NEW YORK — Speaking at a gathering in New York City celebrating the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood, a United Church of Christ clergy woman delivered a prayer thanking God that the organization made way “for women to rise up against the political, religious and patriarchal machines that sought to undermine [their] right to choose.” Neichelle Guidry Jones currently […]
NIGER (The Independent) — An American aid worker has been kidnapped by gunman in Niger, where he was helping local tribes overcome drought and food shortages. Jeffery Woodke was abducted from his home in Abalak by armed men who killed two guards before driving him across the desert into neighbouring Mali. The Youth With A […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has announced the outcome of its annual sex trafficking bust, which resulted in the rescue of 82 minors and the arrest of 239 perpetrators. Operation Cross Country is a part of the FBI’s Innocence Lost National Initiative, which was first launched in 2003. This year’s effort took place from Oct. 13 […]
CHICAGO — A federal magistrate has recommended that a district judge reject a request to block an agreement between a Chicago-area school district and the Obama administration that allowed a male student who identifies as female to use the girls’ locker room. “High school students do not have a constitutional right not to share restrooms or […]
UMATILLA, Ore. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections for denying hormonal treatment to a man who was diagnosed in 2014 with gender dysphoria. Michale James Wright, 25, who goes by the name Michelle, has identified as a woman since he was 16 and obtained counseling […]
WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 Congressional representatives have signed a letter to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expressing concern that its recently released rules might wrongly require doctors to perform puberty suppression, cross-hormone therapy or plastic surgery against their will, including on children. “[T]his rule for the first time in history […]
A recent Barna study shows that although many of those who identify as evangelical support the presidential candidacy of Republican nominee Donald Trump, more than four out of ten evangelicals currently reject both Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. The organization surveyed 1,023 adults, including 627 likely voters, to conduct its study. Those expressing support for Trump […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (USA Today) — The 21 girls who were rescued last week after being kidnapped by the militant group Boko Haram more than two years ago have been reunited with their families. They were among more than 200 students taken from their school in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok by the extremists in […]
WASHINGTON — Officials with the United States Air Force have released a memo on how the branch will accommodate “transgender” airmen in matters of dress, physical fitness, and restroom and shower use. “This is another step in allowing transgender airmen to serve openly, receive medical care relating to gender transition and allow transgender individuals to […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton both Tweeted in celebration of the 100th year of the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood on Sunday, asserting that it has empowered women to control their destinies. Oct. 16th marked a century since the organization, founded by feminist and eugenics supporter Margaret Sanger, […]
