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5+ min ago (491+ words) KFF," formerly known as The Kaiser Family Foundation or The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation," has a richly undeserved reputation as an independent source for health policy research, polling, and news." In truth, it toes the pro-abortion line with both feet and provides cover for even the most transparently biased studies." Having said that, I could not believe the results I found in KFF Health Tracking Poll: Knowledge and Views of Medication Abortion" that appeared last Friday. Later, we get an historical perspective: Among women of reproductive age, the share viewing the pills as safe decreased from 59% to 41%, while larger shares now view the pills as unsafe (from 12% in 2023 to 21% now) or say they are not sure if abortion pills are safe (from 29% to 37% now). That's an 18-point decrease (59% to 41%) in just two years. Given KFF's investment in the safety" of…...

7+ min ago (678+ words) Outreach & Events Director Something strange has happened to the American left. The policies and actions it now champions have become so extreme, so visibly cruel, that many of its own voters literally refuse to believe they are real. They don't argue the merits. They don't offer counterevidence. They look at the facts, screenshots, statutes, official reports, even the bodies, and declare, "That can't be true." It is mass psychological denial, a collective decision to live in a parallel reality where the horrors committed in their name do not exist. Take the recent election for Virginia's Attorney General won by Jay Jones, the Democrat. Jones was caught sending a sitting legislator text messages fantasizing about murdering a political opponent and watching the man's children die in their mother's arms, not in metaphor, and not even in twisted jest. He typed the…...

8+ min ago (447+ words) When states turn blue, or even purple, they have zero commitment to providing the public with even bare minimum information about abortion. You might ask yourself what do they have to hide, hmmm? Writing in the Detroit News, Kaitlyn Buss declares an unequivocal truth: "Counting abortions doesn't make them illegal or unavailable." There are few limitations on abortion in Michigan since it was enshrined in the state constitution, which has resulted in almost all regulations around the procedure being struck down or suspended. Democratic lawmakers, who repealed reporting requirements in 2023, now insist on continuing to keep the state in the dark about the abortions that do take place here." There is little chance the Democratic-led Senate will take up bills pending before the Republican-led House that would reinstate laws requiring abortion providers to report various personal " but non-identifying " data on…...

15+ min ago (490+ words) No Doubt star has previously partnered with Hallow, a prayer and meditation app, for Lent and Christmas Gwen Stefani is facing major backlash for her latest partnership with the Catholic prayer and meditation app Hallow. The No Doubt frontwoman, 56, a devout Catholic, recently shared a collaborative post on social media, promoting the "anti-abortion" app. The company's CEO Alex Jones in 2023 stated that Hallow "proudly and unequivocally" supports "the pro-life stance of the Church and the USCCB's affirmation of [the end of] abortion as the preeminent priority." "It is important this holiday season to spend time in prayer. That is what Christmas is all about: letting God into our hearts and letting Jesus bring us his peace," Stefani said in the video, calling on her fans to "download Hallow today and join me and millions of others in praying every day…...

23+ min ago (89+ words) I thought that this was an interesting read. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/young-men-christ-culture/ I thought that this was an interesting read. Are Young Men Being Drawn to Christ or Christian Culture? I thought that this was an interesting read. Are Young Men Being Drawn to Christ or Christian Culture? I thought that this was an interesting read. Are Young Men Being Drawn to Christ or Christian Culture? I thought that this was an interesting read. Are Young Men Being Drawn to Christ or Christian Culture?...

23+ min ago (337+ words) The report entitled "Tipping Point" focuses on an escalation in violence targeting such women alongside the rise of social media and artificial intelligence and draws on input from more than 6,900 human rights defenders, journalists and activists in 119 countries. The study by UN Women, the United Nations agency that promotes women's rights, gender equality and empowerment of women and girls, follows a similar report by the U.N. cultural and educational agency UNESCO in 2021 that highlighted the issue. "Online violence against women has become a growing global crisis," UN Women said. "What begins on a screen can quickly fuel harassment, intimidation, and even real-world harm." Some 41% of respondents said they experienced offline attacks, abuse or harassment that they linked with online violence in the forms of physical or sexual assault, stalking, verbal harassment and "swatting," a tactic to get authorities to respond to…...

28+ min ago (100+ words) In a report described as 'reflections and initial impressions', Baroness Valerie Amos, who is leading the investigation into England's maternity services, said that nothing could have prepared her for the scale of unacceptable care that women and families receive. Review condemns scale of "unacceptable" NHS maternity care In a report described as "reflections and initial impressions", Baroness Valerie Amos, who is leading the investigation into England"s maternity services, said that nothing could have prepared her for the scale of unacceptable care that women and families receive. Our Health and Social Care Editor, Victoria Macdonald, walks us through the findings....

31+ min ago (985+ words) The family of Emma Caldwell has warned of "betrayal" and a "travesty of justice" after Police Scotland was left out of the inquiry's remit. The public inquiry into her murder officially began on Tuesday by publishing what it would investigate. Ms'Caldwell'was murdered in 2005 but it was not until last year that Iain Packer was convicted of her killing along with a number of sexual offences against other women. The initial police investigation has drawn criticism for failing to catch Packer, who was jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years two decades after the murder of the 27-year-old. Chair Lord Scott, a high court judge, will examine which steps could reasonably have been taken that could have resulted in Emma's killer being apprehended and prosecuted at an earlier stage, "and any other factors relevant to the circumstances of the…...

32+ min ago (1353+ words) Black Feminist in Public'is a series of conversations between creative Black women and Janell Hobson, a Ms. scholar whose work focuses on the intersections of history, popular culture and representations of women of African descent. Ms." Janell Hobson had a chance to speak with Black feminist scholar and Butler biographer Susana M. Morris, who relied on the vast archive available at Huntington for her latest book, Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, which came out earlier this year. Janell Hobson: I remember watching A Quiet Place: Day One with Lupita Nyong"o, who"s on a deserted city street in Manhattan when she picks up a copy of Octavia Butler"s Dawn. It reminded me that the writer has now entered pop culture and has become a cultural icon. What do you think she would make of that?...

54+ min ago (817+ words) The Queen has met members of a charity dedicated to raising awareness of economic abuse and heard powerful stories from women affected by the issue. Camilla met officials from the Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) charity and heard women tell their stories in a room, before a wider reception which also involved banking industry representatives. Economic abuse involves a current or ex-partner controlling someone else's money and what that money can buy, such as housing, food, transport, employment, child maintenance, clothing and phones. It is often perpetrated alongside other abusive behaviours, such as physical, sexual and psychological abuse, to build fear and isolation. Thanking the charity at the reception, the Queen said: "I thought I knew most things about domestic abuse but I've learned a lot today that I didn't know about. "And talking to all these very brave women and…...