MINNEAPOLIS (BP) – Minnesota Christian parents are challenging a state law that blocks certain Christian colleges from a program that allows colleges to enroll high schoolers in tuition-free college credit courses. Through Minnesota’s Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program, 10th through 12th graders have been able to take college credit courses tuition-free at state colleges since 1985, according to attorneys at Becket Law. But the state changed the PSEO program in 2023, … [Read more...]
Judge hears motions in Planned Parenthood suit on Missouri’s Amendment 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For nearly 4½ hours on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4, Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang listened to detailed legal arguments from New York attorneys for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, regarding various motions in their lawsuit to strike down two dozen Missouri statutes regulating abortion providers, based on the newly enacted Amendment 3. Missouri’s Solicitor General Josh Divine told the judge that the State agreed that the “trigger ban” on abortion … [Read more...]
MBCH testimonial: ‘I didn’t even like kids,’ but God had other plans
By Lisa Lowrance//Missouri Baptist Children's Home (MBCH) “I don’t even like kids!” These were the words I uttered for nearly 17 years. I have never wanted biological children. It was never important to me. In all honestly, I hate hospitals, needles and pain, so pregnancy was never going to be a good fit for me. Plus, I had big dreams for my career (none of which panned out, of course). I didn’t like kids. So, of course, I found myself working for the Children’s Division in 2004, an … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court hears case on Tennessee law protecting children from transgender medicines
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mike Whitehead is an attorney in private practice in Lee’s Summit, Mo., and serves on the Board of Directors for Alliance Defending Freedom. The opinions of the author are his own. This article is not legal advice, but is provided for education and information only. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court considered on Dec. 4 whether to uphold a Tennessee law protecting children from high-risk medicines that alter their bodies to try to make them look like the opposite … [Read more...]
Planned Parenthood files lawsuit to enforce Missouri Amendment 3
READ UPDATE: 'Judge hears motions in Planned Parenthood suit on Missouri’s Amendment 3' (Click link here.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Just a few hours after passing Missouri constitutional Amendment 3, abortion industry lawyers filed a lawsuit in Kansas City, asserting their new fundamental right to make money by providing abortions in Missouri. Confident that the investment of $30.9 million would buy them a simple majority victory (as it did, with 51.6% of the vote), Planned Parenthood lawyers … [Read more...]
Amendment 3: ‘Our work has only begun’
With the narrow passage of Amendment 3 on Nov. 5, Missourians have established within our state constitution what pro-abortion activists call a “right” to abortion. No matter what the state’s law may say, however, let’s not buy into the lie that anyone can have a “right” to murder pre-born babies. Such a “right” contradicts the strict command of the Lord of all life, Jesus Christ, who has been given “all authority in heaven and on earth” (Matt 28:18). The same Lord who “fearfully and … [Read more...]
Missouri pro-life leader: Churches key to protecting pre-born babies after Missouri voters pass Amendment 3
EDITOR’S NOTE: The first section of this article includes additional reporting from Baptist Press. JEFFERSON CITY – Pro-abortion Amendment 3 was passed in Missouri, Nov. 5, with 51.742% of Missouri voters supporting the state constitutional amendment and 48.258% voting against the amendment. But one pro-life leader in Missouri is calling Missouri Baptist church members and leaders to increase their efforts to protect pre-born babies and help women choose life. Missouri wasn't alone on … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist resolution urges ‘No’ vote on pro-abortion Amendment 3
Other resolutions address CP’s anniversary, Christian higher education, criminal justice ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Messengers approved a slate of five resolutions during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) annual meeting, Oct. 28-29. Most notably, MBC messengers urged people to vote “No” on pro-abortion Amendment 3 in the Nov. 5 election. All resolutions may be read in their entirety in the “Tuesday Morning Bulletin," posted on the MBC website here. On Opposition to Amendment 3, the … [Read more...]
Amendment 3 would make Missouri ‘most pro-abortion state,’ opponents say
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article first appeared on Baptist Press here. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP) – Missouri Baptists are battling to defeat a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion in the state’s constitution and radically alter the abortion landscape in the Show Me State. Amendment 3, which would take effect with a 50 percent vote on Nov. 5, would amend the Missouri Constitution to “remove Missouri’s ban on abortion” and “establish a right to make decisions about reproductive … [Read more...]
‘Crown Him the Lord of life’: Vote ‘No’ on Amendment 3
During the next two weeks, Missouri voters will enter the ballot box and reveal whether they believe every human has an inalienable right to life. Missouri will join nine other states in November to consider constitutional amendments aiming to legalize abortion. In the two years since the pro-abortion Supreme Court ruling, Roe v Wade, was overturned, pro-abortion activists have aimed – with great success – to codify abortion in state constitutions across the union. If Missouri voters … [Read more...]
Lone Christian convicted for praying silently in large UK abortion buffer zone
DORSET COUNTY, England (BP) – An Army veteran and father of three was found guilty Oct. 16 of praying silently in a large abortion buffer zone in England and fined the equivalent of $11,700, Alliance Defending Freedom UK (ADF UK) reported. Adam Smith-Conner could face jail time under the conditional discharge the court granted, his attorneys said, if he commits the same crime within the next two years. “This is a legal turning point of immense proportions. A man has been convicted … [Read more...]
MBC President Chris Williams: Four biblical reasons to defend unborn life, oppose pro-abortion Amendment 3
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) President Chris Williams, pastor of Fellowship Church, Greenwood/Raymore, is urging Missouri Baptists to oppose Amendment 3, which will be on the state ballot during the general election, Nov. 5. Williams made his appeal in a video shared by the MBC. It can be accessed below, along with another video by Williams regarding Amendment 3. “This November, you have a chance to take part in deciding the sort of state Missouri will be by voting … [Read more...]
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