17 states are challenging new federal rules involving abortion...Tennesse legislature sends bills on abortion and gender treatments involving minors to the governor...and a public school board in Virginia is recognizing the Christmas holiday.
United Methodist delegates pass major constitutional amendment...Arizona House moves abortion law repeal bill foward...and the U-S birth rate fell last year.
Texas Attorney General drops request for Seattle Children’s Hospital to hand over records regarding gender treatments for minors...U-S Supreme Court will arguments tomorrow over Idaho abortion law...and United Methodist General Conference gets
Tensions over Middle East war cancels classes at one university...White House enacts new rule aimed at protecting women who travel for an abortion...and new regulaions including abortion in the Pregnant Workers Fairnes Act.
Israel and Iran both playing down apparent Israeli airstrike in Iran...U-S Education Department issues new Title IX regulation...and Christian singer Mandissa dies at age 47.
FBI concerned about threats to Jewish communities in the U.S. as Passover approaches....Hindu nationalism in the spotlight in upcoming India election...Arizona abortion law still intact...and Florida will now allow chaplains in schools.
Columbia University President testifies at Congressional hearing on anti-semitism...U.N schedules vote on Palestinian statehood...U.N. releases report on sexual and reproductive health worldwide...and a same-sex wedding cake lawsuit is working
Appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban...workers now enttled to time off for abortions under new federal guidelines...and Australia church stabbing declared a terrorist attack.
Israel says it will respond to Iranian attack...15-year-old boy in custody after stabbing a bishop and a priest during a church service in a Sydney, Australia suburb...and Beverly LaHaye dies at age 94.
Arizona Republicans block attempt to cancel abortion law...bipartisan lawmakers introducing bills in Congress to address antisemitism...and Instagram deploying new tools to combat sexual extortion.
Trump and Bident reaction to Arizona abortion law ruling...and legislation making it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent advances in Tennessee.
Idaho teenager charged with attempting to providing materal support to ISIS...Arizona Supreme Court upholds 1864 abortion law... and NAIA announces plan on transgender athletes in women’s sports.
A conference is underway in Italy promoting international treaty to outlaw surrogacy...update on unusual lawsuit challenging Indiana abortion ban...and Canadian doctor facing disciplie over accusations he told patient not to get an abortion for
Iowa Governor signs religious freedom bill...Idaho lawmakers pass bills on gender and library materials...and the Southern Baptist Convention continues to shrink.
Trump to address abortion...Oklahoma Supreme Court weighing publicly-funded religious charter schools... new poll finds most Americans share many core values on what it means to be an American...and popular author says free speech is at an end
Florida Supreme Court abortion rulings... leader of polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport underage girls across state lines...and Pope Francis tells in new book of political “maneuvers” used
Kansas closer to banning transgender treatments for minors...legal battles underway for church building expansions and remodeling in San Diego and the Chicago-area...and Pope Francis presides over Maundy Thursday service.
Gallu poll says religious service attendance has declined...Texas governor order schools to combat anti-semitism...and the health of Pope Francis has apparently improved.
U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in abortion pill case...South Dakota Governor signs first-in-the-nation abortion law...and lawsuit filed over Arkansas ban on critical race theory in public schools.
Palm Sunday in Jerusalem...U.S. Supreme Court takes up abortion case Tuesday...and suit filed by Washington State couple alleging denial of foster-care license renewal because of religious beliefs.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Israeli leaders again...Texas Medical Board meets to formally offer guidance regarding the state's abortion law...and California orders a health care sharing ministry to stop operating in the state
Support for abortion reportedly high among U.S. AAPI population.. Alabama governor signs legislation banning DEI programs at public schools, universities and state agencies...and U.S. Supreme Court declines to take up case involving Catholic pa