Rule of Law Life Act Rolled Until Next Week
Mar 13, 2020
On Tuesday, March 10, the House Public Health Subcommittee was to discuss the Rule of Law Life Act, HB 1962 (companion bill is SB 1780), which was originally 14th on the list of 24 bills, but shortly before noon, the bill got rolled to next week’s committee meeting.
Listen to FACT President Argue in Grant v. Anderson Marriage Licensing Case
Mar 13, 2020
Now you can listen to FACT President David Fowler act as general counsel for the Constitutional Government Defense Fund before a panel of three judges during George Grant et al. v. Elaine Anderson at the Tennessee Court of Appeals for the Middle Section on February 4, 2020.
California Bill Calls for Gender-Neutral Retail Departments
Mar 13, 2020
California Assemblyman Evan Low, a Democrat, wants to fine retail stores with at least 500 employees $1,000 for having separate boys and girls departments for childcare articles, clothing, and toys through newly introduced bill AB 2826.
SCOTUS Weighing Louisiana’s Landmark Abortion Case
Mar 13, 2020
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what some say is the most important abortion case since 2016’s Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. The case is June Medical Services v. Russo concerning a Louisiana law similar but not identical to a Texas law that the Court held unconstitutional.
Hallmark Reairs Movieguide Awards to Include Unplanned Movie
Mar 13, 2020
Earlier this week, Hallmark Drama channel rebroadcast the Movieguide Awards after the first airing removed all references to the movie Unplanned, a film about former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson’s journey to becoming a pro-life advocate.
Rule of Law Life Act Temporarily Stalls in Senate
Mar 6, 2020
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to address both Governor Bill Lee’s abortion bill (SB 2196) and Senator Janice Bowling’s Rule of Law Life Act (SB 1780), as well as Senator Mark Pody’s SB 1236, which is expected to be amended to contain that same language as SB 1780.
Tornado Rips Through Downtown Nashville
Mar 6, 2020
Late Monday night and into early Tuesday morning, areas in and surrounding Nashville experienced a wrenching EF-3 tornado that took the lives of at least 25 people and damaged more than 40 buildings. Areas most affected were Davidson County, Putnam County, Benton County, and Wilson County.
Babies in the Womb May Feel Pain Earlier Than We Thought
Mar 6, 2020
Many pro-life laws modeled after the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act assert that babies in the womb only feel pain after week 20 of gestation, but new scientific evidence suggests that it could be earlier.
‘Transgender’ Science Teacher Campaigns to Use Female School Restrooms
Mar 6, 2020
Transgender “woman” Mark “Vince” Busenbark (“Vica Steel”), a science teacher, is garnering support from the LGBT community through an open letter in Our Lives newsletter to use restrooms at the school where he teaches that he contends are used by both female faculty and female students.
North Carolina School Survey Asks 6th-Graders About Gender Identity
Mar 6, 2020
New gender identity questions on an annual student survey for 6th- through 12th-graders distributed by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg public school system in North Carolina made so many parents mad, the school system had to pull the three offending questions off the survey.
