This Week‘s Featured Article

The United Nations declared abortion a ‘human right’ and conservatives aren’t talking about it.

In this interview with Austin Ruse, president of the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), he discusses the implications of the United Nations resolution claiming that abortion is a “human right.”

Although the resolution is “non-binding,” meaning it does not have the force of law but only persuasive power, Ruse points out that it’s nevertheless “highly influential.”

Ruse also shares his thoughts on why nations like Poland and Hungary aren’t willing to fight the resolution, as well as why conservatives in America should care more about it.
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Marriage/Family

Record number of young people in Japan rejecting marriage, survey shows.

The decline in marriages has had consequences for Japan’s birth rate as it faces the prospect of dramatic depopulation and a shrinking workforce and economy.

Experts have attributed the trend to several factors, including a growing desire among young working women to enjoy the freedoms that come with being single and having a career.

Men say they also enjoy being single, but also voice concern over job security and their ability to provide for a family. Experts have called on the government to make it easier for women to return to work after having children and to address Japan’s notoriously long working hours. Read more

Single Women Are Wealthier? Not So Fast, Virginia Scholar Says.

Wilcox says that Smith’s article fails to take married women into account. The data only compares single men with and without children against single women with and without children. Other data from the St. Louis Fed shows that married adults make considerably more than unmarried adults. Read more

HOW TO OVERCOME UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS IN MARRIAGE.

We can neutralize these dangerous expectations in marriage by applying two simple solutions. First, we need to adjust our expectations of ourselves and our spouses. I’ve learned that I don’t need to be perfect to be a good spouse. I love my wife best by being myself with her. I also honor her when I share what I’m thinking instead of expecting her to be a mind reader.

The second solution is to communicate openly and honestly with each other. It takes some humility, but once we start connecting authentically, conversations about expectations become easier. Engaging in real dialogue with our spouses helps us learn what each person really desires. That builds trust, which is the foundation of any healthy relationship. It starts with a simple statement like “Hey, honey, let me tell you what I’m thinking” or “Can I share with you what’s going on?” Read more

Parenting/Parental Rights

New Education Freedom Report Card from Heritage Foundation.

Education is a top priority to millions of American families, and parents should be empowered to choose a safe and effective education for their children. To serve that goal, The Heritage Foundation has published the Education Freedom Report Card, to serve as a guide for assessing education freedom in each state.The report card measures four broad categories (School Choice, Transparency, Regulatory Freedom, and Spending) that encompass more than two dozen discrete factors. Find out what grade your state got now! Read more

Book for 8-12-year-olds says kids should WATCH their parents have sex.

The book, which was purportedly sold on Amazon before being removed following complaints, said children should be “gradually introduced to the ordinary mechanics of love-making and allowed to enter into the parent’s circle of love,” before listing “tips to get you started on educating your child about his/her sexuality.” Read more

Young People Are Depressed…Who Can Blame Them?

Last year a Harvard Youth Poll found 51 percent of Americans ages 18-29 had felt depressed, down, or hopeless at times in the two weeks before responding to the survey. While adults might respond in similar numbers—feeling “down” covers a lot of territory—let’s take the poll at face value and assume that teens and twenty-somethings are emotionally rocky these days. Read more

Sanctity of Life

Army will consider soldiers’ requests not to serve in states that ban abortion, top general says.

The Army will consider requests from soldiers who want to serve in states where abortion is still legal, the service’s chief of staff said in an interview published Wednesday, pledging that the Pentagon will “try to make it work for them” if possible. Read more

Planned Parenthood’s Annual Report: Abortion Increases, Health Service Declines.

This 2021 report provides further evidence that Planned Parenthood continues to prioritize abortion. Indeed, Planned Parenthood performed a record 383,460 abortions in 2021. That represents approximately 41 percent of the abortions performed in the United States. Read more

Lila Rose v. Dr. Phil: A Model of How to Engage on Life and a Harbinger of Things to Come.

Invited on the program to ostensibly debate life in a post-Roe America, the deck was clearly and decidedly stacked against the pro-life stalwart. But no matter. Rose, who started Live Action when she was just fifteen years old, held her ground, challenging the host and enduring insults from the crowd. Read more

Religion

Why Religious Freedom Can’t Protect Abortion.

According to a recent complaint filed by the Jewish congregation L’Dor Va-Dor, Florida’s new law restricting abortion limits the free exercise of religion for Jewish women in Florida who wish to have an abortion after fifteen weeks. But this complaint misunderstands the nature of religious liberty: no religion, or any adherent thereof, has the lawful or moral claim to kill an innocent person in the name of that faith. Read more

Chinese Christians hunted internationally by communist regime.

Although Chinese Christians of all denominations have routinely been subject to harassment, torture, detentions, and executions inside China’s borders, the CCP has recently taken more brazenly to hounding those who have fled abroad. Read more

Senator on Democrats’ Same-Sex Marriage Bill: ‘We Have to Fight Back on This’.

Passing a bill enshrining same-sex marriage in national law would put the existence of religious nonprofit ministries at risk and send “a pretty strong message that religious beliefs don’t matter,” a Republican senator has said.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed Wednesday to bring a bill decreeing that all 50 states must recognize same-sex marriages to the floor “in the coming weeks.” Read more

Sexuality

UN’s Gender Czar Ends Examination of US With Bleak Report.

In a press conference Tuesday at U.N. headquarters, Madrigal-Borloz shared his initial reactions. He discussed the public health impact of monkeypox, which mostly afflicts gay men. He bemoaned the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade and its “devastating” impact on lesbians and “people with gestational faculties.” And he derided efforts in various American states to limit “gender-affirming care.” Read more

Miami Surgeon Using TikTok To Promote Sex Change Procedures To Teens.

Gallagher’s TikTok profile contains hundreds of videos about transgender-related surgeries she performs, some of which include photos or videos of her young patients showing off mastectomy scars. Her videos are part of the pro-medicalization, transgender-affirming trend encouraging young people on social media to pursue biomedical interventions. Read more

Detransitioners share regrets, speak out against body mutilation in ‘Transgressive’ documentary.

The two-part “Transgressive: The Cult of Confusion,” which premiered last week on Fox Nation, features the first-hand accounts of people who once believed they were the opposite sex and underwent experimental hormones and surgeries but have since detransitioned and reintegrated into their natal sex following immense regret and bodily harm. Read more