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3+ min ago (324+ words) House speaker worked behind the scenes to strip provision after it was added as an amendment earlier this year A huge defense policy bill, revealed by US lawmakers on Sunday, does not include a provision that would have provided broad healthcare coverage for in vitro fertilization (IVF) for active-duty members of the military, despite Donald Trump's pledge to strengthen access to the procedure. Both the House and Senate previously approved the provision, which was added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as an amendment earlier this year. But Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House and a diehard anti-abortion Republican, worked behind the scenes to strip the provision from the new version of the NDAA, MS NOW reported last week. Although IVF is extremely popular with the American public, abortion foes often oppose it on the grounds that it…...

12+ min ago (894+ words) AUGUSTA "A prominent Democrat hoping to fight for one of the nation's most closely contested congressional seats is taking heat over a more than two decades-old antiabortion vote. State auditor Matt Dunlap said Monday that a vote he took in the Maine Legislature in favor of a bill restricting abortion access doesn't represent his stance on the issue today. He pledged to "always fight for reproductive freedom" as he campaigns for Congress. Dunlap, who's hoping to replace Democratic Rep. Jared Golden in the 2nd District, appeared at a campaign event geared towards women at the University of Maine at Augusta in which he also talked about access to childcare and the cost of living. He was asked by reporters about LD 798, a bill that came up in 2003 that would have required physicians to provide notice to women at least 24 hours before…...

17+ min ago (368+ words) Heartbroken friends have remembered her as spirited and hardworking THE devastated friends of a once-missing 20-year-old who was found dead after a days-long search have opened up about the grim tragedy that claimed her life. Kaylee Russell was found dead inside her car on Thursday in Windsor, Colorado, just an hour north of Denver. She was last seen on Sunday evening at a park-and-ride event. However, the 20-year-old was declared missing the following day when she failed to show up to work. According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Russell's car was spotted off the road and down a canal near a reservoir, submerged in water. Drivers saw that the vehicle had flipped upside down, and that Russell was caught inside, Fox affiliate KDVR reported. read more news stories Cops now carry out "multiple' searches at missing "pedo' coach's home…...

24+ min ago (535+ words) Northern Ireland's deputy First Minister has criticised the region's Equality Commission for taking legal action after the Supreme Court's ruling on biological sex. Earlier this month the Equality Commission applied to the High Court for leave to apply for judicial review, after the Supreme Court's ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. It is seeking a clarification of how the ruling should be applied in the "different legal context of Northern Ireland. Asked about the move during questions for the Executive Office in the Assembly on Monday, Emma Little-Pengelly said she did not believe that it is a "necessary expenditure. "They are operationally independent. That is a decision that they can make themselves. However, the question is, should they be making that decision, should they be prioritising that? she said. Pressed further by TUV MLA…...

31+ min ago (164+ words) On Monday, December 8th, the Commissioners Court of Motley County, Texas (pop. 1,063) considered an ordinance "Outlawing Abortion Within the Unincorporated Area of Motley County, Declaring Motley County a Sanctuary County for the Unborn." After a presentation from Right to Life Across Texas, the measure was adopted in a unanimous 5-0 vote by County Judge Jim Meador and Commissioners Douglass Campbell, Roegan Cruse, Franklin Jameson, and Timmy Brooks. Motley County received a letter from Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell, committing to represent Motley County at no cost to the city or taxpayers for any litigation that may arise from the passage of their ordinance further outlawing abortion and abortion trafficking. Residents in cities and counties across the nation who are interested in seeing their local government pass an enforceable ordinance are encouraged to sign the'online petition'from the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative. LifeNews Note:…...

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1+ hour, 13+ min ago (1919+ words) Abortion workers across America are quietly walking away from the industry'and behind many of these exits is a hidden force of compassion: contemplative sisters who spend their lives in prayer and send handwritten Christmas cards inviting workers to leave the clinic and find help. Glenn Beck sits down with Sister Christina of the Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth to reveal how a simple act of mercy has helped more than 700 workers abandon the abortion world, and why the spiritual battle for life is being won not through anger, but through sacrifice, prayer, and love. This is the side of the pro-life movement the world rarely sees'yet it may be the most powerful part of all. TranscriptBelow is a rush transcript that may contain errorsGLENN: So I'm really excited to have Sister Christina join us. She's a Capuchin Sister of Nazareth out…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago (171+ words) Kristen Stewart reflects on playing "the most famous woman in the world," Princess Diana in Spencer. The actress draws comparisons with her own life in the spotlight. The movie, which premiered at the Venice film festival, is set over a weekend in the early 1990s when Diana joined the royal family for Christmas at the Queen's Sandringham Estate. Kristen Stewart calls out "crazy' Hollywood double standard - Kristen Stewart criticised Hollywood's double standards, stating male actors are "aggrandised for retaining self" in performances, a privilege not extended to women. - She suggested male actors employ techniques like method acting to balance the emotional and "unmasculine" vulnerability inherent in performing. - Stewart highlighted that performance is inherently submissive and questioned why female method actors are not perceived in the same way as their male counterparts. - She observed male actors often project bravado to make their…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago (233+ words) It will be months before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releases data on abortion. The data " which gives us an idea of how many abortions were performed and where " tends to be released around Thanksgiving.National Review reports that it now appears that it will be spring before the data is released. Pro-life activist Michael New is an assistant professor of practice at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America and a senior associate scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute. He looks forward to the data, adding that it serves an important purpose. "It's important to be able to gauge the impact of pro-life laws and make a strong case that, if you do pass a pro-life law, lives will be saved," says New. "I think the CDC is also useful at showing that…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago (233+ words) It will be months before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releases data on abortion. The data " which gives us an idea of how many abortions were performed and where " tends to be released around Thanksgiving.National Review reports that it now appears that it will be spring before the data is released. Pro-life activist Michael New is an assistant professor of practice at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America and a senior associate scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute. He looks forward to the data, adding that it serves an important purpose. "It's important to be able to gauge the impact of pro-life laws and make a strong case that, if you do pass a pro-life law, lives will be saved," says New. "I think the CDC is also useful at showing that…...