Arkansas legislature passes bill to ban puberty blockers, sex-change surgery for minors
The state will prohibit ‘gender transition’ referrals or procedures if Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson gives the final OK.
Boston Archdiocese mandates that only ‘vaccinated’ can serve at altar
Many pew-sitting Catholics are beginning to worry about how access to the sacraments may soon depend on their vaccination status.
Meet the 3-year-old who got discriminatory abortions banned in Mississippi
Hudson Hartman is tenderly referred to as Senator Hudson by those in the Mississippi State Senate.
US health officials accuse AstraZeneca of misrepresenting efficacy data
An independent trial review board says AstraZeenca may have included outdated information about its clinical trial results in a press release.
Americans now eligible for free marijuana, cheesecake, fries with coronavirus vaccine card
The increase in corporate incentive programs comes as Americans are getting injected at a rate of 2.62 million per day, according to a tweet from White House COVID-19 Data Director Cyrus Shahpar.
Canada halts AstraZeneca jab for people under 55 over blood clot concerns
‘As Chief Medical Officers of Health, we are acting decisively with our unified position to pause the use of AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada in those under age 55 at this time. We are taking this precautionary measure while Health Canada as the regulator completes its updated risk/benefit analysis based on emerging data’
Coming soon — Vaccine passports will determine where you can go and what you can do
The Biden administration is partnering with private companies to develop a vaccine passport system, claiming it’s the only path to normalcy, but critics warn passports will steal people’s liberty and data.
Bishop in Puerto Rico: Banning ‘conversion therapy’ criminalizes Catholic teaching, harms kids
Bishop Fernández Torres, Puerto Rico’s most outspoken and faithful prelate, slammed P.S. 184, a proposed bill that would criminalize “conversion therapy,” and with it, virtually all expression of Catholic teaching on sexuality.
UK abortion center that failed to report ‘serious incidents’ to close this year
The BPAS Wistons Clinic in Brighton, run by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, was responsible for 3,149 abortions in 2019, making it the 12th largest abortion clinic in England and Wales in terms of the total number of abortions performed
Kentucky legislators push to amend state constitution to clarify: no right to abortion
Several states have pursued similar language, which would not directly affect abortion policy but would prevent the courts from inventing a state-level ‘right’ to abortion and using it as a basis to strike down pro-life laws.