MONTGOMERY — A federal judge who ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument at the Alabama Supreme Court in 2003 has ruled that officials must restore the state’s contract with Planned Parenthood because canceling it denied women their choice in medical providers. As previously reported, Gov. Robert Bentley’s office wrote a letter to Planned Parenthood Southeast […]
BEIJING (New York Times) — Driven by fears that an aging population could jeopardize China’s economic ascent, the Communist Party leadership ended its decades-old “one child” policy on Thursday, announcing that all married couples would be allowed to have two children. The decision was a dramatic step away from a core Communist Party position that […]
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — A United Church of Christ congregation in Massachusetts recently hosted what it called a “Drag Gospel Festival” in support of the homosexual and transgender members in its assembly. The First Church of Somerville (FCS) hosted the event October 16-18 both during its Friday night drag show and Sunday morning worship service. “God […]
AUSTIN — In unannounced visits to nearly a dozen Planned Parenthood offices in the state, Texas officials delivered written demands for documents on Thursday as part of their ongoing investigation into the organization. Investigators with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) visited facilities in the Houston, Dallas, Brownsville and San Antonio to personally […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Ohio Senate has voted to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, now sending the bill to the House for passage. “We are moving that money to organizations that are life-affirming organizations,” Sen. Bill Coley, R-West Chester Township, told reporters. Senate Bill 214 was approved 23-10 on Wednesday, mostly along party lines. […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Officials in Texas have decided to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, declaring that the state is pulling its Medicaid funding out of belief that the organization is “no longer capable of performing medical services in a professionally competent, safe, legal, and ethical manner.” The Texas Health and Human Services Commission sent […]
WASHINGTON — While criticizing opponents for seeking to end abortion, the president of Planned Parenthood wrote in a letter this week that the organization will stop receiving payments for the body parts of aborted babies in the midst of a Congressional investigation into its practices. In writing to Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes […]
In a recent interview with theSkimm, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio stated that while he opposes abortion, he supports the availability of the morning-after pill, especially for victims of rape. Rubio was responding to a questionnaire that ranged from the economy and the Iran nuclear deal, to light-hearted matters such as what he would ask […]
WASHINGTON — During her testimony on Tuesday before a Congressional panel investigating Planned Parenthood’s alleged harvesting and sale of aborted babies, the president of the organization admitted that the abortion giant does not provide mammograms despite beliefs otherwise. “Planned Parenthood’s annual report says that you are providing over 489,000 breast cancer screenings, and you’ve stated […]
Pop icon Justin Bieber, known outside of his music for his wild lifestyle and run-ins with the law, as well as his relationship with NYC Hillsong ‘Pastor’ Carl Lentz, told Complex Magazine this month that Christians are often “overly churchy and religious,” and that he wants to just “live like Jesus.” “At this point, my faith […]