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.

March 9, 2026

CHINA: SEX-SELECTION ABORTIONS RESULT IN 133 BOYS FOR EVERY 100 GIRLS. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China released a startling statistic in its annual report: “Data published this past year showed on average, boy-preference for couples having a third child, with 133 boys born for every 100 girls, across China.” Read more here.

 

TRUMP ADMIN SIDES WITH ABORTION PILL SELLERS AGAINST PRO-LIFE STATES. Late on Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss Missouri v. FDA, doubling down on its claim that pro-life states and women harmed by abortion drugs lack standing and are not suffering ongoing harm from the Food and Drug Administration’s COVlD-era policy of allowing deadly abortion drugs to be sent in the mail. Read more here.

 

TEXAS DEMOCRAT SENATE NOMINEE PLEADED WITH BIDEN FOR ABORTION CENTERS IN EVERY NATIONAL PARK. Texas Democrats have elected James Talarico to be their senatorial nominee, despite the fact that he has claimed that there are “six” biological sexes, argued in favor of “transgender abortions” and males in girls’ sports and pushed for abortion centers on federal lands. Read more here.

 

INDIANA JUDGE RULES THERE’S A RELIGIOUS ‘RIGHT’ TO ABORT BABIES. Marion County Superior Court Judge Christina Klineman issued a permanent injunction against Indiana’s abortion ban, which allows exceptions in cases of rape, incest or “medical emergencies” in the first 10 weeks or fetal anomalies “incompatible with sustained life” up to 20 weeks. Read more here.

 

IRELAND GROUP CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO DEATHS OF 108 BABIES BORN ALIVE AFTER ABORTION. An advocacy group in Ireland is calling for an inquiry into the deaths of 108 babies who were born alive after attempted abortions in Ireland. Read more here.

 

UK POLL FINDS MOST PEOPLE SUPPORT LEGAL PROTECTION FOR UNBORN BABIES. The Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform UK said its “Heartbeat Campaign” surveyed people to gauge public attitudes toward whether babies with a heartbeat should be protected by law, and 62 percent of respondents agreed with the question, “If a baby has a heartbeat, should their life be protected?,” Read more here.

 

WOMAN AND TWO DOCTORS CHARGED WITH MURDERING 36-WEEK BABY LEFT IN FREEZER TO DIE. A South Korean court has charged a young woman and two doctors with murder for the infanticide of a newborn baby delivered at approximately 36 weeks under the guise of an abortion. Read more here.

PREMIER DANIELLE SMITH DEFENDS ALBERTA’S BAN ON TRANSGENDER SURGERY FOR MINORS. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended a law in her province banning transgender surgery for minors, saying the growing consensus from medical professionals is that “experimental drugs on children” and surgery should not be allowed. Read more here.

 

PLANS TO RECRUIT 262 CHILDREN FOR PUBERTY BLOCKER TRIAL PUT ON HOLD AFTER UK HIGH COURT CHALLENGE. A controversial puberty blocker trial for children has been halted after a High Court challenge and amid mounting safety fears. Plans to recruit children as young as 10 into the controversial trial have faced a growing political backlash. Read more here.

UKRAINE’S SUPREME COURT RECOGNIZES HOMOSEXUAL ‘MARRIAGE’ OF DIPLOMAT DESPITE PRO-FAMILY LAWS. The Ukrainian high court cited the European Court of Human Rights in its pro-LGBT ruling, though the country’s laws do not allow homosexual marriage. Read more here.

UK ADOPTION AGENCIES CELEBRATE ‘LGBTQ+ WEEK’ URGING MORE HOMOSEXUALS TO ADOPT CHILDREN. From March 2 to 5, major U.K. adoption agencies sponsored “LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week,” spearheaded by the LGBT group “New Family Social.” The chosen theme was “Now is the time.” Read more here.

 

PIXAR CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER SAYS STUDIO CUT LGBTQ CONTENT FROM ‘ELIO’: ‘WE’RE MAKING A MOVIE, NOT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF THERAPY.’ Pete Docter, Chief Creative Officer for Pixar, sparked backlash online when he said that the studio cut LGBTQ content from the 2025 animated film Elio. Read more here.

PHILADELPHIA PLANNED PARENTHOOD CENTERS AT RISK AFTER FUNDING CUTS. Health care advocates and providers in Philadelphia say low-cost options for routine reproductive and sexual health services are at risk following federal Medicaid cuts aimed at abortion providers. Read more here.

 

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO LAUNCHES STATEWIDE TELEHEALTH MEDICATION ABORTION SERVICES. Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio has launched statewide telehealth medication abortion services, expanding access to abortion for Ohioans across the state. Read more here.

NEW JERSEY COLLEGE REVISES POLICY AFTER IT BANNED FUNDS TO CHRISTIAN CLUB. Atlantic Cape Community College recently changed a student club policy that banned funding for religious and political groups after a legal organization called it a violation of students’ First Amendment rights. Read more here.

ILLINOIS CONGRESSWOMAN AIMS TO DEFUND EXPLICIT CONTENT IN SCHOOLS. Rep. Mary Miller, Rep-Ill., has introduced a bill, titled “Stop Sexualization of Children Act,” to prohibit federal dollars from funding sexually explicit content and conduct or themes of transgenderism and gender dysphoria in schools. Read more here.

UNIVERSITY OF AZ PARTNERS WITH ACTIVIST GROUP TO DISTRIBUTE ‘SEXUAL HEALTH EMERGENCY KITS’ IN RESPONSE TO ‘CLIMATE CHANGE.’ The Center for Biological Diversity, which is dedicated to “the protection of endangered species and wild places,” provided the kits, which include items such as emergency contraception. Read more here.

WHY TRADITIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY IS FAILING TODAY’S GENDER-CONFUSED TEENS, by Joseph Burgo, PhD. “Thanks in large part to Dr. Anna Hutchinson speaking and writing extensively about her experience at the Tavistock’s GIDS, we know how difficult if not impossible it can be to maintain and pursue an open-minded, questioning approach to trans-identified clients within an institute devoted to gender ideology. One remedy, she notes, is for psychologists to move into private practice to escape institutional environments that discourage traditional psychotherapeutic approaches. Such a move might offer relief from institutes captured by gender ideology, but psychotherapists can’t escape a society saturated in the same belief system.” Read more here.

 

UK DISMANTLES THE DUTCH PROTOCOL, by Bernard Lane. “The National Health Service (NHS) has announced it will pause new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for minors, the BBC has reported. A small number of teenagers would be affected, according to the NHS. Activist group TransLucent said it would consider litigation against the decision. After the 2024 Cass review highlighted the very weak evidence base, the NHS was told to take ‘extreme caution’ before giving 16 and 17-year-olds hormones; under-16 prescribing was not allowed.” Read more here.

 

THE TRANSGENDER NARRATIVE FALLS APART WHEN REASONABLE PEOPLE RESIST THE PROPAGANDA, by Jonathon Van Maren. “In a recent interview with Hollywood actor and stuntman Steve-O, podcaster Joe Rogan delivered a masterclass in de-radicalization. Steve-O asserted, clearly thinking that Rogan would agree with him, that trans-identifying people are persecuted in the United States. In only five minutes, Rogan destroyed every one of his arguments with counter-evidence – and a stunned Steve-O appeared to change his mind.” Read more here.

 

BOY SCOUTS’ CURRENT PREDICAMENT IS MORE THAN A FUNDING DISPUTE, by Mark Hancock. “The Pentagon’s recent warning to Scouting America (formerly known as Boy Scouts of America) — cut certain diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives or risk losing federal support — has placed the organization in an unenviable position. Comply, and it alienates one constituency. Refuse, and it risks funding at a time when membership and finances are already under strain.” Read more here.

 

COLORADO’S UNPRECEDENTED PROSTITUTION PROPOSAL THREATENS MAIN STREET AMERICA, by Erin Lee. “The state of Colorado has officially taken the lead in the race among radically progressive states to introduce legislation that would decriminalize prostitution statewide. This proposal is unprecedented. No state has ever attempted full statewide decriminalization. Just as Colorado was the first to legalize the sale of marijuana — ushering in significant cultural and social consequences — our state is once again attempting to make history by normalizing another form of moral decline.” Read more here.