RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on September 10, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – Abortion questions are on the ballot in nine states in November and could help draw more voters to the polls. Experts say it’s unclear which party might benefit from that surge. The places with abortion ballot measures include the presidential battleground states of Arizona and Nevada, plus Montana, where the race for the Senate is expected to be close. Abortion isn’t the only issue being put to the voters. There are more than 140 questions being posed in 41 states, including ones having to do with marijuana legalization and sports betting.
A Christian school is taking its case to a federal appeals court. Mid Vermont Christian School has been barred from participating in the state sports league after it withdrew its girls basketball team from a playoff game because the other team had a boy on its roster. The executive council of the Vermont Principals’ Association, which governs school sports and activities, ruled that the school had violated the council’s policies on race, gender and disability awareness. In June, a federal judge denied a request by the school to be readmitted.
A Missouri judge has ruled that the language used to summarize a ballot question designed to enshrine abortion in the state constitution is misleading. Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker has thrown out a description of the measure as written by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft. The judge has inserted a description of his own. It says that the amendment would repeal Missouri’s abortion ban and create a “constitutional right to make decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives.”
Construction is getting underway on a state-funded abortion clinic in southern New Mexico. Operators say it will cater to local residents and seek to attract women from neighboring states with strong pro-life laws — including Texas and Oklahoma. Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the start of construction during a visit to Las Cruces. The clinic will draw upon 10 million dollars in taxpayer funding that was set aside by the governor under a 2022 executive order.
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