Pro-Lifers, Religious Liberty Advocates Sound Alarm Over Biden HHS Pick Xavier Becerra
Dec 9, 2020
Pro-life leaders have warned against Joe Biden’s “aggressively pro-abortion” pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has a long track record in taking legal action against pro-life organizations.
LGBT Group Urges Biden to Revoke Accreditation of Christian Schools and Colleges
Dec 3, 2020
A major LGBTQ+ advocacy group is urging the potential Biden administration to sign an executive order to revoke the accreditation of any Christian college or school that does not have a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Supreme Court Blocks Covid-19 Restrictions on Religious Services in New York
Dec 2, 2020
In a 5-4 ruling, the US Supreme Court sided with religious organizations in New York stating that the Covid-19 restrictions put in place by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that limited the number of people attending religious services are unconstitutional.
Christian-Owned Funeral Home Pays $250K in Settlement Over Transgender Employee Firing
Dec 1, 2020
A Christian-owned funeral home in Michigan has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a legal dispute with a now-deceased transgender employee who was at the heart of a landmark US Supreme Court this summer. The Court ruled that the word “sex” in Title VII of the U.S. Code prohibited more than discrimination based on biological sex and now included subjective psychological understandings of that term.
Federal Appeals Court Ruling on Ban for Certain Abortions Is Very Limited
Nov 27, 2020
Some pro-life activists got overly excited about a 2-1 decision last Friday by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversing the federal district court’s ordering prohibiting enforcement of that part of the Tennessee’s new abortion law banning abortions “because of” an unborn child’s sex or ethnicity or the presence of Downs Syndrome. The District Court’s follow-up order on Tuesday should not generate much excitement either if actually preventing an abortion is the goal.
Federal Court Rules Ban on Therapy for Same-Sex Attractions and Gender Identity Unconstitutional
Nov 26, 2020
On Friday, a federal appeals court in Florida ruled against a local law banning so-called “conversion therapy,”, saying it violated the First Amendment.
Fifth Circuit Rules Women Cannot Sue Texas for Disqualifying Planned Parenthood from Medicaid Program
Nov 25, 2020
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided with state officials and held individual clients of various Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas had no legal standing to bring a claim for violation of their civil rights because Texas determined that the clinics were “not qualified to provide medical services in a professionally competent, safe, legal[,] and ethical manner under the relevant provisions of state and federal law pertaining to Medicaid providers.”
Target removes book critical of gender-transitioning girls, later apologizes following public outcry
Nov 20, 2020
Abigail Shrier’s book that documents instances of transgender individuals who have come to regret their transition and warns against long-lasting effects in kids was temporarily taken off Target shelves after a couple of Twitter activists' tweets.
Pro-life groups sue DC for arresting students chalking on public sidewalks, allowing BLM chalking
Nov 19, 2020
On Wednesday, Students for Life of America and the Frederick Douglass Foundation filed a lawsuit in federal court after the city of Washington, D.C., refused to grant permission for the two groups to paint a pro-life message on a city street shortly after allowing the painting of Black Lives Matters messages on a different street.
Arkansas Legislators File Bill to Ban All Abortions Unless Mother’s Health Is At Risk
Nov 18, 2020
Republican State Senators Jason Rapert and Mary Bentley filed a bill on Wednesday that would make abortion illegal in Arkansas except in cases where the mother’s life is directly at stake.
