PORTLAND, Ore. — Lawmakers in Oregon have passed a bill that requires insurance companies in the state to cover abortions at no cost to mothers. The state Senate passed H.B. 3391 on Wednesday along party lines after it cleared the House on July 1. “A health benefit plan offered in this state must provide coverage […]
WASHINGTON — Over 100 U.S. mayors recently added their names to a joint letter expressing opposition to defunding the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood. The correspondence was addressed to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Minority Leader Charles Schumer. “We the undersigned mayors lead over 100 cities […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The identification and arrest of a child pornography site creator has resulted in nearly 900 arrests worldwide and over 300 children rescued, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has announced. Steven Chase, 58, the operator of the now defunct site “Playpen,” was sentenced to 30 years behind bars earlier this month in a Charlotte courtroom. […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine House of Representatives has rejected a bill that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide in the state. “There is no life on Earth without pain and suffering,” said Rep. Roger Reed, R-Carmel. “Life is a gift from God regardless of its circumstances.” LD 347, introduced by Sen. Robert Katz, R-Augusta, allowed those […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon judge has granted a man’s request to be identified as “genderless” and to have no last name. Multnomah County Judge Amy Holmes Hehn granted Patrick Abbatiello a “General Judgment of Name and Sex Change” on March 10, allowing him to be listed as “a-gender” and to legally change his name […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon couple who was ordered to pay heavy emotional damages to two lesbians for declining to create a cake for a same-sex “wedding,” resulting in the eventual shutdown of their bakery, delivered an emotional plea on Wednesday as they stood outside of the courthouse where their appeal was taking place. “I have a […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon official who ordered a couple to pay heavy emotional damages to two lesbians for declining to create a cake for a same-sex “wedding,” resulting in the eventual shutdown of their bakery, lost his election bid last Tuesday. Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Commissioner Brad Avakian sought to serve as […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — A former Portland-area teacher who was escorted from his local high school by police over his continued opposition to Planned Parenthood has lost his federal lawsuit as a judge has dismissed the legal challenge. The $390,000 lawsuit filed by Bill Diss was to have gone on trial this week, but Judge Paul Papak […]
WASHINGTON — Over a dozen Democratic senators have proposed a resolution in celebration of the 100th year of the birth control and abortion giant Planned Parenthood, stating that the organization is an “essential thread in the fabric of society,” in part by helping to grow the economy by keeping women in the workforce instead of raising […]
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Officials at a public university in Arizona recently agreed to remove Gideon Bibles from the school’s hotel rooms following a complaint from a prominent professing atheist organization. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter earlier this year to the CEO of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, which is part […]