WASHINGTON — A Republican lawmaker from Puerto Rico has joined with a Democratic representative from Georgia to reintroduce a bill that that would prohibit foster and adoption agencies that receive federal funds from declining to place children in homosexual or single parent households. “No child or youth involved with child welfare services, family, or individual shall, […]
LONDON — A Court of Appeal in the United Kingdom has overturned a lower court ruling that would have required a woman with mental disabilities to obtain an abortion against her wishes. The woman’s mother has said that she will primarily care for the child. The woman, who is in her 20s and whose name […]
FORSYTH, Ga. (NBC News) — Georgia deputies released body camera footage Tuesday of the moment first responders found a newborn baby alive abandoned in a plastic bag in the woods. Authorities found the baby girl in a wooded area in Cumming, Georgia, after a 911 call came in around 10 p.m. on June 6, […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An invocation presented by a member of The Satanic Temple last week during a government meeting open to the public was met with protest, and some officials and attendees walked out of the room while the reading was underway. In 2016, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly changed its invocation policy after Satanic Temple […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a longstanding U.S. ban on trademarks on “immoral” or “scandalous” words and symbols, ruling in a case involving a clothing brand with an indelicate name that the law violates constitutional free speech rights. The justices ruled against President Donald Trump’s administration, which defended the law […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed a Health and Human Services (HHS) rule that would disqualify abortion facilities from receiving federal funds, as well as any locations that promote, support or refer for abortions, to take effect while the Trump administration appeals other court rulings that blocked the requirements. […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — An apostate assembly that identifies itself as “a loving and progressive faith community” held their own sort of drag queen story time last Sunday as the building caretaker dressed in drag and read to the congregation a story about homosexual politician Harvey Milk and the creation of the rainbow flag. The Cincinnati […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Democratic governor of Rhode Island has signed a bill into law that codifies the “right” to abortion under Roe v. Wade in the state, and allows abortion up to birth to “preserve the health or life” of the mother. “It’s a difficult issue and there are good and principled people on both […]
(St. Louis Public Radio) — The only abortion provider in Missouri has lost its license, but the clinic’s future remains unclear after a court hearing Friday morning in St. Louis. Citing patient safety concerns, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Friday declined to renew a St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic’s license to […]
(Pluralist) — A Brazilian woman and her partner cut off her young son’s penis last year in an attempted sex reassignment surgery. Now, the lesbian couple have admitted to killing the 9-year-old boy. Rosana Auri da Silva Candido and Kacyla Priscyla Santiago Damasceno Pessoa on May 31 stabbed the boy to death in his […]