As the Biden campaign continues to push abortion as its primary focus ahead of the November elections, the administration made yet another move to ensure that abortion remains front and center by moving to insert the issue into the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act earlier this month - a move that earned a strong rebuke and lawsuit from a group of 17 Republican state attorneys general.
Planned Parenthood's most recent annual report highlighted increased activity in the U.S., including 1.05 million patients, 9.13 million services, 2.25 million birth control services, 392,715 abortions, and another 1.7 million appointments booked online. But to the dismay of pro-life activists, what may be the most shocking aspect of the data from the report was not the national impact, but the international effect Planned Parenthood has had - a mission they use taxpayer dollars to fund.
Experts are warning of rising anti-Christian hostility - not just abroad, but at home in the U.S. Arielle Del Turco, director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council, told The Washington Stand, "International religious freedom groups are monitoring religious freedom conditions in the United States more and more, and it's easy to see why. ... Sadly, American culture is increasingly hostile to traditional Christian beliefs."
Over the past several months, most polls have consistently shown former President Donald Trump earning a slight lead over incumbent Joe Biden. Now, a new CNN/SSRS poll published on Sunday is showing Trump with a much wider lead over Biden. In a head-to-head contest, Trump would garner 49% of the vote and Biden only 43% - a six-point lead for Trump - with 4% of respondents voting for "someone else," 3% not voting, and only 1% with no opinion on who to vote for.
Uncertainty is easily one of the most blatant plagues to the human conscience. Some of the most basic questions we ask ourselves are: "Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?" For many, not having an answer to these things causes genuine depression, existential crisis, and a fear of living life wrong and dying in a manner of regret.
Cuban evangelical pastor and political prisoner Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo is once again facing health complications in the maximum-security prison of Boniato, in the Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba.
