NEW ORLEANS, La. — A federal appeals panel, all comprised of Republican-nominated judges, has ruled that officials in Louisiana can’t block the abortion giant Planned Parenthood from participating in the state’s Medicaid program because it denies women “free choice” of healthcare providers. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court injunction on Wednesday, stating […]
WASHINGTON — Concerns are being expressed over a new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that suggests that it plans to ban states from defunding abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. The notice of proposed rulemaking, “Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients,” outlines that it plans […]
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A Superior Court judge in California has refused to halt the state’s assisted suicide law amid a legal challenge from several local doctors and a Christian organization that represents physicians nationwide. As previously reported, last October, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the End of Life Option Act, which allowed terminally […]
BALTIMORE, Md. — Two psychiatrists from Johns Hopkins University assert in a new report that there is no scientific evidence to support that people are born homosexual or innately oriented to have sexual relations with the same gender. The report, Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences, was written by Dr. Lawrence Mayer […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Five states have filed a legal challenge against the Obama administration over its recently-released healthcare rules, which some believe might be used to force doctors to perform sex change operations or other services that may violate their conscience. Texas, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Nebraska and Kansas are all a part of the suit, as well […]
(Christian Institute) — Abortion group Marie Stopes International has suspended some types of abortion across all its English facilities after a health watchdog’s investigation uncovered “patient safety” concerns. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) raised issues over Marie Stopes’ “corporate and clinical governance arrangements and patient safety protocols in specific areas” following inspections. As a result, […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — A pregnancy center in North Carolina has filed a federal legal challenge after the Raleigh City Council denied its zoning request, thereby prohibiting the entity from opening adjacent to an abortion facility. Hand of Hope defines itself as “an outreach ministry of Jesus Christ through its Church” that provides women with free, […]
LOS ANGELES — Under threat of a lawsuit, a pro-life pregnancy center in California has agreed to comply with a state law requiring that clients be provided with information about government programs that offer free or low-cost abortions. As previously reported, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Reproductive FACT Act into law in October, a measure that […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two unborn babies were found at a wastewater treatment plant in South Carolina last Monday, prompting an investigation by law enforcement. According to reports, workers at the Plum Island Wastewater Treatment Plant found the dead babies in the water on Aug. 8. as they were cleaning out the filter screens at the plant. […]
The American College of Pediatricians (ACP) has released a report stating that it is wrong to encourage children to believe that they were born in the wrong body as there is no scientific basis for such an assertion. The report, “Gender Dysphoria in Children,” was written by Dr. Michelle Cretella and explains that the condition is […]