Current Events

Culture, Current Events March 23rd, 2023

Risky uterine transplants might allow biological men to give birth. Is it ethical?

Doctors are considering an experimental surgery to enable biological males to become pregnant and give birth, and few are considering the ethics beyond the risk to the patient’s health. Uterine transplants (UTx) among women are rare, but allow a woman suffering from uterine factor infertility to conceive and carry a child. The first successful woman-to-woman UTx…
Current Events, Parents March 23rd, 2023

House committee finds ‘no legitimate basis’ for FBI to investigate protesting parents

A House subcommittee report revealed the Biden administration inappropriately used “federal law-enforcement and counterterrorism resources” on parents who protested controversial local school policies. The report was issued as part of the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into the weaponization of the federal government to silence political opponents. The investigation concluded that the Biden administration colluded with the…
Culture, Current Events March 23rd, 2023

ACLU threatens to sue if Georgia Gov. Kemp signs bill protecting children from sex-change surgeries

(The Center Square) – The Georgia Senate passed a modified version of a bill that would restrict certain surgical procedures on minors for gender dysphoria on Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union is promising to sue if Gov. Brian Kemp signs it into law. Senate Bill 140 would ban any gender dysphoria-related surgical procedures and hormone…
Current Events, Public Education March 23rd, 2023

Youngkin appoints new superintendent of public instruction

(The Center Square) – Tennessee’s Chief Academic Officer Lisa Coons has been appointed to serve as Virginia’s new superintendent of public instruction, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. Coons, who led Tennessee’s revision of its English Language Arts instruction in her most recent role, is expected to assume her new position as the commonwealth’s chief school officer…
Culture, Current Events March 22nd, 2023

Missouri AG, lawmakers advance restrictions on gender transitions for minors

The morning after Missouri’s attorney general announced emergency regulations for cross-sex treatments for minors, state senators finally advanced two bills with similar restrictions. The new regulations from AG Andrew Bailey, announced Monday, will establish rigorous guardrails to protect gender-dysphoric youth, including requiring more thorough psychiatric assessments, autism screening, and ensuring patients aren’t being socially pressured into…
Current Events, Public Education March 22nd, 2023

Shooting at Denver East High School, no SROs on site, suspect found dead

Two adult faculty members were shot by a 17-year-old student in a Denver high school on Wednesday morning. The suspect, identified by police as Austin Lyle, was found dead in a remote wooded area later Wednesday, according to the Coroners office which is investigated the cause of death. The two victims, both male, have been transported…
Culture, Current Events March 17th, 2023

In new record, Biden requests billions to advance gender agenda worldwide

(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s 2024 budget proposal requests billions of dollars to advance his gender and sexuality agenda around the world, allocating far more taxpayer dollars to that than dozens of other spending priorities, such as stopping fentanyl from being smuggled across the southern border. Biden’s budget request for this issue in particular…
Culture, Current Events March 16th, 2023

Left-wing protesters disrupt mothers’ book launch, throw drinks

By disrupting a launch party for a conservative book at a New York restaurant, left-wing protesters ironically proved the book’s point, its authors say. The book, “Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation,” argues the far-left’s “woke” agenda is targeting the nation’s most vulnerable kids in the “all-out battle” against “the American…
Culture, Current Events March 15th, 2023

Georgia House committee approves bill banning gender surgeries on children

(The Center Square) – After more than an hour of sometimes contentious debate, the Georgia House Public Health Committee passed an amended bill on Tuesday that would restrict certain surgical procedures on minors for gender dysphoria. Senate Bill 140 would ban any gender dysphoria-related surgical procedures and hormone replacement therapies for those under the age of…
Abortion, Current Events March 14th, 2023

Tennessee Senate passes bill blocking abortion spending for local governments

(The Center Square) – A bill to prevent local governments from using taxpayer funds on abortions or travel out of state to get abortions passed the Tennessee Senate. Senate Bill 600 passed by a 27-6 margin despite objection from several Democratic senators. “We already are in a situation where we have OB-GYNs moving out of the state,”…