Arizona Abortion Facility Sues State AG to Block Request for Info on Handling of Baby Body Parts

Arizona Abortion Facility Sues State AG to Block Request for Info on Handling of Baby Body Parts

PHOENIX, Ariz. — An abortion facility in Arizona has filed a lawsuit in an effort to block a request from the state attorney general’s office for documentation surrounding its handling of the body parts of aborted babies. “[To have an abortion is] one of the most intimate, most private and most difficult decisions a patient […]

Officials to Reconsider Denying Couple Adoption of Foster Children Over Opposition to Homosexual Parenting

Officials to Reconsider Denying Couple Adoption of Foster Children Over Opposition to Homosexual Parenting

Officials in the United Kingdom have reportedly agreed to reconsider their denial of a couple’s request to adopt two foster children in their care because they told social workers that the juveniles needed a mother and a father, and not two daddies. “At a meeting this week, the council recognized that the initial rejection was wrong. […]

Redefinition of Marriage Rejected in Mexico

Redefinition of Marriage Rejected in Mexico

(Christian Institute) — Proposals to legalize same-sex marriage across Mexico have been struck down. President Enrique Pena Nieto’s plans for nationwide legalization were rejected by 19 votes to 8 in the Lower House of Congress. Same-sex marriage is currently allowed in Mexico City and several other states, but the president had called for it to […]

Minnesota Mother Sues After Son Receives Hormone Treatments Without Parental Consent

Minnesota Mother Sues After Son Receives Hormone Treatments Without Parental Consent

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A mother in Minnesota has filed a federal lawsuit against state and county officials after her teenage son was granted emancipation without her knowledge or consent and was subsequently provided with hormonal treatment to begin a “gender transition” without her approval. “Last year, without my knowledge or consent, without any court hearings […]

Washington State Supreme Court Hears Appeal of Florist Accused of Discrimination for Declining ‘Gay Wedding’

Washington State Supreme Court Hears Appeal of Florist Accused of Discrimination for Declining ‘Gay Wedding’

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Justices with the Washington State Supreme Court heard on Tuesday the appeal of a florist accused of discrimination by providing a referral for a regular customer’s request for the creation of floral arrangements for his same-sex ceremony rather than fulfilling the order herself. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson told the court that Baronelle Stutzman […]

Woman Who Used Coat Hanger in Effort to Kill Unborn Son Charged With ‘Attempted Criminal Abortion’

Woman Who Used Coat Hanger in Effort to Kill Unborn Son Charged With ‘Attempted Criminal Abortion’

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman who is accused of attempting a coat hanger abortion to kill her unborn son is now facing a charge of “attempted criminal abortion” after prosecutors dropped their original charge of first-degree attempted murder. As previously reported, Anna Yocca, 31, an unmarried mother, reportedly filled her bathtub with water last September […]

Hillsong’s Carl Lentz Clarifies Answer to Oprah if Only Christians Can Be in Relationship With God

Hillsong’s Carl Lentz Clarifies Answer to Oprah if Only Christians Can Be in Relationship With God

Hipster Hillsong NYC leader Carl Lentz recently clarified his response to talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who had asked Lentz on her “Super Soul Sunday” program if only Christians can be in relationship with God. “Do you believe that only Christians can be in a relationship with God?” Winfrey asked in a program that aired […]