SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Senate has rejected an effort to repeal an existing, unenforced law that criminalizes abortion in the state. Eight pro-life Democrats joined with the 16 Republicans in the Senate to defeat the measure 24-18. The New Mexico Senate has a Democratic majority. According to the Albuquerque Journal, Sen. Gabriel Ramos, […]
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 […]
(Morning Star News) – The Somali pastor of an underground church in Kenya near the Somali border suffered a broken thigh bone and other injuries after Muslim extremists beat him with wooden clubs on Friday night (March 8), sources said. Pastor Abdul (surname withheld for security reasons), a 30-year-old father of three, had finished leading […]
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 […]
(The Christian Institute) — Pro-life events have been banned outside another London area abortion clinic. Richmond councilors unanimously approved a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) outside the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) building in Twickenham. The ban prohibits “any form of interaction” relating to abortion with those attending the clinic. The Society for the Protection […]
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 […]
(International Christian Concern) – “I was terrified for a moment when I saw a group of people with wooden sticks furiously making their way into the church,” Ashok Vachan told International Christian Concern (ICC). Ashok attends the Church of God Gospel Center (CGGC) located in Karkeli village in India’s northern state of Chhattisgarh. Ashok and […]
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. […]
(The Christian Institute) — A judge in Canada has ruled that the father of a troubled 14-year-old cannot stop medics from giving her damaging hormonal treatment against his will. The teenage girl from Vancouver, identified only as A.B, became interested in “changing sex” after being exposed to teaching, videos and counsellors promoting LGBT values at […]
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, […]