Family Watch Newswire

October 14, 2024

7,000 OBGYNS CONFIRM ABORTION PILLS KILLED TWO WOMEN. In an open letter to Dr. Sandra E. Brooks, CEO of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Association of Pro-Life OB-GYNs detailed the false narratives about state abortion laws and emphasized that the two recent deaths of women in Georgia were due to abortion pills and not state laws. Read more here.

PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES WARN OF ‘DECEPTIVE’ ABORTION MEASURES ON THE BALLOT IN RED STATES. The ballot initiatives employ deceptive language, like saying a measure would allow abortion up to the point of “viability” — but lets pro-abortion doctors determine what “viability” means. Other ballots would permit abortions for “mental health” reasons, another broad category that could be interpreted to expand abortion. Read more here.

NEW AD SHOWS HOW MINNESOTA ALLOWS INFANTICIDE, LETS BABIES WHO SURVIVE ABORTIONS DIE. The MCCL State Victory Fund has launched a digital ad campaign spotlighting the reality of vulnerable newborns and Minnesota’s extreme policies that threaten them. The ads call out specific incumbent state lawmakers for their votes to repeal a requirement that born-alive infants receive medically appropriate care that could save their lives. Read more here.

IDAHO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION RETRACTS ANTI-PREGNANCY CENTER STATEMENT FOLLOWING POTENTIAL LAWSUIT. After debating a draft resolution to oppose public funds for crisis pregnancy centers, the Idaho Medical Association’s policymaking body adopted a more broad policy to oppose public funds for clinics that skirt medical standards. Read more here.

ABC AIRS PRO-LIFE AD SHOWING ABORTED BABIES DURING THE VIEW, COMPARING HOSTS TO NAZIS. A hard-hitting pro-life ad that aired during ABC’s popular daytime talk show The View highlighting that aborted so-called “fetuses” are actually murdered children has infuriated the broadcast world, including the show’s co-hosts, whom the ad compared to Nazis because of their pro-abortion views. Read more here.

TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO BLOCK ABORTION FUND. The Office of the Attorney General of Texas sued the City of Austin over the city council’s decision to pay for abortion travel and force taxpayers to fund the deaths of preborn babies. Read more here.

FLORIDA ALLEGES ABORTION ACTIVISTS’ ‘PETITIONING FRAUD.’ Florida’s Office of Election Crimes and Security issued a 348-page report alleging petitioners for a new amendment to unwind Florida’s 6-week abortion restriction were being paid by several abortion activist groups. Read more here.

POPE URGED TO APPROVE ‘SEX CHANGES’ DURING MEETING WITH NEW WAYS MINISTRY. Pope Francis met privately with a group of “transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics” in an event organized by the dissident LGBT group New Ways Ministry, whose longstanding official censure by the Vatican remains in place though Francis has repeatedly signaled support for the organization. Read more here.

BRAZILIAN POLITICIAN WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED MULTIPLE CHILDREN HID FROM POLICE BY IDENTIFYING AS TRANSGENDER, ‘CHANGING LEGAL SEX.’ A Brazilian politician has been taken into custody after attempting to hide from the police following a conviction for child rape. Nilson Nelson Machado began self-identifying as a woman while on the run from law enforcement, and his identity change complicated efforts to bring him to justice. Read more here.

MILITANT TRANS ACTIVISTS SABOTAGE UK LGB ALLIANCE CONFERENCE BY UNLEASHING THOUSANDS OF INSECTS. Militant trans activists were apprehended by security after launching a sabotage attack on the UK LGB Alliance convention in London, unleashing thousands of insects throughout the venue where homosexual speakers criticized transgender ideology, causing the event location to be evacuated. Read more here.

FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES DENVER PARENT’S LAWSUIT SEEKING TO PUT ‘STRAIGHT PRIDE’ FLAG IN CLASSROOMS. U.S. District Court Judge Regina M. Rodriguez ruled against a parent who alleged discrimination and a violation of the First Amendment stemming from Denver Public Schools declining to add a straight pride flag in his children’s classrooms alongside displays of LGBTQ pride flags. Read more here.

KENT STATE U. OFFERS NEARLY 150 COURSES THAT DISCUSS GENDER, SEXUALITY, OR LGBTQ+ TOPICS. A search for “LGBTQ” in the KSU 2024-25 course catalog brings up 14 courses, and a search for “gender” brings up 98 courses. A search for “sexuality” brings up 47 courses. A few of the courses overlapped among the three topics. Read more here.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATE STOPS HIRING AS ITS ABORTION BUSINESSES CLOSE. Planned Parenthood Great Plains does not appear to be hiring in Arkansas or Oklahoma at this time, and it has very few job listings posted in Missouri and Kansas. Read more here.

‘UNUSUAL U. S. SUPREME COURT TERM LACKS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DISPUTE, COURT WATCHERS NOTE. The U.S. Supreme Court in recent years has been open to deciding weighty religious liberty challenges, such as a Christian baker’s right to refuse to make same-sex wedding cakes and a high school football coach’s right to pray on the 50-yard line, but in the current term, the justices have yet to take up any religious liberty case for oral arguments. Read more here.

IN CITIES WHERE SINGLE PARENTING IS THE NORM, CHILD POVERTY AND VIOLENT CRIME ARE HIGH. In Ohio cities where single motherhood is the norm rather than the exception, rates of child poverty are higher, including Springfield, where one-third of all children lived in families below the official poverty level during the 2018-2022 time period. Read more here.

NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOLERS PLAN STATEWIDE WALKOUT, PROTESTING BOYS IN GIRLS’ SPORTS, by Justine Brooke Murray. “High school students across New York, of all states, are about to put the so-called ‘Women’s’ March to shame. New York’s ‘Walk for Fairness Day’ plans to advocate for real women’s rights by leading a statewide school walkout against men in girls’ sports. ‘Girls are being systematically canceled in this state, and ‘Walk Off for Fairness Day’ will give them a safe opportunity to make their voices heard, said a spokeswoman for NY Coalition to Protect Kids, the group organizing the march.” Read more here.

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY SET UP BY TRANS EX-EMPLOYEE, ACLU, By Mat Staver. “The nation’s premier Christian university is being sued for remaining true to its doctrinal statement and Christian mission after terminating an individual from his position for intentionally setting up the university to advance his LGBT agenda. In response, we are fighting for the case to be dropped and for religious liberty to be upheld to ensure religious institutions are able to operate in accordance with their Christian faith and doctrine, a right secured by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, federal Title VII employment law, and the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” Read more here.

MONEY IS DRIVING MEDICINE’S EMBRACE OF CHILD TRANSGENDERISM, by Stanley Goldfarb and Roy Eappen. “Before his debate with Governor Tim Walz, Republican vice-presidential nominee Senator J. D. Vance slammed his Democratic counterpart for making Minnesota a ‘trans refuge’ for children. Vance is right to highlight the medical and moral monstrosity of an establishment that encourages young boys and girls who feel that they must change their gender. But it’s also true that massive amounts of money are at stake. Medical providers stand to earn a windfall from children’s gender-transition procedures, which helps explain why the industry has endorsed the most aggressive treatments for gender dysphoria.” Read more here.

IN SCOTLAND, ABORTION ACCESS MAY SUPERSEDE YOUR RIGHT TO PRAY IN YOUR HOME, by Beege Welborn. “Hey, how about that creeping state fascism thing in socialist-leaning ‘democratic’ countries? Here you thought having your knuckles rapped for misgendering someone was outrageous. … The SNP government has warned that praying at home may be illegal under new Scottish abortion laws. People living within these areas have been cautioned that they may violate the Abortion Services Act (Scotland) 2024 if they engage in any behaviour that could ‘harass, alarm, or distress’ clinic staff or patients.” Read more here.

COLORADO’S ATTEMPT TO ENSHRINE UNLIMITED ABORTION, by Bradley N. Kehr and Danielle G. Pimentel. “Unlike citizens of other states facing abortion ballot initiatives, Coloradans are being asked to declare not only that the state may not discriminate against the termination of a human life in the womb, but that every Coloradan must pay to extinguish that life with their tax dollars. Further, the Amendment also declares that a person’s decision to terminate a human life in the womb rises to the level of a protected class – meaning any action by the state, such as ensuring a woman is fully informed about the procedure or crafting health and safety requirements for abortion facilities, would be an act of discrimination.’’ Read more here.

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