California grandmother aims for 10,000 signatures on petition against second-trimester abortions

Waldorf runs a local chapter of 40 Days for Life, a nationwide effort aimed at praying for women seeking abortions and for their children, usually in front of abortion clinics during Lent. She says she wants women to have “true choice.” “If the mindset of people is about death, they don’t consider the child — and you have to consider both,” Waldorf said. “They’re not counseling these women. What about giving them true choice?”

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United Methodist Church agency supports legalizing sex-change surgeries for kids

The bill includes a provision calling for the federal government to reaffirm “the right to bodily autonomy and health care for transgender and nonbinary people by … eliminating unnecessary governmental restrictions on the provision of, and access to, gender-affirming medical care and counseling for transgender and nonbinary adults and adolescents.” The bill comes as more than half of states now ban the provision of sex-change surgeries or hormone drugs to minors with gender dysphoria.

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Activists push to sideline religious teaching in Ireland’s church schools

Secular campaigners in Ireland are intensifying efforts to marginalize or remove religious education from the country’s faith-based schools, particularly those with a Catholic ethos. The latest push, led by humanist and secularist groups, calls for making religious instruction optional and replacing it with broadly secular “worldview” or ethics classes that treat Christianity as just one belief system among many.

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IOC bans transgender male athletes from competing in women’s sports

Under the updated guidelines, only athletes who are biologically female will be permitted to compete in women’s events. Self-identification or hormone suppression will no longer qualify male athletes for women’s categories.The IOC stated that the policy is based on scientific evidence regarding biological differences in strength, speed, and muscle mass. The organization acknowledged the need to preserve the integrity of women’s sports and protect female athletes from unfair competition.

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Top golfer withdraws from tournament to await birth of second baby

“My family’s very important to me,” said Horford at the time. “I’m in more of a unique situation because this is our first year [in Boston] and my wife, we all moved in the middle of the pregnancy. And [there is] a lot going on. So I just felt like it was important for me to really be there, supporting her. And we have a son as well. So for her, it’s been a lot thrown at her these past few months.

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