Feds Disallow Calif. $200 Million in Medicaid Funds Over Abortion Insurance Coverage Mandate

Feds Disallow Calif. $200 Million in Medicaid Funds Over Abortion Insurance Coverage Mandate

WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will withhold $200 million in Medicaid funds from the State of California in the upcoming quarter due to its unlawful mandate that all insurance plans cover elective abortions. “California’s mandate violates a federal anti-discrimination law […]

Bayer, Direct Relief Grant $80K to Planned Parenthood to ‘Expand Access to Contraceptives’

Bayer, Direct Relief Grant $80K to Planned Parenthood to ‘Expand Access to Contraceptives’

WHIPPANY, N.J — As part of an effort to increase access to contraceptives, the pharmaceutical company Bayer and the organization Direct Relief have announced the selection of four entities to receive $40,000 each in grants, including two offices of the abortion and birth control giant Planned Parenthood. The grants are part of a Bayer initiative […]

Fake News Spreads That Biden Picked Man Who Identifies as Woman for Education Secretary

Fake News Spreads That Biden Picked Man Who Identifies as Woman for Education Secretary

WASHINGTON — A man who identifies as a woman says he was only being sarcastic as he responded to rumors that Joe Biden had selected him to be the next Secretary of Education. The misinformation, which apparently began with a social media post from an obscure Twitter user, has been believed and reposted online by […]

Vatican Offers Elimination of Temporal ‘Purgatory’ Punishment for Forgiven Sins for ‘Year of St. Joseph’

Vatican Offers Elimination of Temporal ‘Purgatory’ Punishment for Forgiven Sins for ‘Year of St. Joseph’

ROME — The Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary has issued a decree granting special plenary indulgences, that is, full elimination of temporal punishment in Purgatory for a forgiven sin, during the “Year of St. Joseph.” The practice, which dates back to medieval times, has been deemed unbiblical by evangelicals. On Dec. 8, Jorge Bergoglio, also known as “Pope […]

Dem. Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Prohibit Biological Men From Competing in Women’s Sports

Dem. Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Prohibit Biological Men From Competing in Women’s Sports

WASHINGTON — A Democratic congresswoman has teamed up with a Republican congressman to introduce a bill in the U.S. House that would prohibit biological men who identify as women from competing in girls’ sports. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and Rep. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma announced H.R. 8932, the Protect Women’s Sports Act, on Thursday. While […]

Va. Christian Schools, Pregnancy Center Network Sue to Operate in Accordance With Biblical Values

Va. Christian Schools, Pregnancy Center Network Sue to Operate in Accordance With Biblical Values

LEESBURG, Va. — Three Christian schools and two of the churches that operate them, along with a pregnancy care center network, have filed a preemptive lawsuit to challenge the 2020 “Virginia Values Act,” which they say would prohibit them from firing those whose lifestyles are contrary to the ministries’ purpose and mission. “The Virginia Bill […]

NC Gov. Declares ‘Gender Expansive Parents’ Day’ for Parents ‘Not Exclusively Masculine or Feminine’

NC Gov. Declares ‘Gender Expansive Parents’ Day’ for Parents ‘Not Exclusively Masculine or Feminine’

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper recently signed a proclamation marking “Gender Expansive Parents’ Day” to “honor” parents that don’t identify “exclusively as masculine and feminine.” The recognition has generated opposition from at least one Christian group in the state, which says that the decree undermines the God-designed roles of a father and […]

Democratic Chairwoman Calls for Repeal of Hyde Amendment Barring Taxpayer Funding of Abortion

Democratic Chairwoman Calls for Repeal of Hyde Amendment Barring Taxpayer Funding of Abortion

During a congressional hearing this week on “abortion affordability,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., who will lead the House Appropriations Committee beginning next year, argued that the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits using taxpayer dollars for elective abortions, is “discriminatory” because it places a financial obstacle in front of low income mothers seeking an abortion. “The Hyde Amendment […]

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