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NY State attorney general files injunction against pro-life group

NY State attorney general files injunction against pro-life group

Jun 14, 2023 | ,

She emphasized that Red Rose Rescuers aim to provide practical aid and alternatives to abortion, and therefore should have the right to approach and engage with these women. Highlighting the mission of Red Rose Rescue, Miller described their work as a defense of the rights of unborn children. She pointed out that the group’s members willingly accept the legal consequences that sometimes arise from their interventions. Such interventions typically take place inside abortion clinics, where Red Rose Rescuers offer red roses to pregnant women while sharing information about alternatives to abortion.

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America’s largest Catholic nonprofit health system accused of performing sex change surgeries

America’s largest Catholic nonprofit health system accused of performing sex change surgeries

Jun 14, 2023 |

The report cites St. Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco, part of the CommonSpirit network, which houses a facility called “The Gender Institute.” This Institute provides “gender affirming care”, with its associated email account ending in “@commonspirit.org.” The hospital’s website underlines its alignment with the CommonSpirit mission and values. It also advertises that its entire staff underwent pronoun training to support the “gender-affirming individual experience.”

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Harsh penalties for misgendering at Regent’s Park College

Harsh penalties for misgendering at Regent’s Park College

Jun 14, 2023 | ,

In its statement, Regent’s Park College emphasizes the potential disparity between an individual’s assigned sex at birth and their expressed gender identity. The policy seeks to protect individuals with any such identities, irrespective of whether they identify with their birth sex or not. It underlines that transphobic harassment or bullying contradicts both the college’s policy and the UK’s Equality Act of 2010, an anti-discrimination law. The college has pledged to treat any unlawful discriminatory behavior, including transphobic harassment or bullying by individuals or groups, with utmost severity.

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Age Verification: Policy Ideas for States

Jun 14, 2023 |

Some technologists and industry-aligned groups have fiercely criticized proposals like S.B. 152. The Electronic Frontier Foundation alleges that “[a]ge verification systems are surveillance systems,” which “would lead us further towards an internet where our private data is collected and sold by default.”…Any age-verification system will entail tradeoffs. The question is which tradeoffs, in the judgment of elected or appointed policymakers, are worth making. One prominent decision point with age-verification involves deciding where to land between the level of effectiveness of the method and its level of intrusiveness to the individual user. 

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White House Outlines New “LGBTQI+” Push Focusing on Children

White House Outlines New “LGBTQI+” Push Focusing on Children

Jun 14, 2023 | ,

“This administration continues to tear down conscience protections that ensure greater access to health and human services for everyone,” he said. “They would rather have more kids stuck in foster care for longer than to allow faith-based groups to be a part of the solution. This is divisive politics at its worst.” Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security will provide LGBTQ organizations with bi-monthly threat briefings, safety resources, and preventative training.

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