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As the Family Goes, So Goes the State

Marriage is a much more reliable guarantee of financial security and freedom from poverty for families than a few thousand dollars from Uncle Sam. And a clear recognition of what strong families contribute to society is reflected in Utah policymaking during the 2024 legislative session.

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500 British Doctors and Nurses Sign Letter Opposing Abortion

A group of nearly 500 medical professionals have signed a letter warning MPs that the amendment poses “serious risks” to women’s health. “Quite aside from the increased number of viable babies’ lives being ended beyond the 24-week time limit”, the letter states, “there would likely be a significant increase in such complications as it would remove any legal deterrent against women performing their own abortions late in pregnancy.

“We believe a legal deterrent remains important.”

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Thailand to reopen international surrogacy market

Thailand is planning to reverse course and legalise surrogacy for foreigners, nine years after it banned it. “If the bill passes, it will be the first of its kind in the world,” said Arkhom Praditsuwan, deputy director-general of Health Service Support Department. “Foreigners are paying special attention to this issue. When this is liberalised, the health economy should be quite active.”

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Texas fire dept. chaplain sues after he was dismissed for opposing men in women’s sports

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a former volunteer chaplain of the Austin Fire Department, Dr. Andrew Fox, filed a motion Tuesday asking a federal court to protect his free speech and religious freedom after city officials fired him for sharing his religious views on his personal blog.

Fox is an ordained minister who helped start Austin’s fire chaplaincy program and served as the city’s lead chaplain – a volunteer position – for eight years. After sharing on his personal blog the fact that men and women are biologically different and his view that men should not compete on women’s sports teams, city officials demanded that Fox apologize, and then they proceeded to fire him.

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