Family Watch Newswire

April 11, 2025

SEN. BANKS’ NEWEST BILL IS GOING TO MAKE THE ABORTION INDUSTRY MELT DOWN. Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) has introduced a bill known as the Abortion Funding Awareness Act of 2025, which would “require States to report information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers.” Read more here.

AFTER BANNING ABORTIONS, TEXAS LAWMAKERS APPROVE FUNDING TO HELP PREGNANT MOMS. Texas lawmakers have given preliminary approval of $210 million in support of pregnant moms, through the full funding of adoption agencies, pregnancy centers and maternity homes. Read more here.

IDAHO AG URGED TO DISMISS PRO-ABORTION GROUP’S COMPLAINTS AGAINST PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY CENTERS. In a formal letter sent to Idaho Attorney General Raúl R. Labrador, Thomas More Society attorneys have requested that Labrador reject baseless consumer protection complaints lodged against two Idaho pregnancy centers by the Washington, D.C.-based Campaign for Accountability. Read more here.

NORTH CAROLINA BILL WOULD BAN ABORTIONS STARTING AT CONCEPTION. North Carolina House Bill 844 aims to protect the lives of thousands of unborn babies if it eventually becomes law. Read more here.

OLYMPICS TO CHAMPION ‘GENDER EQUALITY’ WITH MORE MIXED-GENDER COMPETITION IN 2028 L.A. GAMES. The International Olympic Committee’s Sports Director Kit McConnell told reporters that the 2028 Games in Los Angels will be the true embodiment of gender equality, a marked increase in events where men and women compete together. Read more here.

ENGLISH FOOTBALL CHIEFS WON’T BAN ‘TRANS’ PLAYERS FROM WOMEN’S GAME. Despite calls for an outright ban on ‘trans’ women (i.e., men) in women’s football, the English Football Association now has a formal case-by-case process in place for deciding on whether to exclude them individually. Read more here.

PROFESSOR GETS ANOTHER LARGE GRANT FOR ‘TRANSGENDER VOICE TRAINING’ APP. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders granted Professor Domen “Vesna” Novak $214,998 dollars for fiscal year 2025 to improve “the accessibility of transgender voice training with visual-acoustic feedback.” Read more here.

TWO COLLEGES SAY MALE ATHLETES NO LONGER COMPETING ON WOMEN’S TEAMS AFTER CONTROVERSY. Two private New York colleges recently appeared to be allowing male athletes to compete on their women’s teams despite policy changes and an executive order from President Donald Trump, but both confirmed the players are no longer part of their women’s teams, and they are in compliance with Title IX. Read more here.

AMERICANS DON’T WANT TAX DOLLARS TO PAY FOR TRANSGENDER PROCEDURES, POLL SHOWS. A significant majority, 66 percent of Americans, say federal tax dollars should not go toward “gender transition” procedures such as surgeries, cross-sex hormones, or puberty blockers, according to a new Cygnal poll from the American Principles Project. Read more here.

TRUMP DEFUNDS BLUE STATE AFTER IT PUTS TRANS-IDENTIFYING MAN IN WOMEN’S PRISON. Maine’s insistence on promoting extreme gender ideology has cost it tens of millions of dollars in federal funding, as the Trump administration has withheld taxpayer funds over state policies that endanger women and girls everywhere from prison to the playing field. Read more here.

FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER LOSES JOB AFTER USING STUDENT’S PREFERRED NAME. The Brevard, Florida school district has opted not to renew a high school teacher’s contract after she referred to a student by a name other than their legal name without parental permission. Read more here.

‘SADISTIC’ CANADIAN MURDERER CLAIMING TO BE WOMAN DENIED TRANSFER TO FEMALE PRISON. A Canadian man who butchered his family and now claims to be a woman will not be allowed to transfer to a female prison. Read more here.

ITALY’S TOP COURT SCRAPS ‘MOTHER’ AND ‘FATHER’ ON ID CARDS. Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation has restored the use of ‘parent 1’ and ‘parent 2’ on Italian ID cards because it deemed that calling parents ‘father’ and ‘mother’ is discriminatory against same-sex couples. Read more here.

GOV. JARED POLIS SIGNS BILL REPEALING CONSTITUTIONAL BAN ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN COLORADO. Gov. Jared Polis signed a measure into law that officially repeals a provision in the Colorado constitution stating that marriage is only valid if it is between a man and a woman. Read more here.

NBA, CBS, SPURS SPONSORED LGBTQ YOUTH AND INCLUSION AT THE FINAL FOUR. During the recent NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four in San Antonio, the Sports Equality Foundation and the San Antonio Pride Center joined forces to host the first-ever Final Four Inclusion Clinic for LGBTQ youth and allies, receiving support from the National Basketball Association, San Antonio Spurs and CBS. Read more here.

LIBRARY SYSTEM PARTNERS WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD TO DISPLAY SEX-ED CABINETS. A major public library system in California has teamed up with Planned Parenthood to promote “sexual health resource cabinets” in its libraries, offering – without age restrictions – condoms, pregnancy tests, contraceptives, dental dams, lubricants and graphic sex education materials. Read more here.

VERMONT PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLOSES ANOTHER ABORTION CENTER. Planned Parenthood announced the closure of its clinic in St. Johnsbury, Vermont this coming June, following the closure of four clinics in the state in 2022. Read more here.

KANSAS LEGISLATURE OVERRIDES VETO OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BILL. The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature overwhelmingly voted to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a House bill lifting a ban on religious families from fostering children. Read more here.

BREAKING: EUROPEANS FURIOUS THE US HAS BLOCKED NEW UN DOCUMENT, by Stefano Gennarini. “The U.S. government has blocked the adoption of the final agreement of the just-concluded UN population commission over ‘gender ideology.’ This is seen as a loss for the left at the UN, including the European Union. Traditional countries were grateful. Spencer Chretien, a Trump administration official at the U.S. State Department, expressed frustration that U.S. positions were not incorporated in the final draft. As a result, the Dutch chairman of the commission withdrew the draft agreement from consideration.” Read more here.

UN BIG BERATES PRO-LIFER FOR ‘MISINFORMATION,’ by Rebecca Oas. “The head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) berated a Canadian pro-lifer for her comments on abortion. This happened at an event in conjunction with the just-concluded UN Commission on Population and Development. Pro-life advocate Josie Luetke of Campaign Life Coalition said, ‘If our goal is peace, how can we be perpetuating violence against preborn human beings through abortion, which sometimes involves the dismemberment of human beings in the womb?’ Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, denounced her comment as ‘a very dangerous thing to say,’ adding that she had ‘never heard or seen [dismemberment abortion] happening’ and that it would be ‘the opposite of what my noble profession tries to do, which is to uphold the sanctity of life.’” Read more here.

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 FACTORS DAMAGING SOCIETY BY KILLING MARRIAGE, by Andrea Mrozek and Peter Jon Mitchell. “While recently sharing a meal with a group of Gen Z and Millennial young adults, we discussed whether marriage is still relevant. Marriage was once almost a given, but the pathway to family life is far less straightforward today. Over pasta and salad, our dinner companions raised questions about what women and men want out of relationships and why the prospect for marriage seems so uncertain today. What happened? How did so many developed countries shift away from a culture where young people once confidently said ‘I do?’” Read more here.

ALL OPTIONS OPEN, by Bernard Lane. “On Wednesday, an Australian Family Court judge, Andrew Strum, ruled in the case of ‘Devin,’ who is 12 years old. Living with his mother, the boy had attended an unnamed Children’s Hospital Gender Service (CHGS) for almost four years. Puberty blockers were on the agenda. His father disputed the diagnosis of gender dysphoria or gender incongruence, and opposed any early medicalisation. Justice Strum agreed that Devin was not dysphoric, just exploring gender. He gave orders to prevent the boy being taken to the CHGS, being given puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.” Read more here.

SAN FRANCISCO STATE U. OPENS FAMILY STUDY ROOM FOR PARENTING STUDENTS AND KIDS, by Micaiah Bilger. “A new room at San Francisco State University filled with toys and games for young children and a studying space for their parents is a refreshing example of pro-family values that are too often lacking in academia. The Family Study Room, which opened this spring in the J. Paul Leonard Library, is designed to be a welcoming, supportive space where parenting students can study while their children play, the Golden Gate Express reports. Photos of the colorful room show toys, stuffed animals, children’s books, crayons and coloring pages, a white board and markers, and games, along with adult and children-sized chairs and tables.” Read more here.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THREE MASSIVE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY CASES BEFORE SCOTUS, by Tim Goeglein. “This month could be historic for the future of religious liberty in America as the Supreme Court will be hearing three important cases this month. The first case, which was heard earlier this month, deals with whether a Catholic social service charity in Wisconsin is eligible to receive a tax exemption like other faith-based non-profit organizations. … The second case concerns the constitutionality of whether or not a Catholic charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma.” Read more here.

THE DAY I FELL ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF ABORTION, by Tammy De Armas. “April is Abortion Recovery Awareness Month. The goal is to provide healing and support to people who have had an abortion and to educate the public on the negative impact of abortion. The moral, emotional and physical injuries sustained as the result of an abortion can last a lifetime, and healing is necessary. I can write that statement as part of my lived experience. … In my second year of college, I found myself in an unplanned pregnancy. Seeing the positive confirmation on the pregnancy test triggered my ‘survival mode’ response I had learned years earlier. What was I going to do?” Read more here.

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