Family Watch Newswire

April 16, 2025

IDAHO AG HAILS PRO-LIFE WIN. Judge Jason Scott of Idaho’s 4th Judicial District Court held that there was no expansive right to an abortion under the state’s constitution while acknowledging the state’s two exemptions to the general ban on the procedure. Read more here.

ABORTION TRAVEL DECREASED 9 PERCENT IN 2024 BUT OVERALL ABORTIONS INCREASED 1 PERCENT: GUTTMACHER DATA. In 2024, approximately 155,000 people crossed state lines for an abortion, representing 15 percent of all abortions provided in states without total bans, with Illinois, North Carolina, Kansas and New Mexico the largest destinations for abortion travel. Read more here.

PASTORS HOLD CEREMONY TO ‘BLESS’ ABORTION CLINIC. In a move that has sparked outrage among pro-life advocates, a group of religious leaders, led by the Rev. Katey Zeh, conducted a blessing ceremony at the Women’s Health Center of Maryland, an abortion clinic in a small Appalachian town. Read more here.

SECRETIVE ABORTION PILL MANUFACTURER FORCED TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW. Danco Laboratories, the company in charge of the manufacturing and distribution of the abortion pill in the United States, must now comply with federal law by publishing the manufacturing country of origin on its packaging. Read more here.

ILLINOIS COURT RULES CITY ERRED LETTING ABORTION BUSINESS OPEN IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. The Illinois Appellate Court for the Fourth District delivered a unanimous ruling holding that Rockford, Illinois officials and a lower court both erred in allowing an abortion facility to operate in a residential neighborhood as a “home business.” Read more here.

UK SUPREME COURT RULES ‘WOMEN’ ARE BIOLOGICALLY FEMALE. The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled that “women” as a protected category under the Equality Act must be biologically female, and it unanimously ruled that “the terms ‘‘women’’ and ‘‘sex’’ in the Equality Act 2010 refer to “a biological woman and biological sex,” disqualifying transgender-identifying people from being included in the legal category. Read more here.

HUNGARY AMENDS CONSTITUTION TO SAY PEOPLE ARE EITHER A ‘MAN OR WOMAN.’ The government of Hungary has officially recognized in an amendment to the nation’s constitution that scientifically, there are only two genders. The 15th amendment to the Hungarian constitution was overwhelmingly ratified by Budapest’s Országgyűlés parliament this week by a margin of 140-21. Read more here.

FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS PARENTS FROM WEARING ‘XX’ WRISTBANDS AT TRANSGENDER ATHLETE’S GAMES. A federal judge in New Hampshire is siding with a local school district in preventing parents from wearing armbands on school property in support of biological girls-only sports. Read more here.

EL SALVADOR PRES. BUKELE: IT’S ‘VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’ TO ALLOW TRANSGENDER COMPETITORS. Allowing biological males to compete against women – especially in violent sports like boxing – is “violence against women,” El Salvador President Nayib Bukele told U.S. President Donald Trump during an Oval Office meeting. Read more here.

TRUMP LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO COLLEGES OVER TRANSGENDER FENCING SCANDAL. A special administration task force formed by President Donald Trump has launched investigations into the University of Maryland and Wagner College after they failed to protect a female athlete penalized for refusing to compete against a male who identifies as a female. Read more here.

TRUMP APPOINTEE SAVES MILLIONS BY CUTTING FUNDING FOR CHILD ‘SEX CHANGES.’ The Trump administration’s decision to prohibit Medicaid coverage of child “sex change” procedures will save taxpayers at least $18.5 million. Read more here.

TRANS-IDENTIFIED MALE SOCCER PLAYERS TAKE WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER TO COURT FOR ‘MISGENDERING.’ Kirralie Smith, an Australian women’s rights campaigner who has been raising awareness over the participation of trans-identified male athletes in women’s football leagues, is facing two criminal accusations of “misgendering.” Read more here.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SUES MAINE OVER TRANSGENDER ATHLETES IN GIRLS SPORTS. The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Maine for not complying with the government’s push to ban transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports, escalating a dispute over whether the state is abiding by a federal law that bars discrimination in education based on sex. Read more here.

PRIEST PUSHING ‘PRIDE’ FLAGS IN SCHOOLS ADVOCATED FOR TRANSGENDERISM, ACTIVIST SAYS. Father Toby Collins, an Ontario priest and advocate of transgenderism, is planning to advocate in favor of LGBT pride flags in schools in direct opposition to Catholic teaching. Read more here.

DETRANSITIONER TESTIFIES SHE WAS ONLY 16 WHEN PLANNED PARENTHOOD GAVE HER TESTOSTERONE. During a public hearing of the Connecticut Judiciary Committee, Elle Palmer, a female who at one point was prescribed testosterone in an attempt to present as male, testified against House Bill 7135, a bill that would protect medical professionals from liability when they give cross-sex hormones to patients. Read more here.

‘EQUITABLE’ SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILLS CONSIDERED IN PHILIPPINES. The Commission on Human Rights wants amendments on bills on civil partnerships of couples belonging to the LGBTQ+ community. Read more here.

INDIANA U. PROFESSOR STUDIES LGBT CAREGIVERS OF DEMENTIA PATIENTS WITH NIH FUNDS. The “unique needs of sexual and gender minorities” who care for individuals with Alzheimer’s and dementia is the subject of an ongoing, $262,000 project funded by the National Institutes of Health. Read more here.

ARKANSAS TO ALLOW CHRISTIAN ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE GROUPS TO BYPASS SAME-SEX HOMES. An Arkansas bill prohibiting state officials from forcing faith-based adoption and foster care organizations from placing children in homes that go against an agency’s religious or moral beliefs was signed into law by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Read more here.

MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS REFUSE TO LET MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OPT OUT OF GRAPHIC SEX CLASS. Middle school students in Burlington, Massachusetts were asked in a graphic survey if they’ve ever had sex or used vaginal sex toys and how they describe their sexual orientation, angering parents of the children. Read more here.

WOMEN EXIST. GET OVER IT!, by Jo Bartosch. “The UK Supreme Court has just confirmed what anyone with a grasp on reality has always known: that women are adult human females. In a unanimous and refreshingly rational judgement, the justices in For Women Scotland Ltd vs The Scottish Ministers make clear that the word ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 means exactly what it says – male and female, as determined by biology. It’s a landmark victory for women’s rights, and a resounding humiliation for the Scottish ministers who thought they could rewrite reality.” Read more here.

A SURVEY OF POLISH PARENTS HIGHLIGHTS THE REWARDS AND COSTS OF RAISING KIDS, by Dorota Gizicka, Michał A. Michalski, Krzysztof Szwarc. “Parenting is a multi-dimensional experience that positively affects men and women’s skills, competence, and attitudes in ways that are useful in their work outside the home, according to a report from the Polish think-tank, the Institute for Family and Society Studies. The 2024 report is based on a nationwide representative survey of parents in Poland. … The majority of Polish parents claim that it’s worth being a parent. Nearly three-fourths of parents in our study (72%) claim that the intangible benefits of being a parent outweigh the financial costs of raising children.” Read more here.

MAINE’S TRANSGENDER TUG-OF-WAR WILL BE COMING TO A STATE NEAR YOU, by Nicole Neily. “By pushing its flagrant extremist agenda to the detriment of its predominantly rural, blue-collar residents, Maine’s Democrat majority reveals a deep-seated disrespect for Maine residents and an ideological misalignment with voter preferences, federal guidelines, and the timeless democratic principles that this country was built upon. In the name of bolstering the state’s culture of equity, inclusion, and social justice, Maine Democrats have destroyed these virtues by forcing their progressive redefinition and implementation at the expense of Maine voters — a disturbing trend that is plaguing the country at large in a widespread cultural decline.” Read more here.

DEBRIEF OF THE SUPREME COURT ORAL ARGUMENT IN MEDINA V. PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC, by Carolyn McDonnell. “The Supreme Court in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, heard oral arguments on April 2, 2025. The case centers on whether the Medicaid Act’s ‘any-qualified-provider’ provision grants beneficiaries an enforceable right under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to sue in federal court, following South Carolina’s 2018 defunding of Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid provider. South Carolina and the United States argued the provision lacks explicit rights-creating language, typical of Spending Clause statutes, while Planned Parenthood contended it mandates individual choice of providers, requiring enforceability to prevent state interference.” Read more here.

LETTER: HHS SHOULD DEFUND TOP OB-GYN ORG FOR USING TAX DOLLARS TO ADVANCE RADICAL AGENDA, by Jordan Boyd. “The nation’s largest obstetrician and gynecologist organization receives millions of American tax dollars to aid various government public health initiatives. A new letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, however, suggests that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) does not deserve continued federal funding after it repeatedly used taxpayer money to promote radical gender ideology, abortion until birth, and racist guidelines for doctors.” Read more here.

OUTRAGE ERUPTS AS CBS DOWNPLAYS CHILD SACRIFICE AS ‘CULTURAL PRACTICE,’ by Sarah Arnold.” CBS News is facing backlash for a bizarre attempt to downplay the horrors of ancient child sacrifice, suggesting that the ritual killings practiced by pre-Columbian civilizations were ‘not violent’ but rather a means of ‘connecting with celestial bodies.’ In a shocking display of moral relativism, the outlet framed the gruesome act of child sacrifice not as the barbarism it clearly was but as a ‘culturally significant’ practice—sparking outrage from critics who say this is just the latest example of the corporate media bending over backward to excuse evil in the name of academic spin.” Read more here.

UNIVERSITIES SHOULD EMBRACE THE BENEFITS OF MARRIED AND PARENTING STUDENTS, by Matt Lamb. “Married and parenting students can bring a benefit to universities – and higher ed institutions would be wise to embrace them. While colleges may be rightly concerned with the drop in enrollment from the traditional group of 18-year-olds, fresh out of high school, they should consider reorienting to focus on bringing in older, married students. While there are certainly young married college students, here I am assuming most are older. The Daily Princetonian recently highlighted the struggles of some married students to fit in on Princeton University’s campus. One questioned the need to attend a ‘Safer Sexpo’ event, and when he showed up with his wife, he was excused from attending.” Read more here.

THE LEFT NOW THINKS THAT WOMEN ARE PHYSICALLY STRONGER THAN MEN, by Mark Judge. “If you have a young daughter, here’s some advice. Drive to a remote location and leave her in the woods for a few weeks. She could emerge as the next Olympic athlete — and smoke LeBron James in basketball. That’s the thinking behind The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us about the Power of the Female Body, a forthcoming book by Starre Vartan. It argues that women are actually the psychically stronger sex, but that culture brainwashes them to think they are weak.” Read more here.

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