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DOJ tells Heartbeat it will protect pregnancy centers via FACE Act

Signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, the statute was originally aimed at addressing protests of abortion facilities.

The DOJ, however, has clarified amid the rash of post-Dobbs attacks from abortion supporters on pro-life groups, pregnancy help organizations, and churches, that the FACE Act does in fact apply to pro-life pregnancy centers, the centers falling under the “reproductive health services” category due this definition including “services relating to pregnancy.”

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Nicaragua closes 256 evangelical NGOs

Evangelical Christians in Nicaragua are experiencing “harassment and intimidation” throughout the country, says Closing of civic space, a report carried out by the Never again human rights group.

Of the over 3,500 NGOs closed down by the government of Daniel Ortega in the last two years, 342 are religious organisations. Among these, at least 256 were evangelical associations, 43 Catholic, and another 43 were part of other faith groups.

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Every study published since 2009 on therapy for people struggling with sexual orientation used the same major scientific flaw, say researchers.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to 26 state laws at least partly based on studies claiming “conversion therapy” increases LGBT Americans’ suicide risks. Yet every existing study that makes this claim is seriously scientifically unsound, several research reviews recently found.

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