Reverend Howard Moody founded the Clergy Consultation Service before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide. This enormous network of ministers, pastors, and rabbis (over 2000 at one point) helped pregnant people get abortions.

Afertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, was the apparent target of a car bomb on Saturday.

The FBI identified Guy Edward Bartkus, who was killed in the explosion, as the suspect in the attack.

Lawmakers in the Scottish Parliament passed the initial vote of a bill that would legalize assisted suicide. The legislation must pass two more votes before it can become law. The Assisted Dying for Terminal Adults (Scotland) Bill would allow adults who are considered terminally ill to request assisted suicide. They must first gain approval from two physicians, who can certify that they are considered mentally stable to make such a request. Unlike similar legislation elsewhere, the bill does not have a time limit for the terminal diagnosis; instead, it must only be considered “advanced and progressive.”

The Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, was, according to British historian Andrew Roberts, “one of the largest terror attacks in history,” leaving 1182 dead and more than four thousand wounded. Civilians were targeted with precision: Children were shot in front of their parents, women raped, elderly set on fire, young and old shot or hacked to death. There were gang rapes and sexual mutilation of both living and dead. Two hundred and fifty-one hostages were taken.