SEATTLE — Washington Attorney General Robert Ferguson and Deputy Solicitor Alan Copsey recently released an opinion outlining that state law requires publicly-funded hospitals to provide abortion services if they also offer maternity care. “I fully expect all public hospital districts to comply with this opinion,” Ferguson stated at a recent news conference. The opinion was […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the state of Indiana over a new regulation that requires abortion facilities in the state that solely provide medical (pill-based) abortions to be bound to the same standards as surgical abortion facilities. The suit was filed on Thursday on behalf of Planned […]
PRABUMULIH, Indonesia – An education official in Indonesia sparked a firestorm of criticism after he suggested that teenage girls should undergo virginity tests before entering high school. Muhammad Rasyid is the education chief in Prabumulih, Indonesia—a city of 130,000 in South Sumatra. Indonesia is a southeast Asian country with a population of 240 million. Over […]
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that the state of Arizona cannot strip the abortion provider Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funding. As previously reported, U.S. District Judge Neil Wake, appointed in 2004 by George W. Bush under the recommendation of Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl, issued a temporary injunction […]
TAMPA – An organization committed to supporting oppressed Christians around the world is planning a 5K race in Tampa this fall to raise awareness of the persecuted church. “Joshuacord” is a non-profit, nondenominational Florida-based ministry whose mission is to “help and rescue those who can’t help themselves.” The organization works with a number of partners throughout […]
MIDLAND – Officials with a 40-year-old Planned Parenthood center in West Texas that was once the subject of a pro-life undercover sting operation have announced that they will be closing their doors in less than two weeks. On Friday afternoon, Planned Parenthood Trust of West Texas advised that their facility in Midland will be shutting […]
RICHMOND — The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of the contraceptive coverage requirement in Obamacare to Liberty University on Wednesday, only to reverse itself later that evening. The Virginia-based university had sued the Obama administration last year, seeking to strike down the whole of Obamacare by asserting that Congress has no authority […]
WOODBURN, Ind. – Despite being maimed from birth due to a botched abortion attempt, a young man from northeastern Indiana is currently excelling at high school wrestling matches. Nik Hoot will be a junior this year at Woodlan Junior/High School, located in the tiny town of Woodburn, Indiana. Since junior high, Nik has participated in […]
AUSTIN – Hours after Governor Rick Perry signed pro-life legislation into law late last week, three Texas lawmakers proposed a new bill that would protect unborn babies as soon as fetal heartbeats are detected. As previously reported, Governor Perry officially signed House Bill 2 (HB2) on Thursday after it cleared both houses of the Texas legislature. The bill […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina House of Representatives altered a proposed abortion bill this week after Republican Governor Pat McCrory threatened to veto the legislation over his belief that it would restrict women’s access to an abortion. As previously reported, the North Carolina Senate recently passed a number of abortion-related amendments that it attached to […]