Planned Parenthood Wants Maine to Allow Nurse Practitioners, Midwives to Perform Abortions

Planned Parenthood Wants Maine to Allow Nurse Practitioners, Midwives to Perform Abortions

PORTLAND, Maine — A New England chapter of the abortion and contraceptive giant Planned Parenthood has filed a federal lawsuit to challenge a Maine law that only permits physicians to perform abortions as the group believes that nurse practitioners and midwives should also be able to kill unborn babies. The suit, filed in conjunction with the […]

Muslim Man Who Beheaded Coworker Told Investigators: Allah ‘Wants Us to Get the Oppressors Out’

Muslim Man Who Beheaded Coworker Told Investigators: Allah ‘Wants Us to Get the Oppressors Out’

NORMAN, Okla. — A Muslim man from Oklahoma who beheaded his coworker three years ago after being suspended from the job told investigators that Allah “wants us to get the oppressors out,” as per recorded audio played during his trial on Wednesday. “You know the Muslim is somebody who submits their will to Allah … […]

Woman Convicted of Aiding Murder Sues to Stop Prison System From ‘Imposing Strong Christian Values on Inmates’

Woman Convicted of Aiding Murder Sues to Stop Prison System From ‘Imposing Strong Christian Values on Inmates’

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Thelemite woman who is serving a 40-year sentence surrounding the murder of her husband has filed suit against the Kansas Department of Corrections in an effort to force the prison to stop “imposing strong Christian values on inmates.” The American Humanist Association (AHA) filed suit on behalf of Shari Webber-Dunn, who follows Thelema, a mystic philosophy developed by […]

UK Judge Rules Starving Minimally Conscious Patients to Death Does Not Always Need Court Approval

UK Judge Rules Starving Minimally Conscious Patients to Death Does Not Always Need Court Approval

LONDON — A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that permission from the courts is not necessary when doctors and family members agree that food and water should be withdrawn from a person in a minimally conscious or persistent vegetative state in order to end their life. The case, decided by Justice Peter Jackson […]

Judge Rules Filmmakers Can’t Decline to Film Same-Sex ‘Weddings,’ Dismisses Preemptive Suit

Judge Rules Filmmakers Can’t Decline to Film Same-Sex ‘Weddings,’ Dismisses Preemptive Suit

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A federal judge in Minnesota has dismissed a preemptive lawsuit filed by a filmmaking couple who are concerned that state law mandates them to create films in support of same-sex “marriage” if they also produce videos that reflect their Christian beliefs about marriage. Chief U.S. District Judge John Tunheim, appointed to the bench by […]

Detective: Man Who Murdered Widow of Late Kentucky Pastor Had Asked Woman for Food

Detective: Man Who Murdered Widow of Late Kentucky Pastor Had Asked Woman for Food

SOMERSET, Ky. — During a court hearing on Wednesday, a police detective in Kentucky outlined that the man who murdered the widow of a late Kentucky pastor last month had stopped by the church to ask for food. According to local reports, the detective, whose name has not been released, told the court that Dwight Bell, […]

Anti-Population Growth Group Expresses Support for Planned Parenthood as Means to Combat ‘Overpopulation’

Anti-Population Growth Group Expresses Support for Planned Parenthood as Means to Combat ‘Overpopulation’

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia-based group known as “Negative Population Growth” (NPG), which seeks to combat “overpopulation” in the U.S. and abroad, recently released a report expressing why it opposes the Trump administration’s desire to repeal Obamacare and defund the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood. “If the U.S. is to be an international leader […]

Confusion Ensues Among Council Members After Mayor Announces Discontinuance of Prayer Practice

Confusion Ensues Among Council Members After Mayor Announces Discontinuance of Prayer Practice

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Democratic mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina has acknowledged that confusion has arisen following her announcement on Monday night that the city council would no longer present prayers during public meetings. “Last night, at the open portion of our dinner meeting, the council agreed to end the invocation for our meetings, based on […]

Governor of Oregon Holds Ceremony to Celebrate Law Making Abortion Free in State

Governor of Oregon Holds Ceremony to Celebrate Law Making Abortion Free in State

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Democratic governor of Oregon held a signing ceremony on Monday to celebrate the enactment of a law that that requires insurance companies in the state to cover the murder of the unborn at no cost. While Gov. Kate Brown already signed H.B. 3391, also known as the “Reproductive Health Equity Act,” into […]

Police Fatally Shoot Depressed ‘Non-Binary’ Georgia Tech Student After Ignoring Orders to Drop Knife

Police Fatally Shoot Depressed ‘Non-Binary’ Georgia Tech Student After Ignoring Orders to Drop Knife

ATLANTA, Ga. — Police fatally shot a student who identifies as “non-binary” on Saturday at the Georgia Institute of Technology after he failed to drop a multi-tool knife after repeatedly being ordered to do so. Scott “Scout” Schultz, 21, was a computer engineering student at the school and also served as the president of Georgia […]