(BBC) — New Zealand’s parliament has passed a bill decriminalizing abortion and allowing women to choose a termination up to 20 weeks into a pregnancy. Voting to remove the procedure from the country’s Crimes Act changes a law that has been in force since 1977. Previously, two doctors were required to approve an abortion – […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A pastor’s wife and lawmaker in Pennsylvania has introduced a resolution calling for “A State Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer” in the midst of the novel coronavirus crisis. Two Democratic legislators have expressed opposition, calling her proposal “the stupidest resolution I’ve ever seen” and “forcing her belief system on others.” Those who have […]
(The Christian Institute) — A Labor Party member of Parliament has called for a clarification in the law surrounding situations where parents and doctors cannot agree about medical treatments for a child. … In introducing his bill, Bambos Charalambous highlighted Tafida Raqeeb’s case, where doctors of a girl who suffered a traumatic brain injury […]
News9.com – Oklahoma City, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports | OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A motion to hear a bill that would have outlawed abortion in the state of Oklahoma was tabled on Wednesday, with 30 Republicans and 8 Democrats voting not to allow the bill to be pulled from the committee that […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A K-12 sex education bill that passed both houses of the Washington State legislature and is headed to the desk of Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee is being opposed by a plethora of parents, with a protest at the state capital and a “Sex Ed Sit Out” by keeping children home from school […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota declared March 10 to be “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day” in recognition of a local abortion facility that he called “an essential part of our community,” and the city council of Saint Paul, named after the apostle Paul, voted unanimously to “celebrate the courage” and “high-quality care” of […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Democratic lawmaker in California has proposed a bill that would require large retail stores in the state to combine boys and girls clothing departments, as well as their boys and girls toy sections, into un-gendered areas, asserting that separating the sexes “incorrectly implies that their use by one gender is inappropriate.” […]
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Hagerstown city council and mayor have rejected a request to pass an ordinance that would have made the city a sanctuary for the unborn by prohibiting abortion facilities from opening within its borders. According to the Herald-Mail, council members discussed the matter on Tuesday, outlining why they would not support the […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The Utah Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday in favor of a bill that would no longer classify bigamy — being married to more than one person as part of a polygamous relationship — as a felony, but a minor infraction akin to a traffic ticket. Senate Bill 102 was introduced […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Democratic lawmaker in Alabama has proposed a bill that would require men in the state to obtain a vasectomy at age fifty, or after the birth of their third child, in response to last year’s Human Life Protection Act, which bans most abortions in the state. “Under existing law, there are […]