BOSTON, Mass. — Four churches in Massachusetts have filed a legal challenge against a new state law requiring the allowance of men who identify as women to use womens’ restrooms and vice versa, contending that they should be exempt from the mandate under the First Amendment. Horizon Christian Fellowship in Fitchburg, Abundant Life Church in […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — A former Portland-area teacher who was escorted from his local high school by police over his continued opposition to Planned Parenthood has lost his federal lawsuit as a judge has dismissed the legal challenge. The $390,000 lawsuit filed by Bill Diss was to have gone on trial this week, but Judge Paul Papak […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal appeals court has rejected a request for an injunction against a California law that requires pro-life pregnancy centers to provide information on government abortion programs. “California has a substantial interest in the health of its citizens, including ensuring that its citizens have access to and adequate information about constitutionally-protected medical services like abortion,” […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. — A reported 1,300 students, faculty and alumni of Liberty University have signed a statement objecting to university President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s ongoing vocal support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, stating that Falwell does not represent the views of students and faculty. “Donald Trump does not represent our values and we want nothing […]
Prominent professing evangelical leaders are divided on whether or not Christians should turn from Trump and vote third party or write-in following the release of a 2005 video in which Trump bragged about allegedly sexually assaulting women and attempting to have sexual relations with a married woman. James Dobson of Focus on the Family said […]
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A district attorney in California has filed a lawsuit against two former partners of the abortion giant Planned Parenthood for allegedly profiting from the bodily organs of aborted babies. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckus announced the suit on Wednesday, filed against DaVinci Biosciences and its sister company DV Biologics. “From 2009 to […]
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (UPI) — El Salvador’s Farabundo Marti Liberation Front, or FMLN, ruling party has proposed easing laws to allow women to receive abortions in cases of rape, risk to the life of the mother and if the fetus is not viable. Abortion is now banned in El Salvador. The FMLN needs the […]
WASHINGTON — A number of faith leaders, including those representing Mormonism, Islam and Christianity, have signed a letter asking Barack Obama, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch to publicly renounce a recent report asserting that religious groups “use the pretext of religious doctrines to discriminate.” The report, “Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Nondiscrimination […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — Voters in Colorado will decide this November whether or not to legalize assisted suicide in the state, as a ballot initiative has been approved for this year’s election season. Colorado currently outlaws aiding in one’s death, criminalizing the act as felony manslaughter. But after failed attempts in the legislature to legalize […]
NEW YORK — An abortionist from the Queens area has been arrested and charged with second degree manslaughter after a woman died following a botched abortion. Robert Rho, 52, Liberty Women’s Health Care of Queens was arraigned on Tuesday over the alleged incident, which occurred this past July. According to reports, Jamie Lee Morales, 30, sought an […]