(The Christian Institute) — Twins born just after the abortion limit of 24 weeks have overcome all medical forecasts and are now doing well. Mom Caroline Wirt said doctors thought it was “very unlikely” that both the twins would survive. At 23 weeks into her pregnancy, her water broke and she was rushed to the […]
A report from the Associated Press notes that syringes discarded by heroin users are showing up in parks, playgrounds, baseball dugouts, trails, and alongside beaches and rivers, creating a national public health threat due to the risk of passersby and small children accidentally being stuck. “We started seeing it last year here and there. But now, it’s […]
SEATTLE, Wash. — The King County Board of Health in Washington State has passed a rule requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to post a sign notifying visitors that they are “not a healthcare facility.” The notice must be written in ten languages and in 48-point font size. The sign itself must be at least 11 by 17 […]
(Baptist Press) — Charlie Gard—the infant at the center of a battle over parental authority that gained international attention—has died, his parents announced today (July 28) in England. “Our beautiful little boy has gone. We are so proud of you Charlie,” his mother, Connie Yates, said in a statement, according to the British Broadcasting Corp. […]
CHICAGO — A well-known professor and evolution adherent at the University of Chicago says that he believes parents should be allowed to euthanize newborns that have severe deformities or who are significantly ill. “If you are allowed to abort a fetus that has a severe genetic defect, microcephaly, spina bifida, or so on, then why aren’t […]
ROCKFORD, Ill. — A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction against an Illinois law that several pregnancy care centers believed might force pro-life doctors to provide referrals to women seeking to obtain an abortion. “Plaintiffs have … demonstrated a better than negligible chance of showing that a law compelling the health care provider with conscience-based objections to abortion […]
(The Christian Institute) — Giving out hormone blockers to “pause” puberty “endangers” young children, medical experts have warned. In an article published in the New Atlantis science journal, experts warned against using hormone-suppressing drugs to encourage gender-confused children to “transition.” The authors concluded that there is little scientific evidence to support the use of hormone […]
CAMERON, Texas — A man in Texas who suffered with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is expressing thankfulness to God and his pastor, who says that he felt led of God to donate a kidney, not even knowing if he would be a match. Jesse Cerecerez learned in 2015 that his kidneys had failed and […]
(Voice of America) — Police and aid groups say more than 60 percent of illegal prostitutes in Belgium are trafficked from Nigeria. Many are only teenagers and almost all come from Benin City, a city in the south of Nigeria. Rosa was sexually exploited by Nigerian traffickers and had to prostitute herself on the streets […]
(Daily Wire) — Per Orwellian U.K. court rulings, ten-month-old baby Charlie Gard was set to have his life support removed on Friday, but due to a heartbreaking plea from the sick boy’s parents, they will now have more time, an undisclosed amount, to say goodbye to their child before his government-mandated death sentence. “Charlie suffers from a […]