School criticised for censorship of textbooks

A section on Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court decision that made abortion a legal right is covered completely in a textbook A state school has been criticised for removing references to homosexuality and women socialising with men from a GCSE textbook. An image of Fred Astaire dancing with Ginger Rogers was among the content blocked out by Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School - an Orthodox Jewish school in Stamford Hill, east London - in copies of the book seen by Humanists UK.

Mississippi passes law banning abortion after 15 weeks

To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: FILE - In this June 30, 2015, file photo, Pam Miller, of Pro Life Mississippi, walks along the fence surrounding as she attempts to counsel a person entering the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic near downtown Jackson, Miss.

The Latest: Attorney general: Defending bill could be tough

The Latest on a proposal in Mississippi to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy : Mississippi's attorney general says it could be tough to defend a bill lawmakers have passed banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Jim Hood says he expects "an immediate and expensive legal challenge" to the bill, which has now passed both Republican-controlled chambers of the legislature.

Pennsylvania Election: Regional Race Could Offer Clues About Midterms Voter Turnout

Less than two years after Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by double digits, a special election race between a young Democrat and a deeply conservative Republican is now closer than either side had expected. The congressional race is being run in Pennsylvania's 18th district, but the March 13 election is expected to offer clues about how voters will turn out in the November midterms.

Planned Parenthood Plans Major Political Effort In Key States For 2018 Midterms

Add Planned Parenthood to the list of organizations looking to take advantage of President Trump's low approval ratings in the 2018 midterm elections. The organization is not new to the rough-and-tumble of electoral politics - and has often itself become a top issue for Republicans looking to slash federal funding for the organization - but this year Planned Parenthood Votes and Planned Parenthood Action Fund will launch their biggest-ever push to try to tip the balance in Congress and in key states.

Scott Lloyd is right to protect refugee life rather than destroy it

In a December 6 memo, Scott Lloyd, Health and Human Services Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, created a government document that should be the gold standard of the role of a government employee when placed in a moral dilemma. In his eight-page document Mr. Lloyd makes it clear that "sexual assault is the gravest offenses in the catalogue of offenses man can commit against his fellow man, or in this case, a teenaged young woman."

Times shouldn’t ignore D.C. anti-abortion march; Focus South…

Pro-life demonstrators march towards the US Supreme Court during the 44th annual March for Life in Washington, DC, on January 27, 2017. Anti-abortion advocates descended on the US capital on Friday for an annual march expected to draw the largest crowd in years, with the White House spotlighting the cause and throwing its weight behind the campaign.

Christian University Holds Planned Parenthood Event Where Women…

A Christian university is sponsoring a pro-abortion event with Planned Parenthood where students come together to boast about their abortion tales and share stories about why getting an abortion was a great idea. Pacific Lutheran University , a Christian university in Tacoma, Wash., will host and event called "Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign."

Justices issue legal blows to 2 Ohio abortion clinics

In a 5-2 ruling, the high court upheld a state order shuttering Capital Care of Toledo, the northwest Ohio city's last abortion clinic, in a decision the facility is expected to appeal. Justices found that the Ohio Department of Health acted within its rights in 2014 when it decided to shut down Capital Care of Toledo.

Justices issue legal blows to two Ohio abortion clinics

The Ohio Supreme Court agreed with the state's decision to close the last abortion clinic in Toledo and end litigation initiated by a clinic in Cleveland challenging the constitutionality of abortion-related restrictions by the state. A pair of abortion clinics claiming hardships related to Ohio's escalating restrictions on the procedure lost separate fights in the state's high court on Tuesday.

The Pretty Boy Card

What really rankles about Joe Kennedy III's vacuous rebuttal to President Trump's SOTU is that once again, Progressives are playing the pretty boy card, and the implications are deeply unsettling. So, it wasn't the bit of drool hanging on Joe's lower lip, though he had to have been drooling at the opportunity to jump on the national stage with so little - of substance - to recommend him.

Thousands demonstrate in San Francisco against abortion

The protesters on Saturday holding a huge banner, which reads "Abortion HURTS Women," walked down Market Street in downtown San Francisco in the US western state of California. The rally is part of a nation-wide event organised by the Walk for Life Organisation in protest of abortion with strong support for the lives of unborn children and their families, Xinhua reported.

An Honest Challenge for the Never Trumpers

During the Republican primaries, I was very nearly a Never Trumper, so I'm quite sympathetic to that mindset. But I have a challenge for all of you who still identify as Never Trumpers: Are you willing to be as honest about the accomplishments of President Trump as you are about his failings? For many of you who could not vote for Trump, it was a matter of conscience.