J.J. Hanson, Voice Against Physician-Assisted Suicide in the Midst of Own Battle With Cancer, Dies at 36

J.J. Hanson, Voice Against Physician-Assisted Suicide in the Midst of Own Battle With Cancer, Dies at 36

ALBANY, N.Y. — J.J. Hanson, who staunchly fought against physician-assisted suicide in the midst of his own battle with terminal brain cancer, has died at age 36. In May 2014, Hanson was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer, and was told that he had four months left to live. He […]

Utah Lawmaker Proposes Criminal Assisted Suicide Bill After Teen Helps Friend Kill Herself

Utah Lawmaker Proposes Criminal Assisted Suicide Bill After Teen Helps Friend Kill Herself

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A lawmaker in Utah has proposed a bill that would classify assisted suicide as manslaughter after an 18-year-old allegedly coaxed a 16-year-old girl to kill herself and then recorded her as she died. Tyerell Przybycien has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Jchandra Brown after being accused […]

ACLU Sues Healthcare Network for Cancelling Chest Surgery of Woman Who Identifies as Man

ACLU Sues Healthcare Network for Cancelling Chest Surgery of Woman Who Identifies as Man

SEATTLE, Wash. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against the largest healthcare network in Washington State after chest reconstruction surgery scheduled for a woman who identifies as a man was cancelled and she had to obtain the operation elsewhere. According to the complaint filed by the ACLU, the 30-year-old woman, who […]

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Block Illinois Law Allowing Medicaid, Insurance Coverage of Abortion

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Block Illinois Law Allowing Medicaid, Insurance Coverage of Abortion

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A circuit judge in Illinois has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to at least temporarily block the Jan. 1 implementation of a new law that would allow taxpayer money to be spent on abortion through Medicaid and state employee insurance plans. An appeal is expected to be filed today. According to the Chicago […]

Trump White House Sends Congratulatory Letter to Prosperity Preacher Kenneth Copeland for ’50 Years of Ministry’

Trump White House Sends Congratulatory Letter to Prosperity Preacher Kenneth Copeland for ’50 Years of Ministry’

WASHINGTON — Prosperity and Word of Faith preacher Kenneth Copeland posted a photo to social media on Tuesday of a letter that he received from President Trump congratulating him for “50 years of ministry.” “Melania and I send our warmest wishes as you celebrate 50 years of ministry,” began the letter, which was dated Aug. 16 but […]

Oregon Court Upholds Order to Pay $135K in ‘Emotional Damages’ for Declining to Make Cake for Same-Sex ‘Wedding’

Oregon Court Upholds Order to Pay $135K in ‘Emotional Damages’ for Declining to Make Cake for Same-Sex ‘Wedding’

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered Sweet Cakes by Melissa owners Aaron and Melissa Klein to pay $135,000 in “emotional damages” to two lesbian women for declining to make a cake for their same-sex “wedding” in 2014. “[G]iven BOLI’s detailed factual findings about the effect of […]

Judge Sides With Humanists Challenging Prayer at Graduation, Ceremony at Chapel

Judge Sides With Humanists Challenging Prayer at Graduation, Ceremony at Chapel

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina says that a school district’s continuing practice of including invocations and religious speech at public school graduations is a “cultural residue” left over from historical practices, and that its allowances are wrongly “continuing to color and confuse the application” of its recently revised policies intended to establish […]

‘We’ve Prayed About It’: Professing ‘Christian’ Couple Refuses Woman’s Pleas Not to Abort Baby

‘We’ve Prayed About It’: Professing ‘Christian’ Couple Refuses Woman’s Pleas Not to Abort Baby

A viral video posted to social media on Friday shows a man and woman who professed to be Christians declining a woman’s pleas not to abort their baby, stating that the child would interfere with their plans and that they had “prayed about” the matter. While the background behind the video, such as the location of the […]