Day sales.
The main opposition Labour Party was set to abstain, seemingly putting that total out of reach.
The new labels are not likely to inspire those who love their liquid courage to abstain.
Domestic politics is another reason why New Delhi may wish to abstain from an armed conflict.
Elsewhere men must abstain from gay sex from between three months to five years before donating.
Voters still have the right to abstain by leaving their ballot blank or otherwise spoiling it.
But he refuses to allow enough of them to abstain to give Mr Rajoy his mandate.
ISS, a shareholder proxy firm, had advised investors to abstain from voting to re-elect Staley.
"We call on transporters and passengers to abstain from traveling to avoid inconveniences," the statement said.
Throughout the month, they abstain from eating and drinking during daylight — nearly 17 hours most days.
The lone American ally on this issue, Israel, also changed its vote on Wednesday to abstain.
Some abstain from sex, booze, and beef, while others allow for a bit more wiggle room.
During the talks, AT&T representatives said the combined company would abstain from anticompetitive business practices.
Those who do so may be more motivated to abstain from drinking than those who don't.
But just because something is unhealthy in large amounts doesn't mean that we must completely abstain.
In "Waiting Until Marriage," a heterosexual couple explains why they have decided to abstain from sex.
"Women should abstain from all types of tobacco and nicotine containing products during pregnancy," Nordenstam said.
Unless you are going to abstain or drink in moderation, the answer is no, experts said.
It's also possible that Kyl's connection to Kavanaugh might make him abstain from voting on him.
I wont vote for Clinton & I after years of asking people to vote I wont abstain.
On the House floor, members are encouraged to abstain from language "personally offensive" to the president.
People who abstain from eating meat, especially vegans, are often ridiculed or vilified by meat eaters.
He publicly slammed the Obama administration for its decision to abstain on the UN settlement vote.
The Labour Party has indicated that it will abstain from voting on Johnson's call for a Dec.
Additionally, 35 states required patients to abstain from drinking in order to gain access to the drug.
The Left party is not officially supporting Lofven but will abstain from voting against him on Friday.
The survey included people who attempted Dry January, but did not necessarily abstain for the entire month.
The decision to abstain from such techniques, just and wise though it was, came at a cost.
I think that's from a lot of people in Appalachia who are poor and abstain from alcohol.
For example, many vegetarians cite the sentience of animals as a reason to abstain from eating them.
Western officials told Reuters on Thursday that the United States had intended to abstain on the resolution.
In return, the Trump administration has agreed to abstain from imposing tariffs against European carmakers for now.
From sunrise to sunset, Muslims are not supposed to eat, drink or smoke, and abstain from sex.
Amish online They still drive horse-drawn buggies and continue to abstain from most kinds of technology.
The senior diplomat said that last week the Chinese had been prepared to abstain in a vote.
U.N. member states should also create leverage to persuade China to abstain from blocking such an effort.
Your children wander aimlessly poisoned by cocaine, Choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain.
Passengers were asked to abstain from calling the ship's medical center except in cases of an emergency.
Mr. Temer needed at least 172 lawmakers to back him or abstain from voting to avoid prosecution.
A spokesman confirmed the DUP will not just abstain but will vote against the deal on Saturday.
The Obama administration chose to abstain from the vote rather than exercise its veto to block it.
A group of Democratic senators urged Trump in a Tuesday letter to abstain from the vote again.
But Cox was now faced with an order from the president to abstain from seeking more tapes.
Also those with easy bacterial entry points, like open wounds or new tattoos, should abstain, Glatt says.
Nissan had said it would abstain at a Renault board meeting to vote on the merger proposal.
In certain cases, that cutoff is not reached because many of the member states abstain from the vote.
The opposition Socialists have instructed their lawmakers to abstain in a parliamentary confidence vote set for 7.45 p.m.
But they also showed that between 40% and 60% of voters were still undecided or planning to abstain.
Yes, but: Shell's decision to abstain from the fight is unlikely to win it much praise from critics.
The bill passed the House Tuesday 398–17 with five members voting "present" to abstain from the vote.
The user can either abstain from sex or use barrier protection, such as a condom, to prevent pregnancies.
Boycotting the vote is risky following a presidential decree that criminalized calls to abstain from casting a ballot.
Fortunately, the spokesperson says that that doesn't mean you have to abstain from chocolate hearts altogether this year.
If Donald Trump wins because of young indifference, those who abstain will have nobody to blame but themselves.
The Obama administration made the right decision to abstain from vetoing a United Nations resolution condemning the settlements.
He said DWS would abstain from the shareholder vote of confidence in the executive and non-executive boards.
Less than half of workers said they could abstain from checking work emails in their own off-time.
ISS, another shareholder proxy firm, meanwhile advised shareholders abstain from voting to reelect Barclays Chief Executive Jes Staley.
That's why it's an especially good idea to abstain from having oral sex when you have a sore.
"  "And so that's why I think it was appropriate in this instance for the United States to abstain.
If Rajoy loses Wednesday's vote, a second vote will take place on Friday in which delegates can abstain.
Patrick Leahy wrote President Donald Trump on Tuesday to urge him to abstain from voting on the resolution.
About 30 percent of voters would abstain if the election was held today, versus 26.8 percent in December.
Twenty-six percent of voters said they would abstain from voting in the fall election for retiring Sen.
Clinton, Mr. Sanders will be able to persuade his disappointed young followers that they cannot afford to abstain.
The resolution passed because of the Obama administration's decision to abstain from voting on it late last year.
The meme, falsely identified as from Democrats, reportedly encouraged men to abstain from voting in the midterm elections.
Jay-Z was "disappointed" in Colin Kaepernick's decision to abstain from a private workout organized by the NFL.
The defense argued that addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease that compromises an individual's ability to abstain.
They will abstain from eating and drinking and making love, since corpses can do none of those things.
Renault's decision to abstain from the vote denies the proposal the two-thirds majority it needs to pass.
The other task, Dr. Hoffman says, is to abstain from the drug one day out of the week.
Just how many voters abstain could determine whether Ms. Le Pen can upend expectations and beat Mr. Macron.
Some two-thirds of his voters will cast blank votes or abstain, according to an internal party survey.
You no longer need to force yourself to abstain; instead, abstaining is a natural byproduct of your distaste.
Still, Bolsonaro's voters were more supportive of democracy than those who planned to abstain or spoil their ballots.
If Stein didn't happen to fall deeply in step with my views, I would abstain from voting entirely.
"Nissan has received a letter from Renault indicating intention to abstain from voting," Nissan said in a statement.
"The DUP do not abstain on the union," deputy party leader Nigel Dodds wrote in a Twitter post.
This time, they hope, the US would either vote in favor of a resolution condemning settlements or, perhaps, abstain.
If America withdraws, it would be only the third nation in the world — after Syria and Nicaragua — to abstain.
Fianna Fail agreed last year to abstain in key votes to let the minority government run until late 2018.
Renzi has asked Italians to abstain, claiming the vote is pointless since the law has already been substantially changed.
The athletes were instructed to abstain from sex for at least 24 hours before the beginning of the study.
In a striking rupture with past practice, the Obama administration refrained from vetoing the condemnation, opting instead to abstain.
And so also perhaps a partial answer to IoT's privacy problem, for those who don't want to abstain entirely.
Given past precedent and the potential for widespread disruption in the rail network, regulators should abstain from such efforts.
When you're hit in your gut, you should abstain from immediately trying to translate that in art or expression.
For Democrats, though, the Obama Administration's decision to abstain, allowing this vote to move forward, is even more problematic.
He was very confused when she insisted he opt for a business-casual look and abstain from any stripping.
The most recent shows a dead heat between "Yes" and "No", and a third of voters planning to abstain.
If he does, he would potentially be making the nomination from which he currently feels the president should abstain.
Perhaps the decision to abstain was motivated both by pique and partisanship—the two impulses could work in tandem.
The meme, falsely identified as originating from Democrats, reportedly encouraged men to abstain from voting in the midterm elections.
And there was talk that some delegates are planning to abstain or walk out in protest during the convention.
It can also be prevented if you abstain from eating the foods you find to be your bloat triggers.
Bird also was ordered to stay away from the woman and witnesses and to abstain from drugs and alcohol.
I will, however, abstain from licking the outside of avocados to claim them as my own from now on.
Both she and James see childbearing as labor, and view abortion as people's unalienable right to abstain from it.
The Christian minority -- who believe they are obliged to abstain from war -- counts about 100,000 worshipers in South Korea.
Part of this program involves a decision to abstain from intimate relationships of both a sexual and romantic kind.
Buddhists follow the Five Precepts: an order to abstain from harming living things, stealing, sexual misconduct, intoxication, and lying.
Some people in my group would abstain from drinking because it was discriminatory, like white privilege at its finest.
Men who planned on attending the meetup were told to be on their best behaviour and abstain from drinking.
Why someone suffering from poor mental health would abstain from seeking professional help is ultimately down to the individual.
Or perhaps you decided to abstain from voting in protest because you weren't pleased with any of the candidates.
The Massachusetts attorney general's office disagreed, saying that many successful treatment models rely on a person's ability to abstain.
Sexual partners of pregnant women should practice safer sex or abstain for at least the duration of the pregnancy.
Even so, a large majority of voters, particularly in the opposition, is expected to heed the call to abstain.
Thank god most of us don't do that, but at the same time, we don't completely abstain from it.
In addition, among the people trying to abstain, it took longer for their next episode of Afib to occur.
And in May the World Medical Association advised physicians around the world to abstain from implementing the new regulations.
Mr Sánchez has urged Ciudadanos and the conservative People's Party (PP) to abstain to allow him to form a government.
For those of you who might not be aware, observant Jews abstain from eating leavened foods or yeast on Passover.
In what must have been a herculean show of restraint, 17 of these subjects agreed to abstain for 28 days.
While today, Catholics commonly abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent, in the past, Lenten fasting was far more strict.
Were Mr Fillon to face Ms Le Pen in the second round next May, many on the left could abstain.
He said he is planning to abstain from alcohol and late nights in the run-up to his next fight.
The subjects were asked to abstain from liquid and food overnight and then head into the lab the next day.
But if some vote for Stein or abstain altogether, they could indirectly aid Trump by sapping votes away from Clinton.
Those who do have celiac disease, of course, have to abstain from consuming gluten for the rest of their lives.
Participants must have a criminal history, they must abstain from drugs and alcohol, and they must be ready to change.
The television star spoke for many when, in an interview this week, he vowed to abstain in the next election.
Frayed relations with US Friday's Security Council resolution passed after the US, which usually vetoes such resolutions, decided to abstain.
The elderly white woman next to me, who would be asleep by the end of the debate, chose to abstain.
But Comey is expected to abstain from discussing the ongoing federal Russia investigation, a Senate intelligence committee source told CNN.
She orders two glasses of wine over the course of the meal, but I don't drink often, so I abstain.
The Obama administration's decision to abstain represents a break from the longstanding U.S. policy of shielding Israel from U.N. reproaches.
"Until we know more ... you should abstain from sex or use condoms the right way every time," the CDC says.
The law was passed Wednesday by 64 votes to 12 but many French MPs chose to abstain from the vote.
The boom in divorce encouraged many in the next generation to abstain from marriage rather than enter a flawed one.
Israel described as "shameful" the decision by the United States to abstain in the vote rather than wield its veto.
Diplomats say that so far seven members were in favor, with the remaining eight planning to abstain or vote no.
Forty percent of those polled by Gallup said they would definitely participate, while 22 percent said they would definitely abstain.
Liberal party Ciudadanos ("Citizens"), which came fourth in the June 26 election, said it would abstain in a confidence vote.
Foreign ministers from both countries also said that the U.S. and South Korea should abstain from carrying out joint exercises.
Until that happens, perhaps the only humane diet, the activists say, is one where we abstain from eating animals altogether.
It was just trying to accept sexuality, because when you're raised in a church you're taught to abstain from sexuality.
While those in the severe category might need to abstain from drinking, the vast majority of others don't, he said.
During the holy month, which began in Australia on May 17, Muslims abstain from food and drink during daylight hours.
But on Wednesday, the Communist Party, with 10 seats, and animal rights party PAN, with four, announced they would abstain.
She lost her longtime finance director, Michael Pratt, over her decision to abstain from high-dollar fundraising in the primary.
A majority of far-left voters appear set to abstain or cast blank ballots, which could hurt Mr. Macron's chances.
Over half the millennial respondents (55 percent) said they would abstain from alcohol for life in exchange for restful sleep.
The 37-year-old says nothing will change if young people remain apathetic and abstain from the polls and politics.
But she said State Street may cast "abstain" proxy votes more often this year to signal its unhappiness with management.
If China does abstain from purchasing Treasurys this year, U.S. interest rates on the margin could rise more than expected.
It's "hypocritical," she said, that Democrats support people's right to choose abortion, but not their right to abstain from vaccination.
The takeaway seems to be that just because children are doing well academically doesn't mean they will abstain from substance abuse.
"We recommend that Greece abstain from acts that would cause an escalation in the region," the ministry said in a statement.
Kenny's minority government, which includes a number of independent lawmakers, relies on Fianna Fail to abstain in key votes to govern.
The FDA's existing rules require gay and bisexual men to abstain from sexual activity for a full year before donating blood.
The deal comes at a time a growing proportion of young drinkers in Great Britain claim to abstain from drinking alcohol.
Promoted by British charity Alcohol Concern, the annual Dry January initiative encourages people to abstain from alcohol for the entire month.
Are you kind of glad that that was pretty much a non-issue because of Sean's choice to abstain until marriage?
They learn to make a case and cope with being outvoted—and that every choice, even that to abstain, has consequences.
Premarital sex -- West tells Lowe he asked people he was collaborating with on the new album to abstain from doing it.
To abstain from cigarettes for six months with no desire to go back, especially at his age, is a huge accomplishment.
Former/recovering addicts are fine to take CBD, he says, but should abstain from marijuana with THC, and remain completely sober.
Depending on why you've chosen to abstain from alcohol, you may also be foregoing any other mind-altering substances, cannabis included.
Shareholder adviser Glass Lewis also had objections to UBS's pay plan and recommended investors abstain in the vote on management performance.
Shamen had to abstain from sex, meat, salt, sugar and fish, and live in isolation for a year before being anointed.
What the researchers found was that women with a low tolerance for alcohol were more likely to abstain or drink less.
Thirty patients were told to abstain from smoking for 9 hours and given 800 mg of CBD, orally, or a placebo.
And if you abstain from ordering a double, you won't go over 200 calories with this delicious, warm, and comforting drink.
While conservative programming yields superior results, many marketers abstain from it, for fear of promoting values differing from than their own.
In that statement, Wheeler said he would abstain from participating in any decisions involving former clients for the next two years.
Polizzi received some backlash in the comments section, largely surrounding the misconception that breastfeeding mothers should abstain from drinking any alcohol.
The CDC is recommending that pregnant women with male or female partners use condoms or abstain from sex during their pregnancy.
They've also asked revelers to abstain from setting off any fireworks or any other device that could make a banging sound.
Nissan's two representatives to the Renault board later said they intended to abstain if a vote were to take place immediately.
I am not arguing for gay men to abstain from sex or from working out (I have a gym membership myself).
Fasting starts then, and it lasts for thirty days: During those days, Muslims traditionally abstain from food from dawn till dusk.
The courts found that Chevron deference had to be applied, meaning courts must abstain from overriding the agency's bump stock regulation.
Trump's lawyers argued Friday that there is no rationale for the federal courts to abstain from exercising jurisdiction over his lawsuit.
He is likely to get that after securing a commitment from Catalonia's largest separatist party, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, to abstain.
Significant numbers of voters also appear likely to abstain or to cast a blank piece of paper to show their dissatisfaction.
Unnamed officials had leaked Washington's decision to abstain several hours before the vote, so it didn't come as a particular surprise.
It's easy for city-dwellers to abstain as they can easily find meal options that align with their beliefs within their community.
Some Socialist insiders believe the party could eventually abstain in a parliamentary investiture vote, allowing the PP to form a minority government.
In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, the singer shares an update on the couple's commitment to abstain from sex until they marry.
A key question is how many will come out in March to vote in anger, and how many will abstain in despair.
According to Sunday night's count, he would require one Catalan separatist lawmaker to abstain but some seats were too close to call.
Otherwise, given that the country is scheduled to leave the European Union this year, Prime Minister Theresa May may decide to abstain.
It's similar to the idea behind intermittent fasting, where people abstain from eating for around 14 hours a day to burn fat.
Obviously, one had to abstain from other polluting activities and make rigorous efforts to stay clean, in every sense of the word.
Try betting the other can't abstain from masturbating for the week, or tease them with pictures that don't give it all away.
"People should practise safer sex or abstain for at least eight weeks if they are returning from Zika-affected areas," he said.
Those who abstain from eating meat for religious reasons may follow more strict guidelines when it comes to cross-contamination with meat.
The CDC currently recommends that men who've had Zika use a condom or abstain from sex for six months after their illness.
But that same fighter might also abstain from sex before a fight in the belief that it will sap his manly powers.
Some want to fight at the polls at all costs, while others say voters must abstain in a protest against electoral fraud.
Two of them, Shiv Sena and Biju Janata Dal, decided to abstain from voting to express their unhappiness with Modi&aposs policies.
It's also urged Hicks and former deputy counsel Annie Donaldson to abstain from sharing documents related to their time in the administration.
So we're going to abstain so that the debate continues and the government can hopefully take on board some of our criticisms.
Overall, they found that coffee drinkers tend to have healthier livers and better glucose control than those who abstain from the bean.
Four Cabinet ministers, including Chancellor Philip Hammond, are set to abstain, providing cover for those MPs planning to break the government whip.
Options include PP this time agreeing to abstain in an investiture vote in parliament to allow Sanchez to be appointed prime minister.
Kerry's speech follows intense bipartisan backlash against the Friday U.N. vote and the administration's decision to abstain, rather than veto the resolution.
The Trump administration may walk back on its commitment to abstain from offshore drilling along the coast of Florida, Politico reported Wednesday.
Don't be overconfident, he says: If French voters abstain and Le Pen's supporters are motivated, her candidacy could turn into a presidency.
Canada will abstain from a United Nations vote on Thursday condemning the United States's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Before the Second Vatican Council took place in the mid-1960s, Roman Catholics were supposed to abstain from eating meat on Fridays.
Mr. Temer will need 172 federal deputies to either abstain from voting or vote against accepting the charge brought by Mr. Janot.
The latest polls have shown an increase in the number of voters who say they plan to abstain in the second round.
People with Afib symptoms who have 10 drinks per week should be advised to abstain or reduce their alcohol use, he said.
"For those who got thylakoids, it was much easier to abstain from snacking, and they therefore lost more body weight," she said.
The could mean trouble for the three biggest opposition parties, which called on members to abstain in protest from recent municipal elections.
Some find it drastically reduces their sex drive, or actively choose to reduce the amount of sex they have or to abstain outright.
She also spoke out against the Obama administration's decision to abstain from a vote on a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel's settlements.
Still, rumors of prescription drug abuse surprise many who knew him – especially because Jehovah's Witnesses also abstain from drugs and limit alcohol use.
In El Salvador, where abortion is illegal in all cases, the government asked its women to abstain from pregnancy until at least 2018.
By 2030, half of the world's adults will drink (up from 45% in 1990), while 40% will abstain (down from 46% in 1990).
During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from eating any food, drinking any liquids, smoking cigarettes, and engaging in any sexual activity, from dawn to sunset.
True, some people can't legally vote and perhaps some will abstain, but one thing is certain — they can't come in to work. Why?
Also slated to attend is the chairman of Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc, whose CEO decided to abstain from the October summit.
Taylor and Cestnick said some "Never Hillary" voters will either write in Sanders, vote for the Green Party's Jill Stein, or abstain altogether.
I'm not eating it very much now, not because I've conquered it with an iron will to abstain — but because it's cold out.
" San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York, the only official to abstain from the vote, said people have had enough of the "political fights.
Her suggestion to them has been to cut off the TV and radio and abstain from social media for the next few days.
The document, according to Haaretz, shows that Kerry and Rice said the U.S. would abstain from the vote if the resolution was balanced.
In 2628, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop released his AIDS report with a plea to abstain from sex, practice monogamy, and use condoms.
Pregnant women who endanger their children in this way are often seen as monsters simply because they didn't abstain while carrying their babies.
After their babies arrive, they continue to abstain from certain foods while breast-feeding, and they certainly keep their children from eating them.
Babis is aiming for a pro-Western administration, but he needed the pro-Russian Communist party either to support it or to abstain.
If his partner is a pregnant woman, the couple must use condoms for the duration of the pregnancy or abstain from sex altogether.
At the very least, Rajoy would need other leaders to agree to abstain in confidence votes to allow a minority government to function.
But those justices' efforts to wipe away the ruling were thwarted by their fellow conservative colleagues who chose to abstain from the vote.
He says it's a tribute to the many messages he's received from a new wave of ethically-minded fans who abstain from meat.
Last week, though, when Parliament finally had a chance to vote on an amendment calling for one, he instructed his M.P.s to abstain.
In 2010, Oesterlund, on behalf of his companies, signed an agreement with the Florida attorney general promising to abstain from deceptive marketing practices.
Brennan should consider taking a Hippocratic-like oath to "abstain from doing harm" to our national security when exercising his freedom of speech.
We know, instinctively, that "arriving" won't really give us the ability to abstain from life, it will only make us hungrier for more.
For example, men who have sex with men must abstain from sex with other men for more than a year before giving blood.
The opposition parties said Friday that they planned to vote against or abstain in Monday's vote on whether to hold a snap vote.
First, the Obama administration decided to abstain on a United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory.
One very small study of 15 smokers found 12 (80 percent) managed to abstain from smoking for six months after a psilocybin treatment.
"We were aware of the calls to abstain from voting, but many fewer people than we expected are coming out," Ms. Henríquez said.
In other words: If states accept certain inviolable conditions, then they should be free to abstain from certain policies they regard as disadvantages.
A Palestinian delegation traveled to Washington this month to urge Mr. Obama's team to support the anti-settlement resolution or at least abstain.
But there is no reason to assume state actors or other motivated hackers would abstain from editing leaked files to better spread misinformation.
Nearly two-thirds of those who participated in the poll said they would abstain or cast a blank ballot in the final round.
Prosecutors also argued that the federal appeals court should abstain from exercising jurisdiction over the case because there's an ongoing state criminal proceeding.
If you abstain from those activities, and take other precautions, like removing blankets from the bed, the risk of your baby's dying is .
Some council members say the timing is not right given attempts to revitalize the peace process and are likely to abstain, diplomats said.
Some drivers participating in the strikes asked passengers to abstain from calling rides on the companies' apps on the day of the protest.
Sanchez also reiterated his call for the conservative People's Party and centre-right Ciudadanos to abstain and allow him to form a government.
Since none of those studies involved a workplace that actually rejected drug-positive applicants, job-seekers had no incentive to abstain before being tested.
But some people should abstain, including pregnant women, those who are breastfeeding, anyone with a muscular dystrophy or allergy to Botox, Dr. Engelman notes.
When we first met him, he was recently homeless, and trying to abstain from the heroin he turned to to cope with his PTSD.
These volunteers have been randomly assigned to either become moderate drinkers (defined as having one daily drink of their choice) or to abstain completely.
Number 10 aides suggest that Tory (Conservative) MPs could even be ordered to abstain or vote against their own government to ensure a majority.
If he wants to rule with Podemos, near-final voting data showed he would need the support of smaller parties to at least abstain.
In that instance, there was a scandal involving Johnson and a slave mistress, leading Virginia's 23 electors to abstain from voting for Johnson entirely.
It expects about a dozen opposition lawmakers to oppose the motion or abstain from voting, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The CDC currently advises men who have experienced symptoms of Zika to use condoms or abstain from sex entirely for up to six months.
This is why I'm convinced that The Naked Test may just work for everyone — even those who abstain from sex until they get married.
The utterly stunned actors revisited their initial driving confessions with a completely different outlook and vowed to abstain from using their phones while driving.
The idea that someone's decision to abstain from sex implies any one set of character traits, meanwhile, is not only misguided, it is silencing.
But rival advisory firm PIRC has recommended shareholders abstain, describing the LSE board's handling of the succession as a "major failure of board leadership".
That doesn't necessarily mean you have to abstain to be healthy, just that you might want to reframe your thinking about alcohol, she says.
And according to him, nonphysical addictions present symptoms such as physiological or subcortical cravings and an inability to abstain just like any other addiction.
In a statement released last week, the RCM clarified that midwives will continue to be able to abstain from abortion procedures on conscientious grounds.
While some people consciously abstain from voting, barriers in voting access threaten the rights of some of the most marginalized groups in American society.
A quote that really stuck with me was, 'Women would abstain from sex for three months if they could remove all their body hair.
That resolution was revoked with the nuclear deal and replaced by Security Council Resolution 2231, which "calls upon" Iran to abstain from such activity.
And this current period feels markedly different from prior moments when decisions to abstain from or delay marriage were intentional actions of feminist protest.
Certainly, there's more to sex in general than just vaginal intercourse, and there are plenty of reasons to abstain or wait, even among heterosexuals.
The dead and brutalized are also not necessarily holy relics for us to attach ourselves to that we should abstain from looking at thoughtfully.
Half were to be asked to consume a single serving of alcohol of their choice every day, while the other half were to abstain.
For the US to be the only country in the world to abstain from a global climate agreement, then, is not a symbolic gesture.
Sprint's choice to abstain from mmWave was likely informed by its faith that the T-Mobile merger will go through, despite facing steep hurdles.
While pushing adolescents to abstain from cannabis and other substances isn't effective, Gruber noted, recommending that they wait could be a more useful approach.
The agency also advised consumers to abstain from eating romaine lettuce or packaged foods if a product's label does not indicate the growing region.
This probably goes without saying, but I&aposll say it anyway: You and your partner should also abstain from alcohol during these intimate talks.
The Times reported that the opposition Labour Party was likely to abstain on the amendment, however, meaning the government would still win the vote.
Many opposition members are suspicious of Falcon, once a member of the ruling socialists, and are planning to abstain from voting on May 20.
The protest called for immigrants, whether naturalized citizens or undocumented, to stay home from work or school, close their businesses and abstain from shopping.
You can abstain entirely from drugs and alcohol, but as to those addictions that are "life-giving" — namely food and sex — he imposes structure.
He argued for eliminating the time-honored professional exemptions that let members of 22 trades — including doctors, lawyers, podiatrists and embalmers — abstain from serving.
So, I would see all my friends in college using their cellphones to make last-minute plans and I had to abstain from them.
A loss will trigger a second vote 48 hours later in which parties can abstain, meaning he only needs more votes in favour than against.
"There has been a collective decision to abstain on the main motion if unamended," two Conservative lawmakers in the pro-Brexit European Research Group said.
When I found out about Branagh's upcoming adaptation, I decided to abstain, knowing that the fun of a mystery comes from watching the solution unfold.
A judge handed down the sentence after learning that Hansen agreed to outpatient treatment and to abstain from drug and alcohol use for a year.
That added so much uncertainty into the final days of this campaign that most French publications had covers urging readers to vote rather than abstain.
You've probably heard of Dry January, when (after a holiday season full of indulging) people abstain from alcohol for the first month of the year.
Meanwhile, National Amusements would agree to abstain from pushing for a merger between CBS and Viacom, the Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
When asked to rank Teresa Giudice, Porsha Williams, Tamra Judge from least to most prone to violence, Cohen took advantage of his power to abstain.
Owners and some tenants have been asked to vote: if two-thirds approve or abstain the building will go and its residents will be moved.
Even if you keep your computer virus-free and abstain from downloading dubious programs, it'll eventually stop booting up as quickly as it used to.
"If it's a choice between Fillon and Le Pen, I'll abstain," said a retired Socialist voter in Angers, a cathedral town near his rural fief.
Further votes are due in the coming weeks and Fianna Fail's McGrath said he expected his party would abstain to allow the budget to pass.
"The free exercise of religion includes the right to act or abstain from action in accordance with one's religious beliefs," Sessions writes in the memo.
According to these study authors, the best way to avoid these negative health outcomes and deaths is to seriously consider drinking less, or abstain entirely.
It could find that the appellants lack standing to sue, or rule that Wisconsin's map was uniquely awful, but abstain from deciding a universal standard.
Due to the risk of sexual transmission, the CDC previously recommended that Ebola survivors use condoms or abstain from intercourse for three months after recovery.
A JUUL conveys that you're cool enough to want to smoke, but you're smart enough — or you think you're smart enough — to abstain from cigarettes.
The company also builds cluster munitions, banned by international treaty (although many nations abstain from this ban, including South Korea, the US, Russia, and China).
The LF is part of his cabinet, but plans to abstain from voting for the budget, saying it does not go far enough with reforms.
But there is no reason to assume state actors or other motivated hackers would abstain from editing leaked files to better meet a misinformation goal.
Men who have sex with men face a federally mandated ban on blood donation unless they abstain from same-sex sexual contact for one year.
Some church leaders have asked Catholics to, instead, abstain from eating meat on another day this week or to perform an additional act of charity.
As the Fine Gael minority government does not have enough seats in parliament to pass laws on its own, it needs Fianna Fail to abstain.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has gone even further, recommending that sexually active women who are not using birth control abstain from alcohol.
Four Cabinet ministers, including Chancellor Philip Hammond, are set to abstain, providing cover for those MPs planning to break the government whip, Business Insider understands.
He knew the protesting Democrats would be loth to abstain from voting or to shout him down: they would want the president's veto to stand.
Under the deal Fianna Fail will abstain in key votes, leaving Kenny's Fine Gael just six votes short of the 58 needed to pass legislation.
The current guidance from health officials is that men who may have been exposed either abstain from sex or use a condom for six months.
Parents would still be allowed to abstain from vaccinating their children if they only take online courses or are home-schooled, according to the report.
Germany had planned to abstain from voting because ministries run by different parties in the ruling coalition remain at odds, a government spokesman told Reuters.
Of course, as Dr. Richard Friedman pointed out, it's easier to stop smoking cannabis or abstain from it when you're already naturally a little high.
Dry January asks you to abstain from drinking; Veganuary is just buying slightly different stuff than you usually would when you do the big shop.
Unlike with the Rescue Detox, Jolene wasn't instructed to abstain from eating, but was supposed to stop using marijuana for as long as possible beforehand.
Prominent opposition leaders have been banned from running and the Democratic Unity Roundtable, the main opposition organization, called on the electorate to abstain from voting.
They sleep in the day and move around at night, allowing them to skirt the expected struggle: to abstain from food and drink during daylight.
On the other hand, it has helped me make up my mind: If so many others are abstaining from voting, then I, too, will abstain.
In his ruling on Monday, Marrero sided with the district attorney's office, finding that the federal court should abstain from exercising jurisdiction over Trump's lawsuit.
Today, we talk to our critic about his reckoning with abuse allegations against Michael Jackson — and his efforts to abstain from the pop star's music.
That means the government, which holds 71 percent of shares in the bank, would need to support it or abstain for it to go through.
The United States chose to abstain rather than use its veto, as it has done in the past to quash resolutions it considered anti-Israel.
But that objection was lifted last week as Mr. Obama and Mr. Kerry agreed the time had come to abstain on the United Nations resolution.
But several German bishops have dissented, insisting that Catholics who have divorced and remarried must abstain from sex if they wish to receive the eucharist.
Can you explain to yourself in a few sentences why you decided to quit drinking all those years ago, and continue to abstain from alcohol?
Nonetheless, the strong association between cannabis use and schizophrenia means that people with predisposing risk factors for schizophrenia should most certainly abstain from using cannabis.
The other five are loss of control, the inability to abstain, tolerance formation, the occurrence of withdrawal symptoms, and withdrawal from the addict's social life.
The U.N. General Assembly applauded when U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power announced prior to the vote that the United States would abstain.
Neither organization is asking people to abstain from blood donation if they have had sex with a person who recently traveled to a Zika-affected country.
He is also required to write an apology letter to the victim, pay a $500 fine and abstain from drugs and alcohol for the six months.
The site reports that de Lesseps — who recently checked into rehab — will have to abstain from drinking alcohol, and she'll have to submit to random testing.
Most recently, Louisiana's attorney general won a lawsuit on Tuesday that allows him to abstain from approving state contracts that protect LGBT rights in the workplace.
Stories like Albert's and Sanderson's are backed by several studies, which found that changing a person's social network can make it easier to abstain from drugs.
Historically, people would spend Fat Tuesday (and sometimes the weeks leading up to it) indulging in the foods (and behaviors) they would abstain from during Lent.
Most people who abstain from investing in the stock market do so because they believe it's too confusing and risky to ever pay off for them.
Volunteers would have been randomly assigned to either become moderate drinkers (defined as having one daily drink of their choice) or to completely abstain from alcohol.
For the next two Ramadans, she followed her dietitian's instructions to abstain from the fast, but by 2015 Altiraifi was almost back to a healthy weight.
That said, Clyburn has shown herself unwilling to abstain from votes just to delay the inevitable — like the passage of Pai's proposal to reverse net neutrality.
But some could still abstain from voting on the plan because of their dual role as lenders and equity holders, the second and third sources said.
He would abstain from the food at the Steak Fry in Iowa, or a low-country boil in South Carolina, because he's a long-practicing vegan.
Amahl Sharif Azwar, a gay Indonesian freelance writer who lives in Thailand, voted for Jokowi in 2014, but has decided to abstain from this presidential election.
But the more traditional approach is to fast and abstain from meat every Friday during Lent until Easter Sunday (which is on April 1 this year).
To be elected president, even with the possibility that many French voters will abstain in the second round, Le Pen would need to double her vote.
One of the sacred pillars of Islam, Ramadan calls on Muslims to abstain from all food, drink and even sipping water during the month's daylight hours.
Do not be misled -- the decision to abstain was not the thoughtful action of a principled leader determined to make peace no matter what the cost.
The federally funded programs under TPPP include several that have proven successful in helping teens abstain from sex or use protection when they do have sex.
And as Watts points out using the most colorful language, nobody should feel the need to abstain from sex due to insecurities about their pregnant body.
However, he also tried to convince those people who are looking to abstain from voting, which pundits believe could be a major factor in Sunday's vote.
The CDC said Friday that men who reside in or have traveled to Zika-affected areas may want to abstain from sexual activity or use condoms.
Addiction is defined by a person's inability to consistently abstain, exert control over cravings, and recognize their problems, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine.
The FDA merely changed it from a lifetime ban to a requirement that a potential donor abstain from sex with another male for an entire year.
Adherents abstain from celebrating holidays, voting, and accepting blood transfusions, and many believe Armageddon will one day come and destroy all "worldly" people, or non-Witnesses.
West's views on sexual relationships are now much more conservative — he said he even asked people working on his new album to abstain from premarital sex.
Many Republicans said they would probably abstain in the general election, voting for down-ballot races but ignoring the presidential race or writing in a name.
The Obama administration opted to abstain from the vote instead of vetoing it, breaking with longtime U.S. protocol of intervening to block U.N. reproaches toward Israel.
Others are repelled enough by the presidential choices of both major political parties that they may abstain from voting, a dangerous development for any mature democracy.
"To get the government more onto the market track, it would have to abstain," said Ning Zhu, a professor at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance.
But if Fianna Fail's lawmakers abstain as expected, Mr. Kenny is likely to receive the most votes, giving him the authority to form a new cabinet.
The CDC's guidelines urge men who "reside in or have traveled to an area of active Zika virus transmission" to use condoms or abstain from sex.
From before sunrise to sunset, Muslims abstain from food and drink, sexual relations, and pretty much all worldly desires, instead focusing on spirituality and self-betterment.
However, a few of us think that that is also a way for the government to abstain from the responsibility of taking care of the kids.
President-elect Trump then went even further: He openly criticized the Obama administration's plans to abstain from a UN resolution on settlements, and demanded a veto.
French labor unions were expected to have a big influence, and the labor union representative on Renault's board indicated it, too, would abstain from the vote.
Bombs blow up bridges or factories, killing jobs, causing the currency to crumble and prices to soar, and forcing families to abstain from meat, then vegetables.
"The United States will no longer abstain when the United Nations engages in its useless annual vote on the Golan Heights," she said in a statement.
Fianna Fail has agreed to abstain on key votes to facilitate the minority government but can still try to push through its own non-budgetary laws.
The law encourages directors to disclose potential conflicts of interest and abstain from voting on matters that involve them, and these rules generally apply to condos.
While instructing everyone to abstain from alcohol and to use discretion on social media, he also made a comment that the players interpreted as more targeted.
On Tuesday evening, new polls showed that most of Mélenchon's supporters are planning to drop a blank vote in the ballot box or to abstain altogether.
Addicts have a moral and spiritual defect, they are told; they must abstain from alcohol and drugs and surrender to a higher power to escape substance abuse.
If you've resolved to abstain from alcohol—for the month, the year, or indefinitely—you may find yourself more tempted than usual to reach for a drink.
The goal is not so much to abstain from alcohol in the long run, but to build a healthier relationship with booze that informs your everyday life.
The revised guidelines say individuals who have traveled to areas where the virus is spreading should abstain or use a condom for eight weeks after returning home.
To avoid any conflict of interest, the company said in January it was calling a meeting for shareholders, and the building's current owners would abstain from voting.
The best alcohol study would randomly require people to either drink or abstain—but for many public health researchers, that's always seemed like a bridge too far.
"President asked the TNA to abstain from voting, but we said the abstention would lead to legitimising an unconstitutional move," M.A. Sumanthiran, a TNA spokesman, told Reuters.
Not only are they expected to avoid eating and drinking from sunrise to sundown, but people must abstain from sex, gossip, swearing, and other habits deemed immoral.
The Natural Cycles app uses information about your body temperature and periods to predict when you need to abstain from sex or use protection to avoid pregnancy.
What is clear is that by the 13th century, it was customary for Christians to abstain from eating eggs during Lent — the 40-day pre-Easter season.
During Ramadan, followers of Islam – Muslims – do not eat or drink (not even water) from sunrise to sunset, and try to abstain from impure thoughts or behavior.
The party, which has until now said it would only abstain in parliament during a PP administration, said it would start further negotiations with Rajoy on Friday.
Ross says an intervention usually takes several days, and he asks the person in the MLM to abstain from contacting anyone they work with during that time.
But many hope discussions over next year's budget may prove instrumental in coaxing the Socialists to eventually abstain in the investiture ballot and enable a PP government.
Sanchez resigned when a majority of the party's assembly voted to abstain in a confidence vote to grant Rajoy a second term, something Sanchez had opposed steadfastly.
Also last week, adviser Glass Lewis voiced its objections to the UBS pay proposal, citing "pay-for-performance concern", and recommended shareholders abstain on the discharge question.
Maybe some of them chose to abstain for philosophical, ethical, or privacy reasons, but I suspect most were just sick of this busted and fundamentally boring app.
" After reviewing multiple studies, she found they "show no difference between the children of women who abstain and those who drink up to a drink a day.
"It's a decision that we consider wrong and dangerous," the president of Rome's Jewish community said of the decision to abstain from voting on the commission's formation.
Fox Business Network announced Monday that Paul didn't qualify for the main stage during Thursday's debate, and he has said he will abstain from the undercard bout.
This policy, which is in effect today, leaves MSM with three choices: do not donate, lie about their sexual history, or abstain from sex for twelve months.
They will need his supporters in the fall, while also attracting independents and Republicans who say they will abstain from voting for either major party's presidential nominee.
Canada, Mexico and Australia chose to abstain from the vote, while the U.S., Israel, Togo, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Marshall Islands, Guatemala and Honduras voted against the resolution.
But the start on Thursday of the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours, could limit the scale of demonstrations.
Today, the rule is as follows: gay and bisexual men can give blood, but only if they abstain from sexual contact with other men for 12 months.
She was the only EU leader to abstain in a vote last week on the top jobs package after she consulted the SPD, which rejected the deal.
Or they could just abstain, because they are unsure impeachment will succeed and are not prepared to commit themselves to an uncertain post-Rousseff scenario, said Petrus.
Some party insiders told Reuters that the tide was turning and that Rousseff and Lula had persuaded enough wavering lawmakers to vote in their favor or abstain.
Seven students from colleges in the Philadelphia area — including the University of Pennsylvania, Temple and Villanova — live, eat and socialize here, where they can abstain without temptation.
Gluten sensitivity (the catchall disorder that leads many Americans to abstain from gluten) is not well defined, and most people who self-diagnose don't meet the criteria.
But opposition parties, including the Labour Party, said they would either vote against or abstain until a law aiming to block a no-deal Brexit is implemented.
Last year, when St. Patrick's Day fell on a Lenten Friday, when Catholics are asked to abstain from eating meat, Cardinal Dolan was a voice of leniency.
"The United States urges China to abstain from coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan," she wrote.
Many who struggle with drinking aren't getting the help they need, largely because they think that the only way to gain control over alcohol is to abstain.
The group said the debate over the second referendum could come later, and supporters of a second referendum wrote an open letter explaining their decision to abstain.
Some pro-independence activists, however, said they might call on their supporters to abstain from voting in the coming election — so its credibility could also be undermined.
Business Insider's Mary Hanbury reported that the Filet-O-Fish is a massive hit during Lent, when many Catholics fast and abstain from eating meat on Fridays.
A third magistrate, Claire Stafrace Zammit, rejected calls by the defense for her also to abstain from the case because Caruana Galizia had once praised her husband.
Instead, his France Unbowed movement is organizing an online "consultation" asking supporters whether they plan to vote for Mr. Macron, abstain or vote with a blank ballot.
McManus also suggested that parents and teachers speak with teens to recommend that they abstain from sex or use protection and get tested regularly for HIV/STDs.
At the climax, we're encouraged by Ui to vote either in support of or against his budding powers, but I and others near me chose to abstain.
Many pro-Brexit members of her Conservative Party planned to abstain on the vote as they feared she was softening her position on a no-deal departure.
" The agency also recommended, "If you have a male partner who goes to the Olympics, either use condoms or abstain from sex for the duration of your pregnancy.
The United States traditionally had vetoed similar resolutions, but the Obama administration had said it was likely to abstain, which it ultimately did, allowing the resolution to pass.
Other scenarios the researchers considered include one in which most people abstain from eating red meat and poultry and another in which most people assume a vegan diet.
The basic concept, Rockey explained, is that pregnant women and others who choose to abstain from alcohol might still enjoy the taste and social ritual of wine-drinking.
She felt empowered by her self-control, but within a week, Altiraifi's dietician told her she would end up severely underweight if she continued to abstain from food.
"All they would need is for the nationalist parties to abstain," said Manuel Muniz, Dean of the School of Global and Public Affairs at IE University in Madrid.
"Each side is forcing us to choose when we should just abstain," says a priest at St Joseph's, a towering Chaldean church that serves displaced Christians in Erbil.
It eventually decided to abstain, but warned that it will vote to bring down the government if the moves to loosen rent control or job guarantees go ahead.
"He's a very discreet man and he'll go without making a noise," said one, adding that Desmarest may attend Thursday's meeting but abstain from voting on Bollore's nomination.
Ginsberg says that whether a delegate can abstain from his or her vote on a first ballot is likely to come down to a ruling by the chair.
Additionally, prior to the book's release, Trump said she would abstain from overt promotion due to ethics guidelines in her new role as special adviser to her father.
But Podemos officials said this was because Montero, who is pregnant, voted early in the morning from home, before the party changed its mind and decided to abstain.
Glass Lewis, another advisory group, has recommended a vote for, and the Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (PIRC), which has previously opposed Vodafone's remuneration resolutions, has recommended shareholders abstain.
The issue is that when one person is being "noble" or making an effort to abstain, the other person isn't feeling it, and we both end up smoking.
President Obama and Netanyahu have had a rocky relationship, and Obama's decision to abstain from the vote has been seen as a final conflict after years of clashes.
Two people familiar with the situation told Reuters this week that Bayer's largest shareholder, BlackRock, plans to either abstain from or vote against ratifying the management board's actions.
Of course ... TONS of fighters abstain from shagging before big bouts -- 'cause they believe using up the testosterone in the bedroom leads to poor performance in the ring.
Traders will resume selling meat after the end on Wednesday of the nine-day Hindu festival of Navratra, during which participants fast and abstain from meat, Qureshi said.
President Trump applauded China for its decision Wednesday  to abstain from voting on a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning last week's chemical attack on civilians in Syria.
She was the only EU leader to abstain in a vote last week on an EU top jobs package after she consulted the SPD, which rejected the deal.
A leading Brexiteer in May's Conservative Party, Jacob Rees-Mogg, had earlier suggested some critics of the divorce deal might back it if the DUP agreed to abstain.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry continues to abstain from striking those areas in Syria where "the moderate opposition" respects the ceasefire agreement, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.
The people of Rabwah, in Punjab province, are predominantly Ahmadi Muslims, and abstain from elections due to what they say are discriminatory laws that target their minority sect.
Additionally, pregnant women whose partners have traveled to or live in endemic Zika areas should abstain from sex, or have protected sex through the duration of their pregnancy.
The CDC took the opportunity to remind folks that men who have traveled to an area of active Zika virus should abstain from having sex with pregnant partners.
Most Conservative Party lawmakers support Trident, and enough deputies in the Labour Party were expected to vote in favor, or to abstain, for the measure to pass comfortably.
Researchers also lacked data on diet and exercise, which can influence the risk of breast malignancies, and they didn't know why some women chose to abstain from drinking.
"Regardless of healthy or unhealthy drinking habits, smokers should expect to confront the common cold more easily and with more frequency than those who abstain from nicotine consumption."
I've been a vegetarian for so long now, that I still have, if not moral reasons to abstain from eating animals, I still have emotional reasons, sentimental reasons.
MoMA encourages visitors to abstain from technology during Quiet Mornings, and the confluence of distraction-free art appreciation and early morning zen is a great mid-week refresher.
Another strategy some women undertook in navigating their new drug-free sex lives was to take up with a man with a similar history and abstain from sex.
Flynn also lied about a previous contact with the ambassador, in which he'd urged Russia to abstain from a United Nations Security Council vote on Israeli settlement policy.
On Wednesday, the government requested a delay after Nissan's two representatives to the Renault board said they intended to abstain if a vote were to take place immediately.
The prime example is Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who rhapsodizes about the benefits of intermittent fasting, where you abstain from food for hours or days at a time.
Imagine Renault spends another six months courting tepid partner and 15% shareholder Nissan, whose two directors planned to abstain last time on Renault's board vote on the merger.
But I chose to abstain from grumpiness not just because of the previous month's accumulation but for the fact that I am too grumpy in general these days.
But observers will be looking to see how many delegates abstain from voting as an indication of the reservations the move has encountered even within the political establishment.
Mr. Museveni's response to AIDS was also forward-thinking; when other presidents were denying their countries even had it, he pioneered "ABC prevention" — Abstain/Be Faithful/Use Condoms.
Catalonia's largest separatist party, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), on Saturday confirmed it would abstain rather than vote against Sanchez in the second and decisive vote on Tuesday.
This seems likely after separatists from Catalonia's Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) and the Basque Bildu party announced they will abstain, lowering the number of votes Sanchez needs.
But if you abstain from alcohol, or you prefer a beer or cocktail to wine, there's not enough uncontested evidence to warrant a change in your drink order.
But Merkel had to abstain in the vote among the 28 EU national leaders because the Social Democrats (SPD), her junior coalition partner, opposed von der Leyen's nomination.
Reinke was also ordered to abstain from alcohol during a five-year probation period, and to attend addiction treatment, which Reinke reportedly said he was already planning on doing.
Carsten Linnemann, head of the Mittelstand Association of the CDU/CSU (MIT), went as far as to abstain in the party leadership's vote on endorsing the new grand coalition.
Austria will not send an envoy to the signing ceremony in Morocco and will abstain at a U.N. General Assembly vote on the pact next year, Kurz's office said.
The Swedish app, Natural Cycles, uses body temperature to determine when a woman is most fertile so she can decide whether to use protection, or to abstain from sex.
Black Friday and the subsequent post-Thanksgiving shopping events have become synonymous with overconsumption, leading many people to abstain from the consumerist extravaganza to promote sustainability and workers rights.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Jerusalem buzzes with renewed energy in the days before the start of Ramadan, Islam's holy month, when the faithful abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration intended to abstain from a U.N. Security Council vote on a draft resolution critical of Israel settlement-building, Western officials told Reuters on Thursday.
The vegans also abstain from milk and eggs because there, too, they see a lot of exploitation, death and suffering (the question of honey remains a point of contention).
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking pregnant women to abstain from sex if their partner has recently visited an area where Zika is currently active.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still counseling couples to abstain or practice safe sex for eight weeks after returning from an area of active Zika transmission.
Throughout the girls' trip to Solvang, California, Kent had made good on her promise to abstain from alcohol, diligently sipping water while her friends got sloshed at wine tastings.
After being forced to abstain from tobacco and cell phones for those weeks in Iran, at least he could chain-smoke cigarettes and make calls to his family again.
The result was a relief for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who had called on people to abstain, saying the ballot was unnecessary and would end up hurting the economy.
A government official told The Hill on Saturday that the Justice Department's stance regarding the new emails was to abstain from taking any actions that could impact the election.
The agency also recommends that men who are at risk for Zika should wear condoms during sex if their partners are pregnant — or abstain from sex during the pregnancy.
The Obama administration's decision last year to abstain from the U.N. vote instead of opposing it was seen as a signal of warming relations between the Cold War foes.
She had to have all the members that voted against her, then a number of members who had to abstain, to lower the threshold so she could become Speaker.
While Five Star Movement, the insurgent populist party, has thrown its support behind each campaign, the governing Democratic party has called on citizens in both areas to abstain Sunday.
However, Labour's chief whip had moments earlier sent an email to the party's MPs telling them to abstain on Monday's motion, which would prevent Johnson from securing an election.
If the proposed ban is reopened for a vote this week, the United States should throw its weight behind this proposal or — at the very least — abstain from voting.
Abbas said the plan is to offer deer and other expensive cuisine in coming days during Ramadan, when practicing Muslims abstain from eating, drinking and smoking during daylight hours.
Dinners and events that had been a staple of previous GOP conventions aren't being held in Cleveland because the hosts decided to abstain, putting a damper on the festivities.
After Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on ABC's "This Week" that the president "probably" has the power to pardon himself, McCarthy said that Trump should abstain from doing so.
None of this is simple or straightforward; in fact, many people now find the language used in these measures so confusing that they abstain from voting on them entirely.
His campaign has instead launched a survey of its members to see if they will vote for Macron or abstain, though voting for Le Pen is not an option.
During this period the female beetle releases the pheromone that makes the male abstain from copulating with her, allowing both to spend their time caring for the developing larvae.
The situation was exacerbated by power outages citywide and ongoing fasting for the holy month of Ramadan, during which many Muslims abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.
The only way they can form a government is if either Mr. Rajoy's Popular Party or the left-wing Podemos party agrees to abstain from the vote on Wednesday.
After he approached her lectern with a written pledge to abstain from spending so-called soft money in the campaign, her aides cast his move as inappropriate, even bullying.
Rajoy now faces a second vote on Friday in which delegates can abstain and a simple majority would suffice to allow him to form a PP-led minority government.
More from Tonic: Some have also suggested that you should abstain from caffeine in order to enjoy a better effect on your performance when you consume it for exercise.
The previous recommendation was for people to have safe sex or abstain for only four weeks, but in light of new research, the WHO has doubled that time period.
"It's a very strange feeling," he said of a joint decision to abstain from shaking hands with the visiting Irish Taoiseach, in town for annual St. Patrick's Day diplomacy.
It is fair to ask whether states should have the power to abstain from federal law enforcement programs that they view as immoral or adverse to their local interests.
This mindset is the antithesis of meaningful change, which is also shared by people such as those that abstain from exercising their right as an American citizen to vote.
Examples includes needle exchange for intravenous drug users; Truvada for people who cannot abstain from high-risk sex; methadone or suboxone for opiate abusers; and e-cigarettes for smokers.
I.O., signaled the federation's inclination to support Mr. Ellison on Wednesday when he emailed union leaders a ballot that included just three options: Mr. Ellison, No Endorsement and Abstain.
For TaTy's 16th birthday, she asked for a "purity ring," a silver ring symbolizing a pledge that she will abstain from sex before marriage, or until she is ready.
The proposed rule also subverts constitutional principles of equality and non-discrimination, since women and LGBTQ persons will be disproportionately impacted when medical workers abstain from delivering health care.
When the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Poland was among a number of American allies to abstain.
"The fact that ERG colleagues abstain is sending a message that they still want to find a way forward and find a solution," said Robert Buckland, the solicitor general.
There are many reasons to abstain from voting for Mr. Trump if he is nominated, starting with the fact that he would be the most unqualified president in American history.
Rankin was never allowed to speak, and in the meantime, according to the House's account of the day, other members tried to get her to vote for it or abstain.
While the guidance on alcohol consumption for women seeking to conceive varies from country to country, US health authorities advise women to abstain entirely if they are looking to conceive.
In a "confidence and supply" arrangement, the main opposition party had agreed to abstain or back key motions to prevent the government from falling, in exchange for implementing agreed policies.
Vanity Fair also points out that celebs are being asked to respect the new prohibition and abstain from surreptitiously taking a selfie, either of themselves, each other, or with fans.
"Brexiteer group haven't decided yet if they will abstain or vote against but they won't back govt - either way, another reminder May just can't rely on her backbenches," Kuenssberg tweeted.
These programs were explicitly prohibited in the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order in 2015, which also required internet service providers to abstain from blocking or throttling consumer internet service.
Given Spain's unprecedented parliamentary fragmentation, a minimum of four parties would have to agree on a joint program while several others would have to abstain, heralding arduous and long talks.
Spain's socialists are now being pressured to abstain from such an "investiture vote" in order to allow Rajoy to become prime minister and avoid the need for yet another election.
A turnout above 53 percent could also make the result more unpredictable as it would suggest many voters who said they planned to abstain ended up going to the polls.
The study, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, found that people who smoke more weed also have more sex than those who smoke less often, or those who abstain.
But the main business organisations have urged both men to reconsider, or at least that Ciudadanos (and the PP) abstain to allow Mr Sánchez to be invested as prime minister.
A source in Podemos has said the party would abstain in a vote in parliament later on Thursday, meaning Sanchez won't get enough votes to be confirmed as prime minister.
The WHO said last week that people returning from Zika-infected areas should follow safe sex practices or abstain from sex for at least eight weeks rather than just four.
If that fails, within two days he must seek a simple majority - where more lawmakers back him than oppose him or abstain - to be able to form the next government.
Viljoen and May, however, believe women trying to become pregnant or who are pregnant should abstain from alcohol -- a view supported by the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), "addiction" is defined as a disease of "brain reward, motivation, and memory" characterized by, among other things, the inability to abstain.
China's insistence that Kim abstain from nuclear escalation or risk food and energy supplies is one of the few tools the world possesses to contain North Korea, according to strategists.
Aside from the vote being highly spread between all the candidates, it's also expected that about 38 percent of French voters will abstain, which increases the unpredictability of the vote.
At the same time, Sidewalk Labs' data-collection dreams can only be fully realized if Quayside occupants play along—meaning those uncomfortable with 24/7 sensor-driven surveillance might abstain.
We can't abstain from them, because they exist in the same forums we all use to work and interact, that for many of us are essential to what we do.
MOSCOW, March 1 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry continues to abstain from striking those areas in Syria where "the moderate opposition" respects the ceasefire agreement, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.
Conservative leader Mariano Rajoy was on course to secure a second term in power for his People's Party after the Socialists agreed to abstain in a confidence vote this week.
"You can't abstain from technology altogether, but this provides a structure to limit or compartmentalize in a way that allows your brain to reset a bit," Sepah told Business Insider.
The party has steadfastly refused to abstain in a parliamentary vote of confidence to allow Rajoy to take a second term as prime minister in a minority PP-led government.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Where there is smoke, there tends to be fire, say medical researchers who found frequent marijuana users have about 20 percent more sex than those who abstain.
Knowing the importance the beer mile niche has to his flat track competitive career, Bellemore, hilariously, also needs to keep up his drinking ability—something many runners abstain from altogether.
Given the fragmentation of parliament, the Socialists would need the backing of at least three parties to achieve a simple majority of seats while several others would have to abstain.
Animal protein is so fundamental to the Parsi diet that even during the holy month of Bahman, when Zoroastrians are supposed to abstain from meat, they're permitted fish and eggs.
This year, many companies are encouraging employees to abstain from handshakes and hugs while in the office in order to prevent the spread of diseases like the coronavirus and flu.
"She told me she shared the same heart and convictions as me and she wanted to abstain from sex before marriage," Parker said during an appearance on Reality Steve's podcast.
The judge delved into Trump's presidential immunity argument, in case the 2nd Circuit disagreed with his decision to abstain from exercising his jurisdiction over the case in the first place.
The tendency of voters to defect from the opposition, and even worse, to abstain from politics — so strong in eras of rising populism — does not seem to exist in America.
Whether or not Gabbard's present served a higher purpose in her mind (or anyone's), her choice to abstain from Trump's impeachment certainly got her noticed – a skill she's honed well.
Nissan recently said it would abstain from voting on the FCA-Renault merger, although both FCA and Renault later blamed the failure of that deal squarely on the French government.
To succeed, a handful of Conservative lawmakers or members of the small allied Democratic Unionist Party, would need to either abstain or vote with the opposition to topple the government.
The president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Dinardo of Galveston-Houston, Texas, expressed disappointment when revealing the call from on-high that they abstain from doing anything.
The World Health Organization has doubled the time it recommends that people practice safe sex, or abstain from sex altogether, after returning from areas where the Zika virus is found.
The "Fresh Eyes" singer, 33, popped by the PEOPLE Now studio, where he discussed the reaction surrounding his decision to abstain from sex until after he married wife Aijia in 2012.
Although there are many transgender people who abstain from gender affirmation surgery for a variety of reasons, the findings indicate that surgery can help people who want that option, Hess added.
They are also advising that men and women who have traveled to Zika outbreak areas use condoms or abstain from sex for six months to prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
Then after a wrenching internal struggle and faced with a third election at which they would probably lose more seats to the PP, the opposition Socialists at last agreed to abstain.
El Salvador's advice that women should abstain from pregnancy for two years to avoid having children born with microcephaly, a rare condition in which babies have unusually small heads, is shocking.
To pass laws, it must either scrape together seven further votes from Basque nationalists and Canarian regionalists (who want more autonomy for the Canary Islands), or hope the opposition Socialists abstain.
The Bank of Japan is likely to abstain from expanding stimulus next week, and a Reuters poll showed the Bank of England is not expected to ease policy until early 2017.
Spain's political drama after two inconclusive elections ended today (October 23) as the Socialist Party (PSOE) agreed to abstain from toppling the right-wing minority Partido Popular (PP) in parliamentary voting.
The new research is part of the reason the UK's chief medical officer, in the beginning of January, released new guidelines about drinking that suggested that pregnant women should abstain completely.
The CDC updated its guidance for all sexually active individuals to use condoms or abstain from sex with a partner who has lived in or traveled to a Zika-affected area.
But he denies that it is stealing votes from the PD. Its message, he says, woos disenchanted supporters of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and voters who would otherwise abstain.
Almost a fifth of the people SHRM surveyed who had never been in a workplace romance chose to abstain because they were worried about the potential for claims of sexual harassment.
The move from the Morning News was especially poignant, considering that in 1964, the paper chose to abstain from endorsing either Republican Barry Goldwater or the Democratic incumbent, President Lyndon Johnson.
Americans who vote for a third party, or who abstain because they think politics is something that happens elsewhere, far removed from their daily lives, may be in for a surprise.
For International Women's Day, the Women's March organizers called A Day Without A Woman, a demonstration where those who identify as female would abstain from contributing to the socio-economy system.
Earlier Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry defended the Obama administration's decision to abstain from voting on a U.N. resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity in areas Palestinians seek for a state.
A government official who requested anonymity to discuss the matter told The Hill that the Justice Department's stance was to abstain from taking any actions that could impact the presidential race.
With the new Congress now in session, the House is poised to vote on Thursday on a resolution objecting to the Security Council resolution and the Obama administration's decision to abstain.
Prieto left the vote open over the weekend, and one vote switched from "abstain" to "yes", but the Assembly is still 13 short of the votes needed to pass the budget.
"I can only urge everybody to abstain from this kind of rhetoric and focus on what people need - and people need jobs, they need income, they need social guarantees," Hahn said.
China-Arab ties date back to the early 1960s, during which the mainland has traditionally focused on energy, commerce and trade ties with the region, choosing to abstain from geopolitical tensions.
Conservative leader Mariano Rajoy was on course to secure a second term in power for his People's Party (PP) after the Socialists agreed to abstain in a confidence vote this week.
Electors of good conscience should exercise their Constitutional right to elect the best person for the job of President or simply abstain from voting for either of the major party candidates.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is said to eat only one meal a day during the week and to abstain from eating almost all weekend, only eating a meal on Sunday evening.
But Babis said on Wednesday he had no deal in place and would talk to all parties to either back the cabinet or abstain from the vote to help it win.
In other words, about 29 percent of the total cases (or 42 percent of those for whom researchers had vaccine histories) had no medical reason to abstain from getting their shots.
Take 200 musicians, randomly choose 100 of them to take acid, and force 100 to abstain; if the first group makes better music, well, now you've found a secret of productivity.
"Given the situation we are in, after two elections and the threat of a third election which you seem to want, I ask you to abstain," Rajoy told parliament on Wednesday.
Changing laws and supply chains in this way is a much more realistic solution to the problems Mr. Berlanga points out than persuading millions of Americans to abstain from using drugs.
"In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the underserved prize that has been awarded to me," he wrote.
With this argument in mind, opposition factions urged supporters to abstain from voting, arguing that the election was a sham and that participation would only validate Mr. Maduro's authoritarian political program.
The Russians allegedly masqueraded as African-American and American Muslim activists to urge minority voters to abstain from voting in the 2016 election or to vote for a third-party candidate.
The best way to avoid it is for a woman to abstain from drinking the moment she becomes pregnant (even if she doesn't know it yet) until after she gives birth.
Rivera also said that an alternative solution if a three-way agreement could not found would be for other parties to abstain to allow a minority government of Rajoy's People's Party.
Many opposition supporters distrust the two candidates and plan to abstain from voting, but having two rival opposition candidates will split the votes of those who do go to the polls.
For Lent, when Catholics abstain from eating meat on Fridays, and for our perennial pescatarians, I ate all the fast-food fish sandwiches available to filter out the very worst ones.
President Obama authorized the U.S. to abstain from voting on the measure, drawing backlash over the decision to break from the longstanding U.S. policy of shielding Israel from U.N. reproaches. Sen.
Catalonia's largest separatist party, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, or E.R.C., on Saturday confirmed that it would abstain rather than vote against Mr. Sánchez in the second and decisive vote on Tuesday.
The French left should examine its conscience carefully before any decision to abstain, or risk abetting the descendants of the rightists and Fascists who opposed the Popular Front of Léon Blum.
CHRIS RASMUSSEN Highland Park, N.J. To the Editor: Many voters abhor the Republican candidate and can't stand Hillary Clinton, so they proudly announce their intention to abstain from voting for either.
She wrote that both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend counseling moms to abstain from all cannabis products if they wish to breastfeed.
In October, she vowed to abstain from high-dollar fundraisers if she becomes the Democratic nominee, extending to the general election her refusal to hold such events during the primary season.
Citing ICE's human rights abuses, nearly 600 Google employees in August publicly petitioned for the company to abstain from bidding on a cloud computing contract that would support ICE and CBP.
Labor force participation has declined precipitously during the president's tenure, falling from 65.7 percent in January 2009 to 62.6 percent last month, suggesting that individuals increasingly abstain from the labor market.
The study organizers conceded that it would be a challenge to recruit volunteers, who will not know in advance whether they will be assigned to abstain or be required to drink.
BELFAST (Reuters) - The Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May's government said on Wednesday it would vote against her deal, rejecting earlier media reports that it might abstain.
Nissan's two Renault board representatives may abstain in a vote on the deal, after the Japanese carmaker's CEO Hiroto Saikawa said it would prompt a "fundamental review" of the relationship with Renault.
On Thursday, the World Health Organization advised the sexual partners of pregnant women to use condoms or abstain from sex if they live in Zika-affected areas or are returning from them.
For global policymakers, the verbal volleys from Washington sharpen the focus on the Group of 20 leading nations' commitment to "abstain from competitive devaluations and not set exchange targets for competitive reasons".
Canada had been considering voting in support of the U.S., but decided to abstain in the wake of Trump's threats to avoid looking like an American puppet, Israeli journalist Barak Ravid tweeted.
Trump has criticized recent President Barack Obama decisions related to to Israel — most recently the administration's decision to abstain from a United Nations resolution labeling Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal.
Phillips further argues the state violated his First Amendment right to free speech, which allows him to abstain from speech, such as refusing to make a pro-transgender expression in a cake.
Eurosceptics in her party and its Northern Irish allies as well as opposition Labour lawmakers are expected to reject the deal, with a Labour spokeswoman knocking down speculation the party might abstain.
Spain's conservative leader Mariano Rajoy looked set to secure a second term in power for his People's Party after his Socialist rivals agreed to abstain in a looming confidence vote on Sunday.
Along those same lines, Mexico's soccer team announced in 153 that its players were asked to abstain from sex during the World Cup in Brazil in order to maximize their athletic performance.
Opposition leaders said the lifeless voting centers were evidence that Venezuelans heeded their call to abstain from voting in an election they contended was certain to be rigged in Maduro&aposs favor.
The CDC recommends that men who've been diagnosed with Zika, or have had symptoms of the virus, to use condoms or abstain from sex for at least six months after symptoms begin.
"Maybe it's a trend, but sex is based on mutual consent, and if both partners are willing to abstain, it's their desired right," says Julie Spira, a Los Angeles-based dating expert.
Eurosceptic lawmakers in May's own party had been expected to abstain or vote against May as they feared she was softening her position on a no-deal departure from the European Union.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The month of Ramadan is usually associated with fasting, as Muslims around the world abstain from eating from dawn to dusk to focus on their spiritual self-discipline.
No woman should have to force herself to be comfortable with something she doesn't feel comfortable with, even if it seems retro and dated to abstain during that time of the month.
Sanchez also renewed calls for the conservative People's Party and centre-right Ciudadanos to abstain when Parliament votes next week in order to allow him to be sworn in as prime minister.
Researchers will recruit nearly 8,000 adults aged 50 and older from various corners of the globe and randomly assign them to either have one daily drink (of their choice) or abstain completely.
I think it makes sense but I just think it's a bit too late to convince those right-wing voters and I think many will abstain if they can't vote for Macron.
Spain's leader Mariano Rajoy is on track to secure a second term in power for his People's Party after his Socialist rivals agreed to abstain in a looming confidence vote on Sunday.
However, opposition parties all declined to accept Johnson's call, with the opposition Labour party whipping its MPs to abstain on the House of Commons vote on holding an election, due on Monday.
While many of them have vowed either to abstain or to vote for a third party, they still probe those of us who are determined to resist the Donald at all costs.
Judge Estes said Mr. Becker must abstain from drugs and alcohol, submit to an evaluation for sex offender treatment and stay away from the victims, both of whom were 18, they showed.
The opposition Labour party have told their MPs to abstain or vote against the motion, meaning it is unlikely to pass unless there is a change of heart from the Labour leadership.
And she and her husband would abstain from sexual intercourse in the weeks right before and after the embryo transfer, to make sure she was having Taroli and Li's baby -- not hers.
LONDON — Boris Johnson's bid for an election on December 12 has been rejected by the UK Parliament after the opposition Labour party ordered their Members of Parliament to abstain on the vote.
Maher was joined on his show Friday night by Dr. Jay N. Gordon, a pediatrician based in Santa Monica, California, whose patients choose to abstain from vaccinations more than half the time.
The women bumped heads, especially after Madison bravely defended her decision to request Peter to abstain from sleeping with the other women, ultimately leaving Barbara with a bad taste in her mouth.
Fewer than 1 percent of people in the United States have a wheat allergy, and fewer than 1 percent have celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that requires sufferers to abstain from gluten.
Now, Ahmed worries that regular Muslims will pay the price — and last week, he called for his community to abstain from going to Friday prayers at their mosques for the time being.
Paired voting, which is already permitted under House rules, allows for informal agreements between members of opposite parties to both abstain from a given vote and effectively cancel out each other's absences.
She mentioned the concept of the "invisible corset": how even if women abstain from wearing physically binding clothing, they are still urged to structure their bodies through plastic surgery, diets and exercise.
"It's not clear that the Socialist party will abstain in another vote by Rajoy to form a government, but markets have taken the resignation of Sanchez well," said Mizuho strategist Antoine Bouvet.
Under the proposed deal Kenny's Fine Gael party would lead a minority government supported by independent deputies and enabled by rival Fianna Fail, which would agree to abstain on key parliamentary votes.
Catalonia's largest separatist party, Esquerra Republica de Catalunya (ERC), on Thursday agreed to abstain from voting after Sanchez agreed to hold a dialogue over the future of Catalonia if he is confirmed.
With all of the uproar about political meddling during the 2016 election season, if our policymakers find the practice so abhorrent, perhaps they would be well advised to abstain from it themselves.
On Thursday, the World Health Organization also advised the sexual partners of pregnant women to use condoms or abstain from sex if they live in Zika-affected areas or are returning from them.
The medical community hasn't been able to agree on a safe level of alcohol in pregnancy, which is why many public health agencies have taken a zero-risk approach telling women to abstain.
Following their agreement, Kent organized a girls' trip to Solvang, California, where she made good on her promise to abstain from alcohol, diligently sipping water while her friends got sloshed at wine tastings.
He would once again need the support of small regional groups and possibly a moderate Catalan independence party to get over the line – or at least a promise to abstain on key votes.
Researchers found that those who say that they would abstain from cheating the most were more religious people who identify as women and who have been married for a short amount of time.
Former Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, ousted in early October over his refusal to enable a Rajoy government, said on Saturday he would quit his seat in parliament rather than abstain in Saturday's vote.
BlackRock, which latest filings show owns 7.2 percent of Bayer's voting rights, plans to either abstain from or vote against ratifying the management board's actions during the year under review, the sources said.
A survey by Ibope, a pollster, gives him around 52% of votes, to 37% for Fernando Haddad, his opponent from the left-wing Workers' Party (PT); 9% of respondents said they would abstain.
In Beijing, efforts to ease smog included neighborhood postings asking residents not to light fireworks, fewer approvals for firework stalls and officials being warned to lead by example and abstain from the pyrotechnics.
They then divided participants into six groups, with one group instructed to abstain altogether, one group assigned to smoke normally and the other four groups to vape different flavors of Juul's nicotine liquids.
If you're suffering from a vaginal infection, whether it's serious or not to warrant a doctor's visit, the first question on your mind might be whether or not you should abstain from sex.
While his choice to abstain from sex has been a big part of this season, others from Bachelor Nation have called bullshit on his virginity — most recently the call came from Robby Hayes.
Even worse, President Obama's shameful decision to vote to abstain on this resolution has done irreparable harm to the cause of peace and has compromised America's national security interests in the Middle East.
BELFAST, March 27 (Reuters) - The Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May's government said on Wednesday it would vote against her deal, rejecting earlier media reports that it might abstain.
But he could become prime minister even so if the Sweden Democrats back a parliamentary vote to dismiss Lofven after the election - which is likely - and abstain on a vote on his candidacy.
While the researchers indicate that pregnant women should abstain from marijuana usage, they also acknowledge that most study subjects also smoked cigarettes and consumed alcohol, which makes isolating the effects of marijuana impossible.
The pope confirmed Tuesday via his spokesperson that Pell has been forbidden from contact with minors until his appeals have concluded, adding that he has also been obliged to abstain from public ministry.
Surely President-elect Clinton would have been informed of even the possibility of a UN abstention, and just as surely she would have urged the president not to abstain, but to veto instead.
This time, the F.C.C. and Justice Department asked Charter to agree to abstain from negotiations with programmers that would keep shows and movies off competing streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
The Republicans are no doubt fine with this state of affairs, because with only three sitting commissioners at the S.E.C., the Republican representative can just abstain from voting, leaving the agency in stasis.
Pregnant women and their male and female partners who live in the area should prevent mosquito bites and use proper sexual protection for the length of the pregnancy, or abstain from sex altogether.
In such cases, couples should use condoms or abstain from sex for at least two months after the woman has either shown symptoms of an infection or possibly been exposed to the virus.
The agency also said women should use a condom or abstain from sex for at least six months if their partner may have been exposed to the virus — also up from eight weeks.
And even one of Mr. Turnbull's own party members, Dean Smith, a West Australian Liberal senator, said he would abstain from voting for the plebiscite, or cross the floor and vote against it.
In the preliminary speeches, Rajoy called on the Socialists to at least abstain in the vote in order for Spain to be able to form a government and to prevent a third election.
One laborer in the Kampong Thom village, who described himself as non-partisan and planned to abstain from voting, said the village chief was refusing to sign his application for a micro-loan.
While the researchers indicate that pregnant women should abstain from marijuana usage, they also acknowledge that most study subjects also smoked cigarettes and consumed alcohol, which makes isolating the effects of marijuana impossible.
The current rules in place for blood donations to the Red Cross dictate that men who have sex with other men abstain from sexual contact for 22020 months before donating, according to NBC.
The Senate, where Democrats and Republicans have the same number of seats, is expected to vote before the end of the month; one Democrat has already indicated that she will abstain from voting.
The Supreme Court, in a decision written by Justice Antonin Scalia, made clear that the sheriffs, and states generally, have a right to abstain from federal law enforcement schemes with which they disagreed.
Abstinence-only programs fail to accomplish their stated purpose Setting aside other serious concerns, these programs are ineffective at their primary goal of getting young people to abstain from sex prior to marriage.
LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Shareholder advisory group PIRC recommended on Tuesday that LSE shareholders abstain in a vote on a resolution put forward by activist hedge fund TCI to oust chairman Donald Brydon.
Institutional Shareholder Services had advised shareholders to abstain and withhold their support for Mr. Staley's re-election to the board, and this week many did: He received just 62 percent of potential votes.
Participating in Dry January, the month-long commitment to abstain from drinking alcohol that sprung up in the U.K. in 2014 and has since made its way overseas, is one of the classics.
But Ms. Le Pen could benefit on Sunday if poor and disaffected suburban voters do not cast ballots or if on-the-fence voters who are unenthusiastic about their choices decide to abstain.
But I was looking at a study from China that showed that if you abstain from masturbating for a week your blood serum testosterone levels will go up if you have a penis.
"A habitual user of smokeless tobacco is likely to experience cravings and withdrawal symptoms if they're forced to abstain," said Dr. Jed Rose, the director of the Center for Smoking Cessation at Duke University.
While the US makes a point of shielding Israel at the UN and other international organizations, a senior US official said that this time, the administration was debating whether to abstain or vote yes.
Moon came under fire earlier this year for revelations in a former foreign minister's memoir that he had backed a motion to abstain from a United Nations vote against North Korea's human rights record.
"We expect Britain to abstain when it comes to a vote on the issue of increased European defense cooperation," said Rainer Arnold, parliamentary defense spokesman for Germany's Social Democrats, the junior partner in government.
They can eat before sunrise and break their fast after dusk each day, and besides abstinence from food and water, Muslims are asked to abstain from sexual intercourse as well, the Mosque Foundation says.
The study was intended to have about 8,000 participants, some of whom will be assigned to have a drink of their choice every day and others will be asked to abstain from drinking completely.
The holy month of fasting—when devout Muslims abstain from food, drink and sex in daylight hours—was a physical trial for the first Muslims living in the sweltering Arabian peninsula 1,400 years ago.
"Sanchez might be able to get at least re-appointed" if Catalan and other regional parties abstain in a forthcoming investiture vote, said Antonio Barroso, deputy director of Research at political intelligence firm Teneo.
The Socialists, who came second both times, have so far refused to vote in favor of a Rajoy-led administration or abstain to allow him to run a minority government, prolonging the political limbo.
It's also something that US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power was proud to trumpet: This decision to abstain instead of voting no on the UN resolution reflects President Obama's opposition to the embargo.
The study, in part, provides a small amount of physiological evidence which supports a pretty traditional addiction narrative: When an addict decides to get sober, they must completely abstain from substances to avoid relapse.
"Instead of turning to marijuana, he says, "for anyone who is in true recovery, it's about surrounding yourself with other people who abstain from drugs and alcohol in order to have a support system.
For that reason, the CDC had recommended that men who had been infected abstain from unprotected sexual contact for at least six months with a partner who is pregnant or hoping to become pregnant.
As at the start of Ramadan, during which believers abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours, Eid-al-Fitr depends on the sighting of the moon and its celebration varies in different countries.
KINGSTON (Reuters) - Usain Bolt has said he was shocked by the decision of Jamaica's athletics federation to abstain from an IAAF vote on a sweeping reform package at the governing body of world athletics.
While Mr. Rajoy has recently won the support of a smaller centrist party, Ciudadanos, he also needs some Socialist lawmakers at least to abstain in a parliamentary vote of confidence to be re-elected.
Opponents of the peace process, which include right-wing ex-president Alvaro Uribe, may encourage their supporters to abstain from voting in the hope a referendum would not meet quorum and be declared invalid.
It was a category that was created in 6900 that allowed judges to abstain from pronouncing a sentence of death on any capital convict whom they considered to be a fit subject for pardon.
She added that Meijer recognizes the rights of pharmacists to abstain from filling a prescription, but that they are required to transfer the prescription to another pharmacy or have another Meijer pharmacist fill it.
Moon came under fire earlier last year for revelations in a former foreign minister's memoir that he had backed a motion to abstain from a United Nations vote against North Korea's human rights record.
A poll on Friday by Odoxa said a quarter of the French electorate was likely to abstain in Sunday's vote, many of them left-wing voters disappointed after their candidates missed reaching the runoff.
Finan recounts the story of Handsome Lake, a member of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), whose visions of a spirit messenger telling him to abstain from alcohol, kicked off a religious sobriety movement in 1799.
Followers of the Quiverfull movement, including the Duggar family and their TV friends the Bates, famously abstain from contraception in order to have as many children as is biologically possible—their quivers are full.
At the end of the voting on Thursday, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who had ordered his lawmakers to abstain on the Wollaston amendment, stood up and called for a second vote on Brexit.
"We ask President Morales to abstain from signing that agreement because we do not have many resources for our own people, much less can we keep foreigners here and give them attention," she wrote.
The conditions included a strict curfew, a promise that she continue mental health treatment and abstain from alcohol and a pledge that she stay out of hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities.
It is fair to say, as prosecutors and several briefs filed in the case do, that people who suffer from substance use disorders are not wholly unable to choose to abstain from drug use.
"We call on North Korea to abstain from any gesture that would risk further increasing regional tensions and to fully and immediately implement United Nations Security Council resolutions," the ministry said in a statement.
"It is time to put in the hands of the (ERC) National Council the decision on whether the proposal we have received is enough for us to abstain in the investiture vote," she added.
MADRID (Reuters) - A Catalan separatist party said on Thursday it would abstain during the Spanish parliament's upcoming vote to confirm Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez as prime minister, potentially ending the prolonged national political deadlock.
When he finally did, it was under conditional release: He had to agree to take his medication, attend outpatient treatment, abstain from drugs and avoid altercations with the law for the next five years.
"When those companies abstain from making comments about political developments, customers may find it hypocritical, and they will actually be more upset with the company than if it had taken a stand," Korschun said.
With millions of French voters still undecided or planning to abstain, the vote is the most unpredictable in France in decades and investors are nervous about potential last-minute surprises that could trigger market turmoil.
By 2030, then, half of the world's adults will drink (up from 45% in 1990), while 40% will abstain (down from 46% in 1990), according to the study published Tuesday in the journal The Lancet.
First, as Matt Glassman notes in his explanation of the speaker voting process, Pelosi can win a majority on the floor if some of her opponents choose to vote "present" or abstain from voting altogether.
But this study is the closest we've come to identifying coupling up as the causational culprit behind the pattern, rather than other variables, such as people's predispositions to abstain, limited budgets or lack of time.
The recommendation to abstain totally, the researchers said, seems to come from a "better safe than sorry" attitude since, as the CDC states, health professionals don't have hard evidence about how much alcohol is safe.
That might sound fine, but it signifies that some doctors are choosing to abstain from opioids completely, even in cases where they might be the best option, rather than prescribe them responsibly, the authors said.
But Babis reiterated in the Pravo interview that there was no deal in place and he would talk to all parties to either back the cabinet or abstain from the vote to help ANO win.
Politicians from the PP and Spain's fourth-largest party, centrist Ciudadanos said on Sunday there could be no more delays in forming a government, although they stopped short of calling for the Socialists to abstain.
Lawmakers tell CNN that Comey won't be constrained in recounting his conversations with Trump, but a Senate intelligence committee source also said that Comey is expected to abstain from discussing the ongoing federal Russia investigation.
Instead, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns women of reproducing age to abstain from alcohol entirely, lest having a glass of wine carry the risk of sexually transmitted disease or unintended pregnancy.
Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera said his fourth-placed party would not abstain in a confidence vote to allow a coalition of the Socialists and Podemos and prevent another term for Rajoy's ruling People's Party (PP).
The CDC, Food and Drug Administration, and doctors are telling anyone who uses e-cigarettes to vape to abstain while the two agencies work with local health departments to investigate the causes of the illnesses.
But the campaign was not asking individual people to abstain from using the emoji; it aimed at persuading Apple to prevent, in one swoop, anyone from sending or receiving that cartoon image of a handgun.
And while she's glad-handing this bunch, she's always keeping one eye on Tom James, her presumptive vice president who's also working the room, trying to get those backing Selina to abstain from the vote.
For now, Bryson and Twardowski say that if you can, try to abstain from smoking or eating edibles a month before your procedure— THC sticks around in the body for about 25 days after using.
Before you decide to abstain from going down altogether, it's good to know that these potential outcomes are not inevitable; with proper testing, treatment, action, and education, they can be, for the most part, avoided.
Currently, Catholics who divorce and then remarry in civil ceremonies cannot receive communion unless they abstain from sex with their new partner, since their first marriage is still valid in the eyes of the Church.
The president-elect, who promised to abstain from the lavish lifestyle of Mexico's political elite — to the point of saying he would sell the presidential plane and fly commercial — has even stumbled over image issues.
Current guidance instructs Americans across the country to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people; work or attend school from home whenever possible; and abstain from eating or drinking at bars, restaurants and food courts.
To say Trump and the spy chiefs who criticize him are morally equivalent is to abstain from one of the crucial questions convulsing the very stressed American political system: Who will control the secret agencies?
In a statement on Monday, Nissan's chief executive, Hiroto Saikawa, said he had received a letter from Renault saying that the French company intended to abstain from a shareholder vote to adopt the governance overhaul.
The investigators aim to recruit 7,800 men and women at 16 sites around the world, instructing half to abstain from alcohol and half to have a single serving of alcohol of their choice every day.
"Iran must abstain from crossing an especially worrying new phase of new measures that could contribute to an escalation in tensions," French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Agnès von der Muhll told reporters in a daily briefing.
A total of 21.3 percent of shareholders voted against Sorrell's £48 million ($62 million) pay package when they met in London on Wednesday; 20.79 percent voted for the payment, while 0.5 percent chose to abstain.
Witnesses' conscientious objection is based on a belief "that Christians should abstain from war because they have no right to take human life," informed by pacifist Bible passages and the example of early Christian communities.
Airbus said Hoke would not attend the Saudi investment conference given a new guideline ordering executives to abstain from high profile engagements there, but the company would not break off contact with the Gulf kingdom.
The board nominates a slate of candidates (the same number as there are open positions), and the dues-paying members of the association either vote for them or abstain; they cannot vote against a candidate.
"If we really unite, get organized, construct a single narrative, and instead of discouraging people by asking them to abstain, we call them to vote, there's no way this government can beat us," said Falcon.
A group of Republican delegates, led by Colorado delegate Kendal Unruh, began organizing last week to change the convention rules so bound delegates could abstain from voting for Trump by citing a moral objection to him.
Because the virus can be sexually transmitted, the C.D.C. is recommending that pregnant women abstain from sex or use condoms if their male partner has traveled to or lives in an area with active Zika transmission.
"If the second round is between Fillon and Le Pen then potentially many voters will abstain from voting for Fillon but I still don't think Le Pen will get very close to the presidency," he said.
WHO recommends pregnant women avoid travel to areas with ongoing Zika outbreaks and that if their partners travel to affected countries, they should practice safe sex or abstain from sex for the duration of their pregnancy.
Those who celebrate host and attend two seders (a traditional meal with extended readings, prayers and rituals) on the first two nights, and abstain from eating leavened bread and grain-based products for the entire week.
The CDC has recommended that men who have been in areas with a Zika outbreak abstain from sex for eight weeks to six months after returning, but as of now makes no similar recommendations to women.
In a sense, Neal's error demonstrates how easy it is to rob a bank—slip the teller a note, try to abstain from leaving any traces of identifying information, and get the hell out of there.
Sexually active women who are not on birth control should abstain from alcohol to avoid the risk of giving birth to babies with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended.
He's super into health and fitness Cook has been vocal about his decision to abstain from alcohol and drugs throughout his life, and recently, he's taken his appreciation for a healthy lifestyle to the next level.
Today marks the first day of Lent, during which time Christians (mostly Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, and Presbyterians) will fast, abstain from meat on Fridays, or simply do their best to refuse their earthly pleasure of choice.
The outcome of the 18-member board meeting on Thursday is uncertain because only 12 members, including the six union representatives, will vote while state representatives would have to abstain to avoid any conflict of interest.
Alabama Speaker Mike Hubbard and his chief of staff, Josh Blades, stood at a voting station on the House floor and stared at the three buttons before them—green for yay, red nay, white for abstain.
The study found that UK residents who tried to abstain from alcohol for the month of January in 2018—as part of a public health campaign called "Dry January"—continued to drink less eight months later.
TeenSafe requires that teenagers abstain from using two-factor authentication so parents can keep an eye on their activity, making those teenagers even more vulnerable to malicious actors now that their personal information has been exposed.
Instead of making unilateral threats against Tehran and Pyongyang, the United States should try to enlist Russia's help in pressuring Iran and North Korea to abstain from advanced missile development and return to the negotiating table.
Still, some positions can be uncomfortable or put too much pressure on your abdomen later in the pregnancy, but even that doesn't mean you need to abstain completely — you just might need to switch it up.
And many in his party have not forgiven Mr Sánchez for his dogmatic refusal in 2016 to abstain when the PP was in an analogous situation to the Socialists today (albeit not such a weak one).
And the group has fiercely attacked the Democratic Party, urging black voters to abstain from voting for the next Democratic presidential nominee unless he or she produces a specific economic plan for the nation's ADOS population.
"We call on the Iraqi people to stage a white revolution, everybody must cast his ballot, nobody should abstain from voting, it is the last chance for change," Sadr said in a televised speech in April.
Like Ethos, Glass Lewis suggested shareholders abstain from approving the actions of the bank's board and top management in 2018, especially in light of a French tax case that has prompted UBS to boost litigation provisions.
Instead, he has been calling on the main opposition Socialist Party to abstain from voting and to recognize his right to govern because his party won the most votes in the last inconclusive election, in June.
Kanye also made headlines recently when he casually mentioned that he'd asked those working on his upcoming album "Jesus Is King" — which still hasn't been released yet, despite months of speculation — to abstain from premarital sex.
All men and women who travel to places where Zika is spreading are now told either to abstain from sex for at least eight weeks or to use barrier protection — if they have symptoms or not.
The CDC recommends that all pregnant women who have a sex partner who has traveled to or resides in an area with Zika use protective measures such as condoms or abstain from sex during the pregnancy.
Fianna Fail, Ireland's second largest party, has agreed to abstain on key votes on government appointments and budgetary issues to the end of 2018, but the agreement does not prevent it from proposing its own legislation.
So, several decades into the movement, this clash developed between the older school of temperance and the so-called Tea-Totalers, who began to push a pledge getting people to abstain from any alcohol at all.
This compared with more than 70 percent for the lender's other board members in a sign of investor concerns after ISS, a shareholder proxy firm, last month advised them to abstain on Staley's board re-election.
A few hours before Saturday's parliamentary vote, Mr. Sánchez announced that he was resigning from Parliament, in order not to defy the instructions of his party's caretaker leaders, who asked all Socialists to abstain from voting.
If we abstain from laying out a rational framework for discussing differences among populations, we risk losing the trust of the public and we actively contribute to the distrust of expertise that is now so prevalent.
In a letter sent to Nissan's board on Saturday, Renault said it would abstain from a vote on the overhaul — and because the French company owns 43 percent of its counterpart, the plan was effectively doomed.
On Sunday, the country's leading expert on infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said regional lockdowns could become necessary and recommended that those at greatest risk — older adults and people with underlying health conditions — abstain from travel.
LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Britain's main opposition Labour Party has instructed its lawmakers to abstain in a vote later on Monday on the government's attempt to hold an early election, according to an internal party document.
The heat spiked on May 18, just days after the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan — during which all able-bodied Muslims are required to abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset.
Spain was without proper government for most of 2019 after two inconclusive elections and Sanchez's Socialist Party needs the pro-independence Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) to at least abstain to secure his confirmation in office.
The country's media regulator warned local news channels to abstain from airing statements "by political leadership containing defamatory and derogatory content targeting various state institutions specifically judiciary and armed forces", the regulator said in a statement.
But scientists, coaches and athletes also have thought that to gain any performance boost from taking caffeine before an event, an athlete had to abstain from the stuff for days or weeks before a big event.
It recommends, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that men who have traveled to or lived in an area with active virus transmission abstain from sex or use condoms throughout their partner's pregnancy.
It recommends that you abstain for a short period (as short as one hour per day) from whichever specific behavior has become problematic for you — whether it's gaming, gambling, scrolling through social media, or something else.
But if the far-left CUP party's four parliamentarians abstain in the vote on Monday, he is expected to secure the simple majority needed to become leader, ending a political impasse that has lasted for months.
In a statement, GRECO said a new feature of the criminal legislation allowing prosecutors to abstain from prosecuting misdemeanors punishable with up to a three-year imprisonment might weaken the fight against corruption and money laundering.
Secretary of State John Kerry harshly rebuked Israel in December while vigorously defending a United States decision to abstain from a United Nations vote condemning Israel on the settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Op-Ed Contributor Even before President Obama's decision last week to abstain on a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements, it was safe to assume that the Israeli government was eagerly awaiting his departure.
The results showed a deeply divided country, with one-third of voters choosing a far-right demagogue, and many others choosing to abstain or vote blank in unprecedented numbers to show their dislike for both candidates.
When it came to round two, many of those young French voters said they preferred to abstain rather than vote for either the centrist Emmanuel Macron or the far-right Marine Le Pen, the two frontrunners.
Since Zika can be sexually transmitted, they also suggest people practice safe sex with condoms or even abstain from sex, particularly if one's partner is pregnant, and recommend specific precautions for those thinking of becoming pregnant soon.
The state B.J.P. uses the data to steer party activists to visit voters who said they intended to vote for the opposition Indian National Congress or abstain, according to a longtime B.J.P. worker briefed on the strategy.
As recently as 2015 Labour—then under the caretaker leadership of Harriet Harman, a veteran of Mr Blair's administrations—whipped its MPs to abstain on a vote on Mr Osborne's benefit cuts, rather than vote against them.
If a person or their sexual partner travels to an area where Zika is circulating, they should abstain from sex or carefully use safe sex measures for six months after returning, according to the World Health Organization.
Renault, which owns 43.4% of Nissan, informed its Japanese affiliate in a letter signed by Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard that it planned to abstain in a shareholder vote on the plans, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
In the four months that have passed, Blair said that she has forgiven herself, but she continues to abstain from drinking and keeps the incident at the forefront of her mind as a reminder to resist drinking.
Though Forest officials rarely find the culprits who vandalize the rock walls, Hudgens's celebrity status (as well as her millennial inability to abstain from posting every moment of her life) was a huge reason she was caught.
The CDC urges doctors to stress that male or female partners in an area with Zika reduce their risk of sexual transmission by using condoms, and says that they should abstain from unprotected sex throughout a pregnancy.
The WHO and CDC warned pregnant women against traveling to Zika outbreak areas, and advised men exposed to or infected with the virus to practice safe sex, or abstain altogether, for weeks to months upon their return.
The government agency recommended Tuesday that women of childbearing age who are not using contraception should abstain from drinking because they might become pregnant and put a hypothetical baby at risk of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).
The Obama administration had been weighing whether to support the UN measure or abstain from voting, which would have been a break from the US's traditional practice of shielding Israel at the UN and other international organizations.
Now, it turns out, it can help women who spend a little time with the bud before having sex, to have higher sex drives, less pain during sex, and more satisfying orgasms compared to women who abstain.
In Obama's decision to abstain and allow the UN to condemn our closest ally in the Middle East, he's harming the Democratic Party, and turning a nonpartisan issue into a club that Republicans can use against us.
Shareholder advisory group ISS said on Thursday it had recommended investors block Metro's pay report and abstain on other key votes in the bank's upcoming shareholder meeting, including the re-election of the bank's chairman and CEO.
Ramadan, Islam's holy month during which believers abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours, is set to start in May this year and often sees Egyptian families stock up on various food items and other goods.
British advisory firm Pirc, however, said it recommended that investors abstain in the vote on Bramson's proposal as a challenge to the board to do better in the year ahead - or face a similar contest in 2020.
The Socialists have rejected the prime minister's call for a grand coalition; they say they would abstain and thus allow Mr Rajoy to govern only if Ciudadanos votes for him, taking him close to an absolute majority.
Regarding elections interference, Russia, as indeed any other country, would be wise to abstain from sneaking into other nations' political bedrooms — not because gentlemen don't do this, but because there is usually no payoff, only a pushback.
The CDC announced earlier this month that men who have traveled to countries with Zika cases and are the partners of pregnant women should use condoms or abstain from sex for the duration of their partners' pregnancies.
The resignation this month of Socialist party head, Pedro Sanchez, who blocked Rajoy's reelection in previous votes, may prompt the traditional left-wing opposition to abstain in a confidence vote avoiding the need for a third election.
Pregnant women who live where the disease is present or whose partners have been to a Zika zone should have their partners use condoms or abstain from sex for the duration of the pregnancy, health officials say.
The state B.J.P. uses the data to steer party activists to visit voters who said they intended to vote for the opposition Indian National Congress or abstain, according to a longtime B.J.P. worker briefed on the strategy.
Officials recommended that Americans for the next 15 days avoid gatherings of more than 10 people; abstain from eating in bars, restaurants and food courts; avoid discretionary travel; work from home; and incorporate home schooling if possible.
WARSAW, March 19 (Reuters) - The Polish Bank Guarantee Fund (BFG) should abstain from collecting mandatory payments from banks in order to help them strengthen their liquidity during the coronavirus epidemic, the fund's former head said on Thursday.
In a series of tweets on Friday, Rubio said that he refuses to vote for Clinton and will not abstain from voting for one of the two "legitimate candidates" that will be on the ballot in November.
Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro invited residents to abstain and warned that the city would be mired for years in bureaucracy and lawsuits on the division of assets were the region to be divided into two separate municipalities.
"It was a category that was created in 1823 that allowed judges to abstain from pronouncing a sentence of death on any capital convict whom they considered to be a fit subject for pardon," Mr. Sweet said.
Renault, which owns 43.4% of Nissan, informed its Japanese affiliate in a letter signed by Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard that it planned to abstain in a shareholder vote on the plans, the Financial Times reported earlier on Sunday.
The agency did not say exactly how many of the women were pregnant, but it reiterated its recommendation that people returning from Zika-infected areas use condoms or abstain from sex for the duration of their partner's pregnancy.
During a lengthy interview with Beats 1's Zane Lowe on Apple Music, the rapper, 42, revealed that there were times during the process of making the religious album he asked his collaborators to abstain from premarital sex.
"We'd consider supporting more stringent targets, such as those proposed by Follow This, if the board fails to make meaningful progress," she said, adding her company would abstain over the Follow This resolution rather than vote against it.
"We'd consider supporting more stringent targets, such as those proposed by Follow This, if the board fails to make meaningful progress," she said, adding her company would abstain over the Follow This resolution rather than vote against it.
Relying on a multimillion dollar donation to cover the cost of the expensive database risks putting her campaign at odds with the spirit, if not the letter, of the pledge she made to abstain from "big money" fundraising.
GENEVA (Reuters) - People returning from areas where the Zika virus is found should follow safe sex practices or abstain from sex for at least eight weeks rather than just four, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Centre-right regional parties from Catalonia and the Basque Country have already said they would vote against Rajoy while liberal party Ciudadanos ("Citizens"), which came fourth on June 26, has said it would abstain in a confidence vote.
It's extremely difficult to abstain from substances through recovery; in fact, many people with substance abuse disorder consider relapses to be a symptom of their illness, and consider their recovery to be a lifelong process for this reason.
The WHO has advised that pregnant women avoid travel to Zika outbreak areas and that men who have been infected by or exposed to the virus practice safe sex, or abstain from sex, for up to six months.
For a no-confidence vote in Rajoy to pass, the Socialists would have to join forces with far-left newcomer Podemos - an alliance they failed to create in the past - and PP ally Ciudadanos would have to abstain.
Meanwhile, ISS, a proxy advisor to many large shareholders, has recommended that its members abstain from a vote over Staley's re-election, though it has not opposed it at the bank's upcoming annual general election meeting next month.
Despite the recount findings resulting in a bolstering of Trump's legitimacy, leftist agitators urged Electoral College electors to abstain from finalizing the president's place in the White House on the basis he lost the irrelevant (California) popular vote.
It is anticipated that left-leaning voters could swing to back Macron while more conservative members of the electorate could be inclined to back Le Pen; however, a large proportion of French people say they will abstain entirely.
Already on Monday, it had become clear a decision was very unlikely after France said last week it was opposed to approval of glyphosate and diplomats said the EU's biggest power, Germany, planned to abstain from any vote.
Babis is aiming for a pro-Western administration but political fragmentation in October's election means he needs the pro-Russian Communist party to either support it or abstain, ending the party's pariah status since communism fell in 1989.
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday lost a key vote over his budget plans as political allies who brought him to power last month decided to abstain, showing how fragile his minority socialist administration is.
He quickly made a name for himself by voting no on a GOP-backed government funding measure because it did not do enough to cut spending, as well as citing constitutionality issues to abstain from several other votes.
But if he fails, a second vote would be called 48 hours later in which he simply needs more votes in favour than against, meaning the recent decision by opposition Socialists to abstain should allow for a breakthrough.
TriBeCa, Manhattan Even if you drench your apartment in air fresheners and make the teenager promise to abstain during the open house, whoever ultimately buys your apartment will certainly notice a cloud of pot smoke after moving in.
I should say that these men still enjoy sex—the problem is that they fear the onset of symptoms, so they tend to avoid it, with some seeking to abstain from sex and masturbation as much as possible.
On Utopia Banished, Napalm Death showed just how powerful they could be within this new scene, as songs like "I Abstain" and "Dementia Access" showed that this death metal shift was something that they could actually make work.
Across the country, voter purges employ an easily manipulated "use it or lose it" rule, under which eligible voters who exercised their First Amendment right to abstain from voting in prior elections can be booted off the rolls.
The federal guidance urged Americans for the next two weeks to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people; work or attend school from home whenever possible; and abstain from eating or drinking at bars, restaurants and food courts.
Blumenauer wants to make Trump feel the potential effects of his withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, which made the U.S. one of only three countries in the world to abstain and drew anger from key longstanding allies.
"We can sit back and sort of watch this unfold around us and abstain from taking any action or stance because we think that there might be some blowback that might be unpleasant for us," Mr. Collison said.
If he fails, a second vote will be called 48 hours later in which he simply needs more votes in favour than against, meaning that a recent decision by opposition Socialists to abstain should allow for a breakthrough.
On Tuesday, a site linked to Mr. Mélenchon's party bristled with debate, with one poster saying Mr. Macron and Ms. Le Pen represented "the failure of the system" and others agonizing over whether to abstain or vote blank.
If the choice of whether to respond was left up to a referendum, the aforementioned 56.3 percent would vote in favor, while 2017 percent are undecided, 14 percent would vote no, and 22.6 percent would abstain, per Sky.
"Timing the next RBI move has become precarious after it chose to abstain from additional front-loading, despite a sharp growth downgrade and below-target inflation forecast with balanced risks," said Abhishek Upadhyay, senior economist at ICICI Securities.
Athens aims to bring the cash buffer to up to 20 billion euros ($23.7 billion), which would permit it to abstain from tapping markets for more than two years if issuing conditions are not favourable, the official said.
But, this time, Goldman and its allies failed to deliver, amid demands for more control by the French state and resistance from Renault's alliance partner Nissan, which decided to abstain from a Renault board vote on the deal.
Nissan on Monday said it had received a letter from Renault stating the French automaker planned to abstain from a shareholder vote on the reform plans, effectively blocking them as they require a two-thirds majority to pass.
People returning from areas with transmission of the Zika virus should follow safer sex practices or abstain from sex for at least eight weeks, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, doubling the four weeks it had previously recommended.

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