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Alabama’s Senate Passes a Bill to Ban Almost All Abortions in the State

Alabama’s Senate Passes a Bill to Ban Almost All Abortions in the State


clock icon 16 May 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


The ACLU and Planned Parenthood will mount a legal challenge in the southern U.S. state. If the bill becomes a law, then the state will have the notorious distinction of having the most conservative...

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Trump’s Faith-based Rule Allows Health Workers to Deny LGBTQ Patients

Trump’s Faith-based Rule Allows Health Workers to Deny LGBTQ Patients


clock icon 07 May 2019
author icon Alison Lesley


Conscience protections U.S. President Donald J. Trump during his speech before faith leaders on May 2 National Day of Prayer announced a brand new 440-page long rule which would allow employers, providers,...

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Hail Satan? Examines the Rise of The Satanic Temple

Hail Satan? Examines the Rise of The Satanic Temple


clock icon 28 Apr 2019
author icon Gary Nguyen


A recent movement in the United States has begun championing Satan and all that he stands for. Satanic iconography and imagery have for long been associated with the dark arts. Conservative Christians...

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Illinois Billboard Invites Missouri Women Who Want a “Safe, Legal Abortion”

Illinois Billboard Invites Missouri Women Who Want a “Safe, Legal Abortion”


clock icon 20 Apr 2019
author icon Elisa Meyer


The state allows Medicaid to finance abortions In Missouri, women who want an abortion must overcome a series of obstacles, including a waiting period comprising 72 hours. Women "who don’t want...

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Abortions in Ohio Are Now Illegal After a Heartbeat is Detected

Abortions in Ohio Are Now Illegal After a Heartbeat is Detected


clock icon 12 Apr 2019
author icon Elisa Meyer


The ACLU has branded the "heartbeat abortion bill" as unconstitutional. The ban on abortion after six weeks of conception makes the state sixth in the United States to ban abortions from the point...

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TN ‘Secular Humanism’ Abortion Bill Moves Forward

TN ‘Secular Humanism’ Abortion Bill Moves Forward


clock icon 10 Apr 2019
author icon C Barnett


Proposal argues that state subsidies offered for conducting abortions violate the First Amendment Oak Ridge Republican The Tennessee House on April 8 advanced the debate on the argument that tax-funded...

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Pope Francis Assigned the First African-American Bishop to Head the D.C. Church

Pope Francis Assigned the First African-American Bishop to Head the D.C. Church


clock icon 05 Apr 2019
author icon C Barnett


Archbishop Wilton Gregory may also become the first African-American Cardinal eligible to vote for the next pope. The 71-year-old will be the first African-American to hold the senior-most U.S. position...

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Catholic Hospitals are Not Disclosing Restrictions They Place on Care Due to Religious Beliefs

Catholic Hospitals are Not Disclosing Restrictions They Place on Care Due to Religious Beliefs


clock icon 30 Mar 2019
author icon Elisa Meyer


Patients are kept in the dark regarding abortion and suicide among others A newly released research letter in Journal of the American Medical Association disclosed how a significant proportion of Catholic...

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Abortions Past 18 Weeks are Now Banned in Utah

Abortions Past 18 Weeks are Now Banned in Utah


clock icon 28 Mar 2019
author icon Kelly Frazier


Planned Parenthood and ACLU will challenge the bill in court. On March 25 Gary Herbert, the Governor of Utah, signed HB136, a bill which forbids abortions post 18 weeks. The new law changes the existing...

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Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Ban Blocked by Kentucky Judge

Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Ban Blocked by Kentucky Judge


clock icon 19 Mar 2019
author icon Kelly Frazier


The ACLU challenged the ban on behalf of the EMW Women's Surgical Center A heartbeat can generally be detected at six weeks after conception. The ruling came a mere hours after Matt Bevin, the Republican...

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