RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on September 19, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – A political committee behind the campaign to pass a constitutional right to abortion in Florida has filed a lawsuit against a state health care agency. The American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Legal Counsel are suing because the Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration is defending the state’s current abortion ban. Voters in the state will consider a referendum in November that would enshrine abortion in the Florida constitution. Current law bans abortion as soon as an unborn baby’s heartbeat can be detected.
A growing number of companies are opting not to participate in the Human Rights Campaign’s annual LGBT scorecard. The Corporate Equality Index ranks firms on how committed they are to the LGBT agenda, but lately there’s been resistance from parents and citizens groups. Bud Light was boycotted after it teamed up with a transgender influencer and Target has been censured for allowing men to use the women’s bathrooms and dressing rooms in its stores. Ford, Harley-Davidson and Lowe’s have all quit the Corporate Equality Index.
Nevada has decided not to appeal a judge’s ruling from earlier this year that ordered the state to use its Medicaid funds to pay for abortions for poor women. Until now, it has only paid to end pregnancies resulting from rape or incest — or that were necessary to save the life of the mother. Meanwhile, voters in Nevada are set to consider a measure that would enshine abortion in the state constitution on Election Day in November. If that amendment passes, however, it will have to be voted on a second time in 2026.
It’s official: Competing measures that would expand or limit abortion will both appear on the November ballot in Nebraska. The state supreme court has issued a ruling to that effect after hearing arguments in three lawsuits that sought to keep one or both of the initiatives off the ballot. One amendment would enshrine abortion while the other would make permanent Nebraska’s current 12-week abortion ban. That ban includes exceptions for cases of rape, incest and a threat to the life of the mother.
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