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A federal appeals court overturned a lower court decision Thursday that said making women wait 48 hours before having an abortion is illegal.

Transgender activists said it is fair for transgender “women” to compete against biological women and claims otherwise are “overblown.”

USA Today is under fire after altering an op-ed written by a Connecticut girl explaining the disadvantage she and other female athletes face in competing against boys claiming to be transgender girls in track and field, adding an editor’s note to the top apologizing for “hurtful” language used in the piece and altering her words, specifically targeting the word “male.”

Barr delivered a speech in which he cautioned the biggest threat to religious liberty today is the militant secular-progressive education in our state-run schools.

Lawyers for four Connecticut women will appeal a judge’s decision to dismiss their lawsuit that asks for girls’ athletics to be protected from men who insist they are women.

Dozens of conservative groups are asking South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) to support legislation that “protects all women—kindergarten to college—and provides them with a legal remedy when their rights are violated,” noting in a Monday letter that the Republican governor can join their coalition to defend Title IX by “supporting legislation like HB 1217 as originally passed.”

Arkansas became the third state in the nation Thursday to protect girls’ and women’s sports from males claiming to identify as females.

Joe Biden’s DOJ withdrew support for a lawsuit brought by three female high schools athletes over competing against biological men in sports.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) reintroduced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to protect athletes from compeition with biological men.

Biden is expected to embrace transgender ideology, including supporting biological men competing in sports against biological women.

A Montana high school has announced that it will reinstate a Christian student club after it was removed from the school’s list of recognized student organizations in 2019. The high school reversed its decision after Alliance Defending Freedom threatened to take legal action.

The family of a third grade girl has filed a federal lawsuit after her school principal ordered her to remove her mask that has the words “Jesus Loves Me” printed on it.

The Georgia Institute of Technology settled a lawsuit with the Students for Life group this week over the university’s refusal to fund an event with Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As a result of the lawsuit, the university has revised its policies to ensure that funding for student groups will be awarded in a “viewpoint-neutral” manner.

A group of 100 Orthodox Jewish rabbis from across the United States are urging Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to end his association with the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) through its AmazonSmile charity program, citing the center’s so-called “hate map” which they say puts their community at risk.

Florida State University student Jack Denton says that he was removed from the university’s student government organization over his Catholic faith. In a recently filed lawsuit, Denton and his attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom accuse the university of engaging in “unconstitutional retaliation” against him over his faith.

The website Outsports is outing female athletes who signed onto a letter asking the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to protect women’s rights by refusing to allow biological men who identify as women to compete in female college sports.

SCOTUS on Thursday agreed to review a case surrounding the constitutional right of free speech for students on U.S. college campuses.

Amazon has blocked Family Research Council, a Christian conservative nonprofit, from receiving contributions through its AmazonSmile program.

The attorneys representing three female high school track and field athletes who are challenging rules allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports, said the judge in the case should recuse himself after he said transgender athletes cold not be referred to as “males.”

Female athletes in high school and colleges are at a disadvantage when they must compete against biological men who “identify” as women.

Jack Phillips, the baker who was sued for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding because of his religious conscience, was back in court on Thursday, this time for turning down a request for a “gender transition” cake.

Republicans in the Arizona House have passed the Save Women’s Sports Act, a bill that protects female athletes from having to compete against biological men who “identify” as women.

The Alliance Defending Freedom says that a University of Wisconsin-River Falls policy violates its students’ First Amendment rights. In a letter sent to the university on Monday, the legal group calls on the school to revise its policies “to ensure that administrators do not prohibit students from speaking spontaneously in public outdoor areas.”

Some might think organizations focused on “women’s rights” or labeled “feminist” would be eager to show support for female athletes in a lawsuit challenging a policy that allows biological males to compete against women, giving them an unfair advantage.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The families of three female high school runners filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block transgender athletes in Connecticut from participating in girls sports.

In the aftermath of a lawsuit brought against Cal State by Students for Life, administrators announced this week that they will change a policy that discriminated against pro-life students.

The State of Arizona is set to consider a bill which would require sports to accept athletes based only on their birth gender, and bar transgender athletes from choosing a sport based on the gender with which they identify.

The assistant principal at Gulf Coast High School in Naples, Florida, allegedly threatened a teacher with termination over the teacher’s involvement with a pro-life student group on campus. After receiving a demand letter from a law firm threatening to sue the school district for viewpoint discrimination, the school says that it will approve the pro-life group.

Students throughout the United States will be celebrating the event known as Bring Your Bible to School Day on Thursday, October 3.

A Virginia teacher who was fired for refusal to use a transgender student’s preferred pronouns filed a lawsuit against the school district.

The New York City Council is repealing a ban on counseling to help those who suffer from unwanted same-sex attraction and gender confusion.

The U.S. Education Department Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will investigate a Connecticut transgender athletic policy that allows biological males to compete against biological females in school sports.

The Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian non-profit legal group, hit Vassar College back this week after academics labeled it a “hate group.”

Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that he handles online criticism by spending more time in prayer than he does on the internet. 

A group of pro-life and pro-family organizations announced Thursday the first-ever National Pro-Life Summit, dedicated to equipping citizens for an America that is post-Roe v. Wade and prepared to assist mothers and babies.

As the new school year approaches, churches, parents, and family advocacy groups are sounding the alarm about the comprehensive sex education curriculum being put into place in schools throughout California based on a 2015 law passed in the state.