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New Idaho law protects adoption, foster care agencies against religious discrimination by state

New Idaho law protects adoption, foster care agencies against religious discrimination by state

Mar 29, 2024 | ,

HB 578 declares that the Idaho Legislature believes children who need new homes “benefit from having as many adoption and foster parent agencies as possible because the more agencies that take part in these services, the greater the likelihood that a child will find a permanent placement,” and that faith-based organizations “have a lengthy and distinguished history of providing adoption and foster care services in this state.”

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The Supreme Court Building Says “Equal Justice Under Law.” That’s What Unborn Babies Deserve

The Supreme Court Building Says “Equal Justice Under Law.” That’s What Unborn Babies Deserve

Mar 29, 2024 |

My wife and I were asked to speak at the Women’s Health Matters rally in the same spot before a building whose facade proclaims: Equal Justice Under Law. Oh, the irony of how many times the Supreme Court has gotten that wrong. Their supremely misguided rulings have violently denied millions of human beings equality which is what brought us to DC that day. Our side was fighting the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) illegal erasure of their own medical standards for the abortion pill mifepristone, used in DIY chemical abortions. Not only are the unborn violently denied their equality under law, but women are as well by a government agency that sides with pill-makers over people.

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The Gambia on track to reverse ban on female genital mutilation

The Gambia on track to reverse ban on female genital mutilation

Mar 29, 2024 |

In the United States, Australia, and Europe there can be no cause more popular, more humane, and more progressive than the abolition of female genital mutilation (FGM). Many countries have banned it; NGOs educate people about it. The United Nations has proclaimed an International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.

But that consensus has broken down in The Gambia. The parliament of this Muslim-majority west African country has just voted overwhelmingly to reverse its 2015 ban on FGM. Many of the MPs say that FGM is needed to “uphold religious loyalty and safeguard cultural norms and values”. The bill will be reviewed by a parliamentary committee before a final vote.

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Governors in West Virginia, Utah, Idaho sign religious freedom bills

Governors in West Virginia, Utah, Idaho sign religious freedom bills

Mar 29, 2024 |

Governors Jim Justice of West Virginia, Spencer Cox of Utah, and Brad Little of Idaho — all Republicans — signed legislation in their states to enhance religious freedom protections.

The new West Virginia law establishes stronger religious freedom protections for student organizations at public universities. The Utah law allows residents to bring civil action against government entities if those entities violate their religious freedom. And the new Idaho legislation protects religious rights for faith-based adoption centers and foster care homes.

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