Texas Governor Calls Teen Whose Dying Wish Is to Pass Bill to End Abortion in State: ‘Your Wish Has Been Granted’

Texas Governor Calls Teen Whose Dying Wish Is to Pass Bill to End Abortion in State: ‘Your Wish Has Been Granted’

TEMPLE, Texas — The Republican governor of Texas called a 16-year-old boy with osteoblastic osteosarcoma on Sunday whose dying wish was to urge the governor to pass a bill abolishing abortion in the state. Jeremiah Thomas was diagnosed with the aggressive bone cancer in March and has been to hospitals in Mexico, California, and Texas […]

Indiana Republicans Approve Platform Language Affirming Right to Life From Conception

Indiana Republicans Approve Platform Language Affirming Right to Life From Conception

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Delegates for Saturday’s GOP convention in the state of Indiana voted to approve party platform language affirming the constitutional right to life “from conception to natural death,” which “cannot be infringed.” “We believe in the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death, and that the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee that no one can ‘be […]

Male Legislative Librarian Who Identifies as Female Sues State of Alaska for Not Covering ‘Gender Reassignment’ Surgery

Male Legislative Librarian Who Identifies as Female Sues State of Alaska for Not Covering ‘Gender Reassignment’ Surgery

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A legislative librarian for the State of Alaska who was born male but identifies as female has sued the State after being informed that “AlaskaCare does not cover gender reassignment surgery.” The 36-year-old librarian, who goes by the name Jennifer Fletcher, obtained the desired operations last year, but ended up paying out of pocket. […]

Canadian Judge Recognizes Two Men in Polyamorous Relationship With Woman as Parents of Child

Canadian Judge Recognizes Two Men in Polyamorous Relationship With Woman as Parents of Child

ST. JOHNS, N.L. — A Canadian judge has ruled that two men who are involved in a polyamorous relationship with a woman who gave birth last year should both be recognized as the child’s parents on his birth certificate. “Society is continuously changing and family structures are changing along with it,” wrote Justice Robert Fowler of the […]

9-Year-Old UK Girl’s Parents Send Daughter to Therapist Over Addiction to ‘Fortnite’ Video Game

9-Year-Old UK Girl’s Parents Send Daughter to Therapist Over Addiction to ‘Fortnite’ Video Game

The parents of a nine-year-old girl in the UK have sent their daughter to a psychotherapist after she became so addicted to the video game “Fortnite” that she would rather wet herself than get up to go to the restroom. “We had no idea, when we let her play the game, of the ­addictive nature or the […]

Trump Wishes Muslims ‘Ramadan Mubarak’ at White House Iftar Dinner

Trump Wishes Muslims ‘Ramadan Mubarak’ at White House Iftar Dinner

WASHINGTON — President Trump recently delivered remarks at a White House dinner recognizing the Islamic month of Ramadan, characterizing the event as “honor[ing] a sacred tradition of one of the world’s great religions.” Vice President Mike Pence, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner were among those in attendance. “Good evening, and thank you all […]

Canadian Supreme Court Rules Proposed Christian Law School Can Be Denied Accreditation as Lifestyle Covenant Could ‘Harm’ Homosexuals

Canadian Supreme Court Rules Proposed Christian Law School Can Be Denied Accreditation as Lifestyle Covenant Could ‘Harm’ Homosexuals

OTTAWA, Ontario — “Religious freedom can be limited where an individual’s beliefs or practices harm or interfere with the rights of others,” the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday in issuing opinions in favor of the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) and the Law Society of Upper Canada’s (LSUC) decisions not to grant accreditation to a […]

Two Christian Colleges Granted Relief From Obamacare’s Abortion Pill Mandate

Two Christian Colleges Granted Relief From Obamacare’s Abortion Pill Mandate

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Two Christian colleges have been granted relief from what has been dubbed the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare, as the U.S. Department of Justice under the Trump administration dropped opposition to the legal challenge. U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett ruled on Tuesday that the mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, […]

Judge Rules Iowa Cannot Deny Medicaid Coverage for Gender Dysphoria-Related Surgeries

Judge Rules Iowa Cannot Deny Medicaid Coverage for Gender Dysphoria-Related Surgeries

DES MOINES, Iowa — A state judge has ruled that the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) cannot exclude gender dysphoria-related operations from Medicaid coverage, asserting that “medical thinking and Iowa law have changed,” and that the state regulation that prohibited coverage for such operations “has not kept pace with law and medicine.” “The outdated medical evidence that […]