WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence, a professing evangelical, swore in openly homosexual Richard Grenell as U.S. ambassador to Germany on Thursday, with the man’s partner standing by his side. “Ric, I know you’ve got a lot of friends from many years here, but most importantly, you’ve got people that you cherish, and your family. […]
NEW YORK — A New York abortionist has accepted a plea deal and pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in the death of a 30-year-old woman who lost her life two years ago following an abortion. Robert Rho, 55, of the now-closed Liberty Women’s Health Care of Queens entered the plea on Friday while the jury […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Lawmakers in Oklahoma have passed a bill that would allow for the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings and on the grounds of such facilities in the context of being a historical display. The House of Representatives passed H.B. 2177 on Thursday 60-14 after clearing the Senate overwhelmingly last week […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Senate has advanced a bill that would require public schools to teach children about homosexuals and transgenders in national and state history. The legislation is opposed by at least one family group in the state. S.B. 3249 cleared the Senate 34-18 on Wednesday, and now moves to the House for consideration. […]
WASHINGTON — The abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood has sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for altering its Title X funding criteria to prefer groups that promote abstinence and work with faith-based entities. The organization points to language in HHS’ 2018 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), which states that applicants should encourage […]
Several so-called “drag queens” in the United Kingdom are organizing a protest to coincide with President Trump’s visit to the country in July as they believe he hasn’t lived up to his campaign promise to be “gay friendly.” “Calling all drag kings, queens, queers and our allies to march against President Donald Trump’s UK visit,” a description […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — An amendment to a dismemberment abortion ban bill that would have outlawed any method of abortion in South Carolina—with exceptions—was sent back to committee early Friday morning following an hours-long filibuster by opposing Democrats. The Senate initially voted 28-10 in favor of the amendment on Wednesday, but the following day, Democrats stalled the matter by […]
WASHINGTON — An annual government report outlining the state of affairs for religious freedom across the globe has found that “conditions continued to deteriorate” and remained on a “downward trend” in 2017. “Religious freedom conditions continued to deteriorate in countries across the globe in 2017. This ongoing downward trend often intersected with authoritarian practices characterized by hostility toward dissent, pluralism, […]
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating the state of Hawaii for passing a law believed to require pro-life pregnancy centers, in violation of their purpose and mission, to post information pointing women to government family planning programs that might include contraception and abortion. “Under federal regulations, OCR is designated to receive complaints based […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The mayor of South Bend, Indiana has vetoed a vote by city council granting a pro-life organization’s request that the property adjacent to a tentative abortion facility be rezoned to allow them to operate a pregnancy center there. “In my judgment, the neighborhood would not benefit from having the zoning law […]