Jan 29, 2021
In 1984, President Reagan instituted the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits U.S. tax dollars from going to health organizations overseas that promote abortion. In 1993, President Clinton rescinded it. Ever since, the policy has been re-enacted by every Republican president and rescinded by every Democratic president
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Jan 28, 2021
On Monday the Supreme Court ruled in favor a Texas death-row inmate who was denied his request to have a Catholic priest present at his execution. The case challenged a Texas policy that denies all condemned prisoners the benefit of clergy.
It’s not just the condemned: Texas has denied communion to Greek Orthodox...
Jan 27, 2021
Last week at the annual Respect Life Mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in downtown Columbus, Ohio, a group of pro-abortion protestors stormed the sanctuary, holding signs with slogans like “Fund Abortion Not Police.” They also interrupted the Mass, yelling “two four six eight, this church teaches hate.”
No one...
Jan 26, 2021
An oft-repeated line from advocates in and out of American politics is that marijuana, unlike opioids or cocaine, is a “safe drug.” Every campaign to legalize its sale and use repeats this claim. But it’s not true.
A study just published in JAMA Pediatrics found that heavy cannabis use among adolescents and young...
Jan 25, 2021
There’s only one abortion facility left in the state of Missouri. And because of a dust-up with state health officials over unsafe practices there, that facility has stopped performing surgical abortions. That makes Missouri the first state in the union in which surgical abortions are unavailable.
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