Full Appeals Court Rules Ohio May Exclude Planned Parenthood From Funding for Federal Health Programs

Full Appeals Court Rules Ohio May Exclude Planned Parenthood From Funding for Federal Health Programs

CINCINNATI, Ohio — The full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a prior ruling from three of its judges and has determined that the State of Ohio may lawfully exclude the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood from receiving funding for federal health programs. The court ruled that while mothers have a so-called “right” to […]

Illinois Reproductive Health Act Declares ‘Fundamental Right’ to Abortion, No ‘Independent Rights’ for Unborn

Illinois Reproductive Health Act Declares ‘Fundamental Right’ to Abortion, No ‘Independent Rights’ for Unborn

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois bill that declares that women have a “fundamental right” to abortion and that a “fetus does not have independent rights” apart from his or her mother has been assigned to a House committee for consideration. The Reproductive Health Act, presented by Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, has already generated opposition as an […]

‘A Certain Sound’: New Book Challenges Christians, Churches to Think Biblically About Open Air Preaching

‘A Certain Sound’: New Book Challenges Christians, Churches to Think Biblically About Open Air Preaching

A new book has been released that teaches modern-day Christians about the biblical practice of open air preaching, and encourages the Church to get out of its comfort zone and take the gospel to a lost and dying world for the glory of God. “It’s not some kind of weird, radical way of evangelizing. It’s […]

‘Pope Francis’ Meets With Mormon Leader Russell Nelson, Discusses ‘Mutual Concerns’ Over Societal Issues

‘Pope Francis’ Meets With Mormon Leader Russell Nelson, Discusses ‘Mutual Concerns’ Over Societal Issues

ROME — Jorge Bergoglio, the leader of Roman Catholicism, met on Saturday with Mormon leader Russell Nelson and Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The two discussed their “mutual concerns” about various societal issues, and exchanged gifts, which included Bergoglio’s writings on the Islamic religion. Some opine that the meeting is another example […]

Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Requiring State to Allow Medicaid Coverage for ‘Sex Change’-Related Surgeries

Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Requiring State to Allow Medicaid Coverage for ‘Sex Change’-Related Surgeries

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that determined the State must allow “sex change” operations to be covered under Medicaid. “[T]he history behind the rule supports our holding that the rule’s express bar on  Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgical procedures discriminates against transgender Medicaid recipients in Iowa under […]

TBS Show ‘Miracle Workers’ Depicts God as Uncaring Figure Who Makes Bet to Stop Him From Blowing Up Earth

TBS Show ‘Miracle Workers’ Depicts God as Uncaring Figure Who Makes Bet to Stop Him From Blowing Up Earth

Concerns are being raised over a blasphemous new television show called “Miracle Workers” that depicts God as a bumbling, Michelob-guzzling, uncaring figure who decides to blow up Earth, and is faced with a bet from a female worker that if she can answer even a single prayer marked “impossible” that he must spare the world. […]

22 States Sue HHS for Barring Abortion Facilities and Referral Sites From Federal Family Planning Funding

22 States Sue HHS for Barring Abortion Facilities and Referral Sites From Federal Family Planning Funding

WASHINGTON — 22 states and the District of Columbia have filed suit against the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after it recently announced the finalization of its rule changes to the federal Title X family planning services funding program, which will disqualify abortion facilities, such as those run by Planned Parenthood, […]

Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act Moving Forward as Bill Assigned to Favorable House Committee

Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act Moving Forward as Bill Assigned to Favorable House Committee

AUSTIN, Texas — A bill that would outlaw abortion in Texas is taking its first steps forward in the state legislature as it has now been assigned to the House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence, which is chaired by a lawmaker who co-sponsored an identical bill to abolish abortion in 2017. Texas House Speaker […]

Government-Run Bus Company Reverses Course Amid Lawsuit, Agrees to Place Ad Showing Personhood of Unborn

Government-Run Bus Company Reverses Course Amid Lawsuit, Agrees to Place Ad Showing Personhood of Unborn

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A government-run bus company in Indiana that had been sued for rejecting a proposed advertisement showing the personhood and humanity of the unborn has amended its policy and will now allow the advertisement after all. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which represented Tippecanoe County Right to Life in court, announced on Thursday that CityBus […]

Alabama Judge Recognizes Personhood of Murdered Baby in Father’s Lawsuit Against Abortion Facility

Alabama Judge Recognizes Personhood of Murdered Baby in Father’s Lawsuit Against Abortion Facility

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A probate judge in Alabama has granted a teenager’s request to represent his aborted son or daughter in his lawsuit against a local abortion facility. The teen says that the child was killed despite his wishes that his girlfriend keep the baby. “I’m here for the men who actually want to have […]