Fourteenth Amendment
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The Fourteenth Amendment may refer to:
- the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionFourteenth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Its Citizenship Clause provides a broad definition of citizenship that overruled the Dred Scott v...
, which grants citizenship to everyone born in the US and subject to its jurisdiction and protects civil and political rights - the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of IrelandFourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of IrelandThe Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland specified that the prohibition of abortion would not limit the right to distribute information about abortion services in foreign countries...
, which guarantees free access to information on abortion in other countries - the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of PakistanFourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of PakistanThe Constitution Act, 1997 was an amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan passed in 1997, during the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League party. It subjected Members of Parliament to very strict party discipline...
, which gave party leaders the power to dismiss dissenting members of parliament