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Sen. Marco Rubio delays a vote on Biden nominee Atul Gawande over his past comments on partial-birth abortion techniques.

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Floral artist Barronelle Stutzman speaks to reporters Dec. 5, 2017, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as cake shop owner Jack Phillips looks. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Supreme Court on Friday announced it had declined to review the case of a Christian florist in Washington state involving same-sex marriage, again punting on major constitutional questions involving religious freedom. Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito expressed support for hearing the case, but t...

State redistricting commission meets today in Grand Rapids By Peg McNichol Jul 1, 2021 | 3:59 PM HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is holding a town hall meeting set for 5 p-m today, July 1, 2021, at the Devos Center, 303 Monroe Ave NW in Grand Rapids. The commissioners are getting citizen input from around the state on how to draw congressional and state legislative maps. ); } return false; }); $(#comments .commentlist .comment-co...

Biden’s Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Far Outspends Obama In office for only four months, President Joe Biden has directed almost $500 billion in federal funding to the abortion industry through legislation and executive action. Pictured: Biden signs an executive order on health care Jan. 28 that includes funds for abortion. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) President Joe Biden has funneled nearly 20 times as much taxpayer money to the abortion industry as Barack Obama had at this point ...

Tennessee Governor Signs Bill to Prohibit Gender-Confirming Treatment for Minors Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday signed legislation that prohibits gender-confirming treatment for children that want to change their gender, the latest in a chain of new laws in the state that transgender advocates have argued are discriminatory. The move makes Tennessee just the second state to enact such a ban after Arkansas approved a similar version earlier this year over a veto from Republi...

The Dark Truth About Chemical Abortions, Explained The Food and Drug Administration hasnt publicly identified which companies manufacture chemical abortion pills, The Heritage Foundation’s Melanie Israel says. (Photo: LightFieldStudios/Getty Images) A chemical abortion is a two-pill regimen that ends the life of the baby and poses health risks to the mother. The deaths of 24 women have been “associated with the abortion pill,” Melanie Israel, a research associate in The Heritage Foundati...

Three Republican members of Congress are taking action to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill that would require a baby born alive after an attempted abortion to receive the same level of medical care as a newborn. (Photo: Jill Lehmann Photography/Getty Images) Congressional Democrats have blocked a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act more than 75 times in the past few years. Now, three Republican House members are seeking to force a v...