Family Watch Newswire

November 18, 2024

NEW ZEALAND STOPS PRO-LIFE DOCTORS FROM SAVING BABIES FROM ABORTIONS. The New Zealand Ministry of Health released a statement earlier this year warning against the use of progesterone to reverse chemical abortions, stating it “does not support of recognize” abortion pill reversal, and calling it an “unsafe and scientifically unsupported practice.” Read more here.

BISHOP SLAMS ONE-SIDED ABORTION PANEL SET TO REVIEW LAW IN SCOTLAND. Bishop John Keenan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley has condemned a “supposedly independent abortion law review” into Scotland’s abortion law for excluding all pro-life representation. Read more here.

QUEBEC PRO-LIFE GROUP CHALLENGES ABORTION CLINIC BUFFER ZONE LAW IN PROVINCIAL COURT. A Canadian pro-life group was in court for the past few days testifying before a judge in a constitutional challenge to a provincial law that bans protests in front of abortion clinics, arguing the ban is a violation of their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Read more here.

NEW STATS SHOW OREGON ABORTION CLINICS KILLED 225 VIABLE BABIES IN LATE-TERM ABORTIONS. Recently public figures announced by the Oregon Health Authority indicate that overall abortions increased statewide, the number of women traveling to Oregon from other states for abortions rose dramatically and more than two and a half times the number of abortions performed at or after 23 weeks took place in 2023 when compared with 2022. Read more here.

PRO-LIFE TEEN FIGHTS FOR FREE SPEECH RIGHTS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL SHUTS DOWN HIS PRO-LIFE CLUB. Diego Salinas, a senior at Sonia Sotomayor High School in San Antonio, Texas, continues to fight for his First Amendment rights after his school unfairly shut down his pro-life club after the organization began gaining traction and garnering backlash in the school community. Read more here.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY REFERS TO DADS AS ‘NON-BIRTHING PARENTS.’ The father of a U.S. Air Force cadet reported that the Air Force Academy’s official forms refer to him as the cadet’s “non-birthing parent.” Read more here.

FEDERAL APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS INDIANA LAW THAT BANS TRANSGENDER TREATMENT ON GENDER-CONFUSED KIDS. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the law does not violate the Constitutional rights of transgender children or their parents. Read more here.

FRENCH JOURNALIST UNDER FIRE FROM ALGERIAN OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BOXER IMANE KHELIF FOR LEAKING DOCS REVEALING MALE SEX. Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, of Algeria, has threatened to sue a French journalist who published unconfirmed medical records claiming Khelif is a biological male. Read more here.

JK ROWLING PUSHES BACK ON JOHN OLIVER’S CLAIM THERE’S ‘NO EVIDENCE’ TRANS ATHLETES THREATEN GIRLS. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling responded to “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver’s recent tirade against those opposing trans inclusion in women’s sports, by saying that males have physical advantages that are as plain as day. Read more here.

PSAKI: MEN PLAYING IN GIRLS’ SPORTS ARE NO ‘THREAT TO SAFETY OR FAIRNESS.’ MSNBC host Jen Psaki claimed during an interview that men pretending to be women playing in sports against girls is not an “issue” while later admitting that it does happen and claiming that there is no “threat to safety or fairness.” Read more here.

NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO WANT TO OUTLAW ‘CHILD SEX CHANGES’ SPIKES. Almost three-fourths of U.S. voters say it should be illegal to subject children to transgender medical interventions, an increase of 10 points since August, according to a new poll by Napolitan News Service. Read more here.

CALIFORNIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL DROPS OUT OF CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS MATCH AGAINST TEAM WITH TRANS-IDENTIFIED MALE PLAYER. Stone Ridge Christian School’s girls’ volleyball team advanced to the California Interscholastic Federation State Girls Volleyball Championship regional semifinals but then forfeited its match against San Francisco Waldorf, a school that has previously come under controversy for allowing trans-identified male players to compete with the girls. Read more here.

VANUATU PARLIAMENT AMENDS MARRIAGE ACT TO BAN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. Vanuatu’s parliament has passed an amendment to its Marriage Act stating marriage is the union of a male and female. Minister of Internal Affairs Andrew Napuat said that marriage is defined in the country’s constitution as being between a male and a female. Read more here.

KYIVANS ASKING CITY TO CANCEL THIS YEAR’S LGBT PARADE. Kyiv residents appealed to the city authorities to cancel the announced LGBT parade due to their support of traditional family values. Read more here.

TRUMP VICTORY SPARKS INCREASED DEMAND FOR ABORTION DRUGS. EXPERT WARNS IT MAY NOT JUST BE WOMEN. Planned Parenthood announced that the number of scheduled vasectomy appointments has increased by 1,200 percent, with a 760 percent rise for IUD appointments, over fear that the incoming Trump Administration will put an end to the mailing of abortion drugs. Read more here.

COLORADO COUNSELOR ASKS U.S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR HER FREE SPEECH CASE. A licensed professional counselor in Colorado is being prevented by state law from free speech conversation with clients under age 18 that “attempts or purports to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.” Read more here.

PARENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN’T OPT OUT OF ‘SEXUALITY,’ ‘GENDER IDENTITY’ LESSONS. Some Massachusetts elementary schools are observing “Transgender Awareness Week” in a district that bars parents from opting their children out of lessons about gender identity and sexuality. Children can be opted out from sex education lessons, but not lessons where themes of “sexuality, gender identity, or sexual orientation” are “embedded in the course material or instructional lesson but not the course’s primary subject.” Read more here.

ARIZONA MANDATES LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CHILD SEX TRAFFICKERS. Arizona voters recently approved a ballot measure that will mandate life imprisonment for anyone convicted of child sex trafficking in the state, without the possibility of parole. Read more here.

RAPE AND SUICIDE RATES INCREASE WITH RELIGIOUS ‘NONES,’ GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH SHOWS. Sociologist Philip Truscott’s study “Rape, Suicide, and the Rise of Religious Nones” showed a clear correlation between increases in the rate of Americans identifying as religious “nones” and rape and suicide rates. Read more here.

DOCTORS PERFORMING TRANS EXPERIMENTS SHOULD PREPARE TO BE SUED IN TEXAS AND ELSEWHERE, by Ashley Bateman. “In Texas, cases are mounting against physicians who broke state law by prescribing puberty blockers and hormones to minors under the guise of ‘gender affirming care.’ On Oct. 17, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Dr. May Lau, a pediatrician and professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The suit claims that Lau treated 21 children with hormone blockers after the practice became illegal in the state and then ‘falsified’ medical and billing records and prescriptions to manipulate the appearance of the care she provided.” Read more here.

WASHINGTON D.C. ABORTION CLINIC THAT KILLS BABIES IN ABORTIONS UP TO BIRTH MAY CLOSE SOON, by Ben Johnson. “Among the constituencies that views itself as hardest hit by the 2024 presidential election is the abortion industry, especially those who carry out late-term abortions. But a fascinating, pre-election article in a liberal news outlet shows independent abortion facilities face their greatest economic squeeze, not from the incoming Trump administration, but from competitors in the abortion industry.” Read more here.

SOON, A MAJORITY OF OLDER ADULTS WILL HAVE NO GRANDCHILDREN BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN ARE REFUSING TO HAVE KIDS, by Grace Porto. “An article in the New York Times outlined the hidden pain of parents who will never become grandparents, due to the choices of their children. Journalist Catherine Pearson wrote, ‘A growing number of Americans are choosing not to have children. Their parents are grappling with what that means for them.’ Pearson stated that in 2014, 60% of adults 50 and older had at least one grandchild. In 2021, that rate fell to slightly over 50%. The author added that many adults in the United States are not having children, and one of the top reasons is that ‘they just don’t want to.’” Read more here.

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