RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on December 26, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended. Texas has sued a New York doctor over a prescription to a Texas resident. It could become the first test of a shield law that New York and some other Democratic-controlled states have passed to protect abortion doctors. There’s also a lawsuit aimed at rolling back federal approval for one of the most common abortifacients. And several states are considering laws to make abortion drugs more difficult to obtain in general.
Minneapolis has softened an ordinance that prohibited demonstrations outside abortion clinics after pro-life activists sued on free-speech grounds. The city council has quietly amended the ordinance to exclude constitutionally protected activities and agreed to pay the plaintiffs’ legal fees. Brian Gibson, chief executive officer of Pro-Life Action Ministries, says the decision amounts to an admission by the city that the law violated the First Amendment. The Thomas More Society and allied groups are litigating similar restrictions nationwide.
President Biden has signed the annual defense authorization bill into law despite Democrats’ outcry over its ban on sex-change operations for military children. Mr. Biden also complained about the ban during the signing ceremony. The Senate forwarded the measure to the president after passing it by a vote of 85-to-14. In the House, a majority of Democrats voted against the legislation after House Speaker Mike Johnson fought hard to include the child sex-change operation ban. But the legislation easily passed the House 281-to-140.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit against the NCAA to prevent males from playing on female sports teams, arguing that it misleads fans. The lawsuit filed in state district court argues the NCAA is violating the Texas Trade Practices Act, which protects consumers from deceptive business practices. The lawsuit is the latest attempt by conservative politicians to protect women’s sports and the health of female athletes. NCAA President Charlie Baker recently told Congress he didn’t think men playing against women was a problem.
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