WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate fell short of the necessary votes to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood on Monday, causing lawmakers to look elsewhere in its effort to strip Title X funding from the group. The 53-46 vote fell just short of the 60 votes required to overcome a Democratic filibuster. As previously reported, […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is set to vote today on a proposal to strip federal Title X funding from the abortion giant Planned Parenthood and reallocate it to other women’s health facilities. The move comes after several undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress brought light to Planned Parenthood’s sale of baby […]
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the presence of a Ten Commandments monument at a local high school, declaring that the complainants have not suffered injury from the display. “Plaintiffs … have failed to establish that they were forced to come into ‘direct, regular, and unwelcome […]
DENVER, Co. — The Center for Medical Progress has released a fourth video expose’ on the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, this time showing a local official discussing ways that the organization has sought to avoid trouble with the law and outlining the “specimen” collection process following abortions. The video features Savita Ginde, medical director of […]
DENVER — A school district in Colorado has come to an agreement in a lawsuit filed by a teacher who accused officials of “operat[ing] largely to promote the evangelical Christian ideals” of a local church. As previously reported, Robert Basevitz, who identifies as Jewish, said that the Christian activities held at Florence High School made […]
DEARBORN, Mich. — A former contractor for Ford Motor Company has filed a federal lawsuit against the automotive giant and its affiliated employment service for allegedly firing him last year when he disagreed with the company’s views on homosexuality. As previously reported, Thomas Banks has worked as a design and release engineer for Ford since […]
Thousands took to the streets of America on Tuesday to protest the abortion giant Planned Parenthood and to call upon the U.S. government to defund the organization, which receives millions in Title X funds each year. The protests took place in over 60 cities across the nation, including St. Paul, Minn.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Fort […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has declined to accept an appeal of its order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state capitol grounds after it declared the presence of the display unconstitutional last month. “We carefully consider the arguments of the commission and find no merit warranting a grant of […]
IRVING, Texas — The governing board of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has voted to end the organization’s longstanding ban on openly homosexual troop leaders. The policy change took effect immediately following a 45-12 vote by the National Executive Board in Irving, Texas. “This change allows scouting’s members and parents to select local units, […]
(CNN) — A Nepalese man has confessed to the murder of a young boy after saying a local priest advised him that a human sacrifice would heal his ailing son, local police said. The body of 10-year-old Jivan Kohar was found on July 24 on the outskirts of Kudiya village in southwest Nepal. The child […]