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PRO-LIFE AMERICANS WILL MOURN 66 MILLION BABIES KILLED IN ABORTIONS. On the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children set for Sept. 13, pro-life advocates across the United States will gather to honor the estimated 66 million unborn children lost to abortion since its nationwide legalization in 1973. Read more here.
SISTERS OF LIFE LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE TO HELP PREGNANT WOMEN REJECT ABORTION. The Sisters of Life unveiled their new website “Vis,” which offers spiritual and emotional counseling to women facing crisis pregnancies, as well as practical resources and personal advocacy. Read more here.
PRO-LIFE GROUP CALLS ON SMITHSONIAN TO REMOVE MARGARET SANGER STATUE. A pro-life advocacy group is urging the Smithsonian Institution to remove a statue of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, from its National Portrait Gallery, citing her history as an avowed eugenicist and racist. Read more here.
HOUSTON MIDWIFE ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL ABORTIONS FACES 15 FELONY CHARGES. Maria Rojas, a Texas midwife arrested in March for committing illegal abortions, has officially been indicted on 15 felony charges, including three counts of performing an abortion and 12 counts of practicing medicine without a license. Read more here.
JUDGE BLOCKS WHITE HOUSE SUBPOENA OF TRANS KIDS’ RECORDS FROM BOSTON HOSPITAL. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to subpoena medical records of transgender patients who received gender care at Boston Children’s Hospital, claiming the subpoena served by the U.S. Department of Justice was improper and “motivated only by bad faith.” Read more here.
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACE MASSIVE BUDGET SHORTFALL AMID ENROLLMENT COLLAPSE, WOKE GENDER LESSONS. Seattle Public Schools are facing mounting challenges as student enrollment continues to fall and financial shortfalls persist amidst state gender ideology requirements for children as young as kindergarten. Read more here.
TRANS-IDENTIFIED MALE CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRANSFERRED TO MINNESOTA WOMEN’S PRISON, ASSAULTS FEMALE INMATE. Nathan Jones, a man with multiple convictions for domestic assault, has been quietly transferred into a women’s prison in Minnesota, where he has been accused of attacking a female inmate. Read more here.
ACLU TRIES TO STOP ITS OWN TRANSGENDER ATHLETE SUPREME COURT CASE. The ACLU now wants to end its own challenge to an Idaho law that prohibits gender-confused males from competing in women’s sports at the college level. The case of Hecox v. Little, concerns a male named “Lindsay” Hecox who wanted to run cross country for Boise State University’s women’s cross-country team even though he is a man. Read more here.
JESUIT UNIVERSITY TRAINS STUDENTS AT TRANSGENDER CENTER THAT INDOCTRINATES 5-YEAR-OLDS. A graduate student whistleblower has revealed that Santa Clara University sends students to intern at a local “gender-affirming care” center that offers “transitioning” services to children as young as five-years-old. Read more here.
HONG KONG LAWMAKERS VETO BILL ON SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIPS. Hong Kong’s Legislative Council vetoed a bill that would have allowed limited legal rights for same-sex couples who had registered their marriage or relationship overseas, drawing criticism from homosexual rights groups. Read more here.
DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD TO BAN LGBT FLAGS AFTER LEGAL BATTLE. Hamtramck, Michigan can legally prohibit the display of the LGBT flag, a federal judge ruled, allowing the city to ban any “religious, ethnic, racial, political, or sexual orientation group flags” from being flown on public property. Read more here.
RESEARCH ON UK LGBT PUPILS REMOVED FROM EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. Research into the experiences of LGBT pupils had been commissioned by the British Department of Education in 2015, but now that information has been removed from its website. Read more here.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FAILS HEALTH INSPECTIONS, STAFF DIDN’T CLEAN DIRTY EQUIPMENT FOR MONTHS. A summary of health code violations at Planned Parenthood facilities in New Haven, Connecticut include improperly sterilized instruments, expired medications being used on patients and a failure to sterilize instruments. Read more here.
VERMONT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BACK IN THE GAME AFTER COURT TRIUMPH. In a victory for religious schools, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled that Vermont must allow a Christian school to participate in the state’s athletic association. Read more here.
UN EXPERT: VILIFICATION OF PARENTS PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM ‘GENDER TRANSITION’ IS ‘DISTURBING.’ The UN Expert on Violence Against Women and Girls, Reem Alsalem, has issued a moving appeal to governments to end the vilification of parents who protect their children from “gender transition” procedures. Read more here.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PUSHES STATES TO CUT LGBTQ+ TOPICS FROM SEX ED. President Donald Trump’s administration has told 40 states to eliminate gender ideology lessons that focus on LGBTQ+ issues from federally funded sexual education materials or they will lose funding. Read more here.
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL BONDI ORDERS DOJ TO MONITOR PARENTAL RIGHT VIOLATIONS. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she has directed the Justice Department to monitor potential violations of parental rights and First Amendment liberties in educational settings. Read more here.
GERMANY’S SPD MOVES TO AXE MARRIAGE-FRIENDLY TAX POLICY. Germany’s Social Democratic Party is renewing its attack on the traditional family, calling for the abolition of a long-standing tax benefit for married couples under the pretext of fixing the country’s growing budget deficit. Read more here.
TRANSGENDER OFFENDER THREATENED TO RAPE GIRLS IN BATHROOMS, SHOOT SCHOOLS, BOMB CHURCHES, by Tyler O’Neil. “What if I told you a man who identifies as a ‘transgender woman’ threatened to victimize girls in girls’ bathrooms, shoot up schools, and bomb churches? Would that make you more likely to support efforts to investigate whether some people who identify as transgender pose a terrorist threat?” Read more here.
ALABAMA’S BATTLE OVER GENDER IDEOLOGY IN SCHOOLS REFLECTS NATIONAL PUSH FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM, by Sarah Holliday. “Alabama Representative Mack Butler (R) is steadfast in his mission to refocus public schools on core academic subjects — as opposed to LGBT ideology. During the last legislative session, Butler sponsored House Bill 244, which aimed to ‘prohibit classroom instruction’ in public schools ‘related to gender identity or sexual orientation.’ The bill also sought to ban education employees from displaying specific flags and insignia or referring to students by pronouns inconsistent with their biological sex.’” Read more here.
JUST SAY NO, by Bernard Lane. “Physicians must have the courage to defend minors from experimental ‘gender-affirming’ interventions and insist on their own legal right to refuse to take part in ‘medically irresponsible treatment,’ according to an editorial in the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. Signed by a group of nine doctors, the September 1 editorial also argues that compulsory school material in Norway may present gender identity as a simple, safe and reversible choice, thereby contributing to the unprecedented spike in teenage girls referred for irreversible hormonal treatment.” Read more here.
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