This Mother Trafficked Herself to Rescue Her Trafficked Teen Daughter
At least 20,000 Bangladeshi women and children are trafficked into India every year. The vast majority never make it back. Somehow, 34-year-old mother Asiya* and her 16-year-old daughter Marium* did. (Asiya and Marium’s names have been changed for their safety.) But this story is a little different: Asiya willingly trafficked herself into India to rescue her daughter. While this story shines a light on the realities of human trafficking in our world today, it is not recommended for anyone to try to get trafficked.
Putting Family First in Technology: An Interview with Michael Toscano
At IFS, we are looking ahead to the federal level, where we want to see an age verification law passed that…ratchets up the enforcement mechanisms. IFS has been blessed to do some amazing things, but the biggest challenges are ahead. We are going to need our friends now more than ever. We are a small part of a mass movement that includes parents, religious leaders, state lawmakers, attorneys general, lawmakers, and leaders in Washington, D.C., who believe it is our duty to make technology good for families.
Exclusive: Trump Admin to Cut Off Federal Funding to Hospitals That Provide Gender-Transition Services to Minors
The White House is in “the final stage of review for a new rule that would make it a condition of hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid that they not provide sex trait modifications to minors,” according to an administration official. The prohibition will apply to hospitals that provide puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender-transition surgeries to minors.
Here’s the Abortion Industry’s Dangerous Backup Plan if Abortion Pills are Banned
If the chemical abortion drug mifepristone becomes restricted under the Trump administration, pro-abortion clinicians are ready to carry out misoprostol-only abortions, according to a July 7 article in Ms. Magazine. Although the single-drug abortion regimen is touted about as “safe and effective” as the two-drug regimen, evidence indicates misoprostol-only abortions have higher risk of medical complications for women, the Charlotte Lozier Institute reports.
Radical Social Policies on Full Display at UN Human Rights Council
UN human rights officials took over the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council to promote divisive social policies, including advocating for “gender-affirming care” services for migrants and criticizing countries that do not support pride marches, LGBT-friendly curricula in schools, and the killing of the unborn.
Supreme Court agrees to rule on whether states can ban ‘transgender’ men in women’s sports
The U.S. Supreme Court has just announced that it will hear two cases that may settle whether states are legally permitted to protect girls’ and women’s sports from gender-confused males. In a series of posts on X, Kristen Waggoner, CEO, president, and general counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), who has racked up multiple wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and who was appointed by President Donald Trump as an advisor to his newly established Religious Liberty Commission, expressed joy at the court’s decision.
How You Can Quit Watching Porn Today
If you have a porn habit but find yourself wanting a way out, you’re not alone. Maybe you found it for the first time by accident, years ago, when you were browsing the internet. Or maybe you found it in your parents’ room as a kid, and that jumpstarted an obsession. Regardless of how much this habit has become something you’re trying to get control of, we think it’s important for everyone to know the facts about the realities of pornography as one of the first steps to ditching it for good.
John Paul II Academy slams UK assisted suicide vote
A leading pro-life group has condemned Britain’s assisted suicide bill as a moral disaster enabled by decades of failed catechesis, the National Catholic Register has reported. The John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family, founded by former members of the Vatican’s bioethics body, released a searing response to the House of Commons vote approving the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill by 319 to 291.
Married Fatherhood Is Key to Solving the Masculinity Crisis
Across the United States, an unsettling trend has been emerging—one that suggests that young men are increasingly lost, disconnected, and adrift in a rapidly changing world. Recent reports reveal a growing number of young men that feel aimless, lonely, and uncertain about their place in society.
Christian nurse fights NHS over discipline for opposing trans breastfeeding workshops
A Christian nurse in the United Kingdom has secured legal representation after facing disciplinary action for objecting to “Queer Birth Club” workshops at NHS maternity services that touts trans breastfeeding and claims it’s not just women who give birth. The nurse, who has remained anonymous, is being defended by the London-based nonprofit Christian Legal Centre (CLC), according to a press release earlier this week from Christian Concern.
Celebrate Religious Freedom Victories at SCOTUS This Independence Day
As fireworks light the sky this Fourth of July, Americans will gather to honor the freedoms we hold sacred. The latest Supreme Court term offered fresh reason to believe that one of those freedoms — religious liberty — remains strong and secure. Although other cases may have dominated headlines, this was a remarkable term for religion, with the Court signaling renewed commitment to religious pluralism and to the principle that Americans shouldn’t have to check their faith at the door when they enter public life.