Some spam news that I got is kind of eye opening.
It’s pretty glaringly obvious that we’re wanted to be dead. I mean, that is exactly what this says. Stop having kids movement, combined with assisted suicides. Not that assisted suicide in every case is bad. But pretty nuts.
“Religious hospitals in British Columbia face increased pressure from the Canadian government to provide assisted suicide options.
(Associated Press/Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
Dear Friend,
This weekend in Asheville, N.C., where I live and the home to WORLD’s headquarters, the local chapter of Stop Having Kids planned to meet downtown for a demonstration at Pritchard Park. According to its website, the group promotes abortion and anti-natalism movements to eliminate “an unconscionable amount of needless suffering, injustice, and death in the world—with birth serving as the catalyst for it all.” An Instagram post on Mother’s Day shows supporters holding signs saying, “Not bringing someone into existence can be an act of love,” and “Having kids is the worst thing you can do for the environment.” Another sign on the website reads, “Be a voice for the voiceless,” which, ironically, is part of WORLD’s mission, too.
We sent features reporter Grace Snell to the park to cover the protest, but the only thing she could report was that no one showed up.
Stop Having Kids hasn’t rescheduled their demonstration yet, but as I write, The World Counts counter reads 79,216,106 births in the world this year and 9,480,380 this month, which is just a little more than 4 per second. As Christians, I hope we will continue to show up and stand up for all the voiceless, whether born or unborn. And I hope we can show groups like Stop Having Kids that every human life is a gift from God, not a catalyst for suffering.
Now for this week’s news from the life beat:
RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS FOR EUTHANASIA THREATENED IN CANADA
As government officials in British Columbia attempt to remove safeguards against euthanasia, religious healthcare protections for faith-based hospitals are at risk. Alexandra Ellison talks with healthcare providers in Canada that may lose their exemptions to euthanasia requirements.
ALSO VITAL
U.S. military wants taxpayer-funded abortions: At a news conference last week, the Biden administration passionately defended covering costs for abortions for service members and their spouses as a “foundational, sacred obligation.” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby argued that the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act compromised military readiness. Republican amendments to next year’s nearly $900 billion defense budget cut paid leave and travel reimbursement for abortions, which Kirby saw as necessary for retaining female service or family members assigned to bases in states with new protections for unborn babies. U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said the Defense Department’s abortion policy is “patently illegal” because Congress never authorized the reimbursement of abortion expenses in the first place. He added that the policy “flies in the face of the Hyde Amendment,” a measure prohibiting taxpayer-funded abortions. Tuberville is protesting the White House abortion policy by blocking Senate confirmations of military promotions.
Keeping parents in the dark: On July 13, Oregon Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek signed a measure removing age requirements for abortions in some cases, despite the state’s legal age for consensual sexual activity set at 18. Republican lawmakers organized a six-week walkout following the bill’s passage in the House in May. The protest pushed for a compromise on the measure’s original elimination of all parental notification requirements. The law now does not require abortionists to notify parents if children under age 15 undergo an abortion procedure as long as a medical provider agrees that it is not in the child’s best interest to inform her parents. But if an abortionist believes that informing a child’s parents could lead to abuse or neglect of the child, a second opinion is not required. The bill also blocks Oregonian law enforcement officials from assisting with out-of-state abortion investigations.
THE INTERNATIONAL PULSE
New precedents for justice: Carla Foster, 45, will be released from prison after a British appeals court suspended her 28-month sentence for killing her unborn baby in the third trimester. Foster lied about the gestation of her pregnancy in 2020 to obtain abortion pills through the mail. Abortion is legal in Britain up to 24 weeks of gestation, but chemical abortion is only legal until 10 weeks. Doctors determined Foster’s unborn baby, Lily, to be at 32 to 34 weeks of gestation when killed. Lawyer Barry White argued that the COVID-19 pandemic influenced Foster’s “already anxious state of mind” to have the abortion. Foster’s case raises questions about the punishment of other women who violate Britain’s abortion law.
Editorial integrity: An internal panel for the British Journal of Psychiatry resigned in protest after the publication refused to retract a pro-life doctor’s research. American psychologist and former professor Priscilla Coleman published a paper in 2011 about the negative effects abortion has on the mother’s mental health. The panel recommended retracting her research in 2022 after investigating concerns regarding methodological flaws in the data, such as counting the same women multiple times in the studies. The journal, owned by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, overruled the panel’s recommendations after Coleman issued a statement threatening to take legal action. “It is not appropriate today for activists to call for a retraction because they are uncomfortable with the results and the study is having a major impact in terms of informing clinical practice and policy,” Coleman told the British Medical Journal. Another journal, Frontiers in Social Health Psychology, retracted a paper by Coleman in December 2022 over allegations of conflict of interest and other methodological errors.
QUICK BEATS
At least 3,500 doses of abortion pills prescribed in states with pro-abortion laws have been shipped into pro-life states.
The Missouri Supreme Court will decide whether state residents can vote on a constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion after state Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, stalled the process by refusing to sign off on a cost estimate of lower tax revenue due to fewer births.
Celeste Burgess, 19, received a 90-day prison sentence in Nebraska for aborting her unborn baby with abortion pills around 30 weeks of gestation and burying the baby’s body three different times.
A new poll found that nearly 60 percent of Ohio voters support a pro-abortion amendment that will likely appear on the state’s ballot in November.
Police arrested Alabama State Department of Education employee Marty Decole Wagner, who was the former chairman of the Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama, for sexually abusing a child under the age of 12.
WORLD-WIDE REPORTS
In the current issue of WORLD Magazine, Mary Jackson reports on Maine’s new law partially decriminalizing prostitution.
On The World and Everything in It, Bethel McGrew wonders why some critics accuse Sound of Freedom of aligning with QAnon conspiracies.
In Compassion, Addie Offereins covers scrutiny drawn by anti-trafficking missions like Tim Ballard’s, which inspired Sound of Freedom.
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I’m looking forward to welcoming Leah Savas back to her beat next week. Thank you for reading!”
It’s pretty glaringly obvious that we’re wanted to be dead. I mean, that is exactly what this says. Stop having kids movement, combined with assisted suicides. Not that assisted suicide in every case is bad. But pretty nuts.
“Religious hospitals in British Columbia face increased pressure from the Canadian government to provide assisted suicide options.
(Associated Press/Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
Dear Friend,
This weekend in Asheville, N.C., where I live and the home to WORLD’s headquarters, the local chapter of Stop Having Kids planned to meet downtown for a demonstration at Pritchard Park. According to its website, the group promotes abortion and anti-natalism movements to eliminate “an unconscionable amount of needless suffering, injustice, and death in the world—with birth serving as the catalyst for it all.” An Instagram post on Mother’s Day shows supporters holding signs saying, “Not bringing someone into existence can be an act of love,” and “Having kids is the worst thing you can do for the environment.” Another sign on the website reads, “Be a voice for the voiceless,” which, ironically, is part of WORLD’s mission, too.
We sent features reporter Grace Snell to the park to cover the protest, but the only thing she could report was that no one showed up.
Stop Having Kids hasn’t rescheduled their demonstration yet, but as I write, The World Counts counter reads 79,216,106 births in the world this year and 9,480,380 this month, which is just a little more than 4 per second. As Christians, I hope we will continue to show up and stand up for all the voiceless, whether born or unborn. And I hope we can show groups like Stop Having Kids that every human life is a gift from God, not a catalyst for suffering.
Now for this week’s news from the life beat:
RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS FOR EUTHANASIA THREATENED IN CANADA
As government officials in British Columbia attempt to remove safeguards against euthanasia, religious healthcare protections for faith-based hospitals are at risk. Alexandra Ellison talks with healthcare providers in Canada that may lose their exemptions to euthanasia requirements.
ALSO VITAL
U.S. military wants taxpayer-funded abortions: At a news conference last week, the Biden administration passionately defended covering costs for abortions for service members and their spouses as a “foundational, sacred obligation.” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby argued that the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act compromised military readiness. Republican amendments to next year’s nearly $900 billion defense budget cut paid leave and travel reimbursement for abortions, which Kirby saw as necessary for retaining female service or family members assigned to bases in states with new protections for unborn babies. U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said the Defense Department’s abortion policy is “patently illegal” because Congress never authorized the reimbursement of abortion expenses in the first place. He added that the policy “flies in the face of the Hyde Amendment,” a measure prohibiting taxpayer-funded abortions. Tuberville is protesting the White House abortion policy by blocking Senate confirmations of military promotions.
Keeping parents in the dark: On July 13, Oregon Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek signed a measure removing age requirements for abortions in some cases, despite the state’s legal age for consensual sexual activity set at 18. Republican lawmakers organized a six-week walkout following the bill’s passage in the House in May. The protest pushed for a compromise on the measure’s original elimination of all parental notification requirements. The law now does not require abortionists to notify parents if children under age 15 undergo an abortion procedure as long as a medical provider agrees that it is not in the child’s best interest to inform her parents. But if an abortionist believes that informing a child’s parents could lead to abuse or neglect of the child, a second opinion is not required. The bill also blocks Oregonian law enforcement officials from assisting with out-of-state abortion investigations.
THE INTERNATIONAL PULSE
New precedents for justice: Carla Foster, 45, will be released from prison after a British appeals court suspended her 28-month sentence for killing her unborn baby in the third trimester. Foster lied about the gestation of her pregnancy in 2020 to obtain abortion pills through the mail. Abortion is legal in Britain up to 24 weeks of gestation, but chemical abortion is only legal until 10 weeks. Doctors determined Foster’s unborn baby, Lily, to be at 32 to 34 weeks of gestation when killed. Lawyer Barry White argued that the COVID-19 pandemic influenced Foster’s “already anxious state of mind” to have the abortion. Foster’s case raises questions about the punishment of other women who violate Britain’s abortion law.
Editorial integrity: An internal panel for the British Journal of Psychiatry resigned in protest after the publication refused to retract a pro-life doctor’s research. American psychologist and former professor Priscilla Coleman published a paper in 2011 about the negative effects abortion has on the mother’s mental health. The panel recommended retracting her research in 2022 after investigating concerns regarding methodological flaws in the data, such as counting the same women multiple times in the studies. The journal, owned by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, overruled the panel’s recommendations after Coleman issued a statement threatening to take legal action. “It is not appropriate today for activists to call for a retraction because they are uncomfortable with the results and the study is having a major impact in terms of informing clinical practice and policy,” Coleman told the British Medical Journal. Another journal, Frontiers in Social Health Psychology, retracted a paper by Coleman in December 2022 over allegations of conflict of interest and other methodological errors.
QUICK BEATS
At least 3,500 doses of abortion pills prescribed in states with pro-abortion laws have been shipped into pro-life states.
The Missouri Supreme Court will decide whether state residents can vote on a constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion after state Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, stalled the process by refusing to sign off on a cost estimate of lower tax revenue due to fewer births.
Celeste Burgess, 19, received a 90-day prison sentence in Nebraska for aborting her unborn baby with abortion pills around 30 weeks of gestation and burying the baby’s body three different times.
A new poll found that nearly 60 percent of Ohio voters support a pro-abortion amendment that will likely appear on the state’s ballot in November.
Police arrested Alabama State Department of Education employee Marty Decole Wagner, who was the former chairman of the Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama, for sexually abusing a child under the age of 12.
WORLD-WIDE REPORTS
In the current issue of WORLD Magazine, Mary Jackson reports on Maine’s new law partially decriminalizing prostitution.
On The World and Everything in It, Bethel McGrew wonders why some critics accuse Sound of Freedom of aligning with QAnon conspiracies.
In Compassion, Addie Offereins covers scrutiny drawn by anti-trafficking missions like Tim Ballard’s, which inspired Sound of Freedom.
If you have friends who would like to receive these emails, encourage them to sign up.
I’m looking forward to welcoming Leah Savas back to her beat next week. Thank you for reading!”
