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UN urged to promote religious engagement and literacy, especially in the West
The United Nations was urged to use its status as the seat of global politics to promote the “importance of religious engagement and literacy” to advance development and diplomacy at a global gathering of diplomats and representatives of various religious institutions Friday.
Abortion push partly why human rights are declining globally, Trump religious freedom ambassador says
As Friday marks United Nations Human Rights Day 2021, the former U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom argues the push by progressives to make abortion an international human right is “part of the reason the human rights project globally is in decline.”
Supreme Court says abortion providers can sue Texas, but heartbeat law remains in effect
The United States Supreme Court has released a decision allowing some lawsuits against Texas’ heartbeat abortion ban to move forward, but has not blocked the law that prohibits abortion once a baby's heartbeat can be detected.
Texas Right to Life receives bomb threat at Austin office: 'This is a spiritual war'
A Texas-based pro-life activist organization received a new bomb threat against one of its offices, allegedly due to its support for the state’s controversial heartbeat abortion ban restricting abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
18 school board groups cut ties with NSBA for likening parent protests to 'domestic terrorism'
The fallout over a letter from the National School Boards Association comparing parent protests and threats to domestic terrorism continues as 18 state affiliates have cut ties with or withdrawn dues from the national education organization.
Biden Holds Democracy Summit as Rogue Regimes and Pandemic Measures Undermine Freedom Around the World
President Biden urged a gathering of more than 100 leaders of democratic countries today to stop the backward slide of rights and democracy.
UMC leadership neutral as affiliated children's home sues to stop Biden admin. LGBT policy
Regional and national leaders in the United Methodist Church are not taking a stance on a lawsuit that a Tennessee-based UMC children’s home has leveled against the Biden administration over a rule that would require the home to place children with same-sex couples.
56% of Americans support abortion restrictions after 15 weeks: poll
While most Americans say they're opposed to overturning the 1973 United States Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide, most Americans support limits on abortion after 15 weeks gestation, a new poll has found.
Senate Rejects Biden's Vaccine Mandate For Businesses
The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration's requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing.The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration's requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing.
