WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and newly-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the liberal judges on the nation’s highest court on Monday to turn down appeals from two states challenging lower court rulings striking down efforts to defund Planned Parenthood’s participation in state Medicaid programs. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (Associated Press) — A teenager who told authorities he “snapped” and killed his parents while struggling with gender identity and acceptance was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison. Andrew Balcer, who was 17 at the time of the fatal stabbings, asked for forgiveness from his remaining family members, many of whom had […]
(BBC) — A bill to legalize abortion services in the Republic of Ireland has passed all stages in the Dáil (Irish parliament). TDs voted in favour of the legislation by 90 votes to 15, with 12 abstentions. It followed hours of debate and more than 60 amendments. The Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Bill will […]
DALLAS, Texas — A man in Texas who is in the midst of divorce and custody proceedings has been accused by his wife of being “emotionally abusive” for not affirming their son as a girl. The man says that his son chooses to present himself as a boy when away from his mother, who has […]
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Police in Louisiana have identified and arrested a teenager who carjacked a pastor’s wife on Tuesday and then ran over her with her own vehicle. “Thanks to non-stop work by NOPD’s Homicide Division, we have made multiple arrests in this case,” the New Orleans Police Department announced on social media on […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A senator in Oklahoma has again introduced a bill that would abolish abortion in the state and would result in homicide charges against abortionists. Senate Bill 13, filed by Sen. Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, states that the definition of a human being includes the unborn, and “from the moment of fertilization.” […]
LONDON (The Christian Institute) — The U.K. Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a man who wants to be allowed help to kill himself. Noel Conway suffers from motor neurone disease and has limited movement, and so he wants the courts to allow him to die with medical assistance. Assisting a person […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Democratic Party has approved a resolution acknowledging nonreligious Americans, also known as “nones,” and stating that those who have used their “religious views to justify public policy” are “threatening not only the United States, but the entire planet.” According to the American Humanist Association (AHA), the resolution was passed on Nov. […]
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to leapfrog federal appeals courts in several cases concerning the president’s decision to bar transgender people from serving in the military. Federal district courts have entered injunctions against the new policy, but no appeals court has yet ruled […]
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released its annual “abortion surveillance” report, showing that abortion rates are continuing to fall in the United States, but still more than 638,000 babies were murdered in 2015. “A total of 638,169 abortions for 2015 were reported to CDC,” the organization wrote, outlining the latest year on record. “Among the […]