OCALA, Fla. — A former Oregon resident who became the first person in the United States allowed by a court to legally identify as “non-binary” (neither male or female) on his driver’s license has “renounced all ties to transgenderism” and has now declared in a blog post: “I am and have always been male.” “In […]
(BBC) — An unborn baby has had surgery on her spine while she was still in her mother’s womb. Bethan Simpson, 26, from Maldon, Essex, was told her unborn daughter Eloise had spina bifida at her 20-week scan. Mrs. Simpson has become one of the first mothers in the UK to undergo the pioneering “fetal […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A trio of bills have been introduced in South Carolina that would declare the right to life from the moment of fertilization, thus outlawing abortion in the state. State Rep. Josiah Magnuson, R-Spartanburg, and state Sen. Richard Cash, R-Anderson, have presented the “Personhood Act of South Carolina” in both the House and the […]
While not necessarily expressing an adherence to biblical creation, more than 1,000 scientists worldwide have signed on to a “Dissent From Darwinism” statement that expresses skepticism over the theory of biological evolution and calls for the “careful examination” of Charles Darwin’s teachings. “We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural […]
China (Mission Network News) – Over the last few months, multiple reports surfaced out of China revealing a crackdown on both unregistered and registered churches. “This is the worst it’s been in 30 years. The pressure from the government is immense right now; everything from putting church members in jails to kicking out vast numbers […]
WASHINGTON — 30 U.S. senators have co-sponsored federal legislation that was recently reintroduced in an effort to defund the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood. The “Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care Act” has been re-filed by Sens. Joni Ernst, R-IA, and James Lankford, R-OK. It prohibits federal funds from being granted to Planned Parenthood and re-directs […]
SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico House of Representatives advanced a bill on Wednesday that would repeal unenforced state law that makes it a crime to perform an abortion unless the procedure is a “justified medical termination.” The move has deeply concerned pro-life residents, who state that it would not only retain the status […]
(Evangelical Focus) — More than 700 people have been victims of sexual abuse in churches of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the biggest evangelical denomination of the United States. An in-depth investigation of newspapers Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express News found that around 380 church leaders and volunteers of SBC churches “left behind hundreds […]
PIERRE, S.D. — A South Dakota bill that sought to protect the rights of parents to refuse medical or psychological “treatment” for their child if the course of action would affirm the thinking that their son or daughter is anything but their birth sex has been struck down in a legislative subcommittee. Some considered the […]
(BBC) — A 27-year-old Indian man plans to sue his parents for giving birth to him without his consent. Mumbai businessman Raphael Samuel told the BBC that it’s wrong to bring children into the world because they then have to put up with lifelong suffering. Mr. Samuel, of course, understands that our consent can’t be […]