Family Watch Newswire
The Family Watch Newswire is a service of Family Watch International that highlights important news items and useful analysis on the family and family-related issues from around the world.
July 27, 2026
SOUTH DAKOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL FIGHTS BACK AFTER BIDEN JUDGE HALTS PRO-LIFE LAW. South Dakota attorney general Marty Jackley is fighting back after a Biden-appointed federal judge temporarily blocked his state’s law banning advertisements promoting abortion. Read more here.
BILL INTRODUCED TO BAN FORCED ABORTIONS IN SURROGACY. U.S. Congressman Andy Ogles has introduced the Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026, which would bar federal courts from enforcing surrogacy contracts that include requirements for the surrogate to get an abortion. Read more here.
SOUTH KOREA’S PRESIDENT CALLS FOR LEGAL ABORTION PILL DISTRIBUTION. South Korea President Lee Jae Myung said the government should explore ways to allow abortion pill distribution in a country that decriminalized abortion in 2019, and where no framework or guidelines currently exist for legal abortion pill distribution. Read more here.
PARENTS AWAIT SUPREME COURT RULING ON ‘GENDER TRANSITION’ LAW AFTER DAUGHTER RAN AWAY. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a heart-wrenching case on behalf of a group of Washington parents who challenged state laws designed to give runaway minors so-called “gender affirming treatment” without parental notice or consent. Read more here.
GEORGETOWN OFFERS TRANS HOUSING, GENDER CARE, IDENTITY-FOCUSED COURSES. Despite being a Catholic institution, Georgetown University provides transgender-identifying students with university-supported housing options, “gender-affirming care” resources and identity-based programming while also offering academic programs focused on gender, race and social justice. Read more here.
UNM POLICY MANDATES FACULTY TO USE PREFERRED PRONOUNS, GENDER IDENTITIES. The University of New Mexico Administrative Policy 2740 Regarding Gender and Identity demands faculty cater to students who identify as transgender in an effort to promote an environment of “inclusivity”, and the policy requires staff “to make reasonable efforts to address individuals by a pronoun corresponding to their gender identity upon request.” Read more here.
MINNESOTA SCHOOLS WILL START USING ‘TRANSGENDER DOLLS’ WITH CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS FOUR. Minnesota educators and clinicians working with children as young as four will be given dolls with removable, interchangeable genitalia thanks to a program backed by Gov. Tim Walz. Read more here.
OREGON SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER LOSES FREE SPEECH SUIT OVER ‘TRANSPHOBIC’ BOOKS. La Grande Middle School, Oregon school district social worker Roderick Theis was fired for refusing to take down a display of allegedly “transphobic” kids’ books, and he lost his free speech lawsuit at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision. Read more here.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REQUIRE MIXED-SEX BATHROOMS. A new California law requiring public schools to provide at least one “all-gender” restroom option on every campus is set to take effect as students prepare to return for the new school year. Read more here.
LEFT-WING POLICY GROUP DEMANDS ALLOWING MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS. The Center for American Progress recently released its “Ending the Backlash on LGBTQI+ Issues” proposing a variety of left-wing positions on these issues, including allowing gender-confused individuals to serve in the military, keeping chemical and surgical mutilation of minors legal, among others. Read more here.
NIGERIAN LAWMAKERS MOVE CLOSER TO OUTLAWING SAME-SEX UNIONS. The Cross River State House of Assembly passed for second reading a bill seeking to prohibit same-sex marriage and civil unions in the state. The bill also seeks to bar the solemnisation and recognition of same-sex marriages, including those contracted outside the state. Read more here.
26 PRIESTS CHALLENGE CARDINAL MARX OVER SAME-SEX ‘BLESSINGS’ GUIDELINES. A group of 26 Catholic priests in Germany is challenging the promotion of same-sex “blessings,” warning that the practice conflicts with the Church’s universal teaching on marriage and sexual morality. Read more here.
‘NO CHILD HAS TWO DADS’ BILLBOARDS TRIGGER LGBT ACTIVISTS. Billboards bearing the straightforward message, “No child has two dads. No child has two moms,” have begun appearing across the United States to push back on homosexual adoption and highlight the importance of marriage. Read more here.
CARDINAL SARAH ACCUSES E.U. OF PUSHING ABORTION, LGBT ON AFRICA. Cardinal Robert Sarah has condemned attempts by the European Union to use the force of international law to require African countries to embrace abortion and LGBT ideology. Read more here.
ROMANIAN CITY REJECTS PRIDE MARCH AGAIN. The Romanian city of Oradea has once again blocked a pride march, with local authorities refusing to authorize the event for the fourth consecutive year. Read more here.
LIBRARIANS COULD FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES OVER ‘QUEER-LED STORYTIME’ FOR TODDLERS. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway warned the Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia that its upcoming “Rainbow Story Time” was in violation of the law. Read more here.
HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON MAKES LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is planning a rare fourth reconciliation package to defund Planned Parenthood, according to sources, but it is unclear if he can succeed. Read more here.
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CHAPLAIN WINS SETTLEMENT AFTER FIRING OVER LGBTQ SERMON. The Rev. Bernard Randall, an ordained Church of England minister who was fired and blacklisted after preaching a sermon on LGBTQ issues, has reached a confidential settlement with his former employer, ending a seven-year legal battle. Read more here.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SUES HHS OVER TEEN PREGNANCY ABSTINENCE-ONLY REQUIREMENTS. A coalition of local governments and organizations filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration’s funding changes to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention program, objecting to the incorporation of abstinence-only education and the reported lack of focus on LGBT-identifying individuals. Read more here.
BIG MAJORITY OF CHILDLESS 35-39 YEAR OLDS STILL WANT CHILDREN, UN SURVEY SAYS. A massive new UN survey reveals a large gap between the number of children people want and what they end up having. The survey was conducted against a background of plunging birth rates in nearly every part of the world. Read more here.
WHO WILL FIGHT FOR “EVIL”?, by Eliza Kelly. “In the post-Dobbs era, the pro-life movement seems to lack a clear path forward. With expanded legal protection for abortion in many states and increasing access to the abortion pill, abortion numbers have continued to increase since Roe was overturned. …And how exactly have abortion activists …convinced a majority of the population that abortion—stopping a beating heart and dismembering a living human being —is healthcare? How have they been able to make average citizens believe that murder is essential for women’s equality?” Read more here.
MEET SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM, THE WNBA SUPERSTAR AND SCRAPPY FEMINIST STANDING UP FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS, by Andrew Stiles. “Sophie Cunningham is one of the most talented players in the WNBA. …Cunningham made headlines this week by using her platform to stand up for female athletes, telling ESPN that transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete against biological girls. ‘I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’ Cunningham said.” Read more here.
REGULATIONS ARE KEEPING FAMILIES SMALLER THAN THEY WANT TO BE, by Anna Claire Flowers, Vincent Geloso, Clara Piano, Lyman Stone. “American women are having fewer kids than they’d like. By one estimate, the average fertility gap—the distance between a woman’s ideal number of children and achieved fertility—for U.S. women is 0.76, close to one child. That figure, though, varies significantly between states: in North Dakota, the gap is one-third, while in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Alaska, it’s greater than one child.” Read more here.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ESSENTIAL TO PRESERVING LIFE, by Frank Pavone. “Religious liberty is more than the freedom to hold private beliefs — it is the freedom to live according to one’s faith in public life. The recommendations recently presented by the Religious Liberty Commission to President Trump reinforce the principle that Americans should never have to choose between following their faith and following the law. This has particular impact on Americans who fight every day to protect children in the womb from the violence of abortion.” Read more here.
HOW ARE DETRANSITIONERS FARING IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY?, by Tyler O’Neil. “Many of those who underwent experimental medical ‘treatments’ to make their bodies resemble those of the opposite sex later reject their transgender identities, and some of these detransitioners are now suing for medical malpractice.” Read more here.
DOCTORS ADVISED ABORTION, BUT MY PARENTS CHOSE LIFE INSTEAD, by Payton Kiasevicz. “Almost 22 years ago, my mom faced an impossible decision. …Doctors told my parents they were certain that their unborn child had Trisomy 21, also known as Down syndrome. …My parents didn’t need to see a positive or negative result; they were going to raise and love the child — me — regardless of a genetic test.” Read more here.
THERE’S NOTHING TO CELEBRATE ABOUT THE EXTREMISM OF TRANS PRIDE, by Julie Bindel. “This weekend I went along to observe the Trans+ Pride event in London. …I have spoken out against gender ideology for more than 20 years, and was not expecting a warm welcome. What I hadn’t anticipated was how upset I would find it. The sight of hundreds of young women showing off their double mastectomy scars left me tearful.” Read more here.
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