Confusion has ensued after Hillary Clinton’s running mate Tim Kaine told reporters on Friday that he supports the Hyde Amendment just days after spokespersons said that Kaine stood behind Clinton’s goal to repeal it. As previously reported, a spokesperson for Clinton stated this week that Kaine, a Roman Catholic who personally opposes abortion but believes women […]
PHILADELPHIA — During her speech on Thursday accepting the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, Hillary Clinton again vowed to defend homosexuality and abortion if elected. “We will defend all our rights—civil rights, human rights and voting rights—women’s rights and workers’ rights—LGBT rights and the rights of people with disabilities!” she declared to […]
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reconsidering its current ban on allowing homosexual men who have been sexually active within the past year to donate blood. On Tuesday, the FDA announced that it was opening up a public comment period about the issue, advising that it is considering switching from a time-based […]
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A medical researcher at the University of Wisconsin has filed a discrimination complaint for being denied coverage for a sex change operation. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the complaint on Tuesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a cancer researcher at the University of Wisconsin Medical School who […]
PHILADELPHIA — The president of an abortion advocacy group unashamedly declared on Wednesday during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) that she herself had an abortion, and asserted that killing unborn children gives women “power over [their] own destiny.” Ilyse Hogue is the leader of the National Abortion Rights Action League, also known as NARAL Pro-Choice America. […]
(The Christian Insitute) — The Supreme Court has vindicated a judicial review of the Scottish Government’s controversial Named Person scheme, ruling the plans unlawful. In a historic decision the five judges, including two from Scotland, unanimously struck down the central provisions of the scheme this morning. Under the proposals, from 31 August every child in […]
PHILADELPHIA — Democrats adopted on Monday a party platform that calls for forcing Americans to pay for the abortions of others by repealing the federal Hyde Amendment. As previously reported, the platform, which was released on July 1 and covers a variety of issues from social security to gun violence prevention to terrorism, also expresses […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky woman has filed a lawsuit against county clerk Kim Davis after she was denied a license to “marry” an animal. According to local television station WDRB-TV, Elizabeth Ording, 27, is additionally suing Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear over the matter. She asserted that a “marriage to an animal wouldn’t […]
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — An appeals court in Nova Scotia has ruled that a legal society in the province did not have the authority to deny accreditation to a Christian law school over its biblical beliefs about the institution of marriage. As previously reported, Trinity Western University had filed suit in October 2014 after the Nova […]
HOUSTON, Texas — The Harris County District Attorney’s office in Texas has dismissed all of the charges against David Daleiden, the pro-life investigator who recorded undercover videos of the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. As previously reported, Daleiden, the director of the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) was indicted in January on a felony charge of “tampering […]