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Nebraska, Tennessee defund Planned Parenthood

Nebraska and Tennessee this month joined more than a dozen states that have cut funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, a pro-life campaign that has seen mixed results.

Abstinence ed could benefit from HHS tweaks

Tweaks to a federal grant program that allots $260 million to family planning have drawn praise from advocates of abstinence-based sex education and criticism from Planned Parenthood.

Congress passes online, anti-trafficking bill

Congress has given overwhelming approval to legislation designed to thwart sex trafficking by holding accountable online sites that facilitate the crime.

Mississippi adopts earliest protection for unborn

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on March 19 signed into law the earliest protection in the nation for unborn babies.

California bill threatens Bible-based therapy

A proposed law in California could outlaw helping people with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender-identity confusion.

Tenn. may require schools to post ‘In God We Trust’

Public schools in Tennessee soon could be required to post “In God We Trust” in a “prominent location” if the governor signs a bill that cleared the state legislature this week.

Federal court: Do not enforce ‘contraceptive mandate’

An Oklahoma federal court issued a permanent injunction March 15, prohibiting the federal government from enforcing the contraceptive mandate issued by the Obama Administration in 2013.

SCOTUS hears crisis pregnancy center’s free speech case

An animated U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments March 20, in a case likely to be important to pro-life Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPC’s) across the nation.

New Trump transgender military policy ‘likely’ to stand

The Trump administration has issued a new directive that permits transgender military service only "under certain limited circumstances."

‘Freedom, if you can keep it’: Metaxas talks faith, culture in exclusive Pathway interview

Seeking to help Americans contemplate the role of faith in politics, Metaxas has recently focused on the importance of Christian political activism.

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