Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:
From Family Council
💵 Teacher Labor Union Gives Nearly $1M to Arkansas Ballot Measure Campaign. On Monday, Arkansas Ethics Commission filings revealed an out-of-state group gave nearly $1 million to a campaign to place the Arkansas Ballot Measure Rights Amendment on the November ballot. The measure would amend the Arkansas Constitution to keep the ballot initiative process wide open and prevent the state legislature from enacting safeguards against petition fraud and other offenses. Keep Reading.
🏛️ Lawmakers Approve EFA Rules Despite Homeschoolers’ Concerns. On Monday, a legislative subcommittee approved a new slate of Educational Freedom Account (EFA) rules despite strong concerns voiced by homeschoolers in the EFA program. The new rules are slated to take effect July 1. Keep Reading.
🏫 Data Shows 141 Arkansas Students Took Academic Study of the Bible Courses this Year. Data from the Arkansas Department of Education shows 141 public school students enrolled in courses to study the Bible academically this school year. Keep Reading.
💉 Poll: Most Americans Say Suicide Is Wrong — But Many Support Physician-Assisted Suicide Anyway. A new Gallup poll shows most Americans believe suicide in general is morally wrong, but opinions are split over physician-assisted suicide. Keep Reading.
💊 Ethicists Argue People Who Want to Starve Themselves to Death Should be Eligible for Assisted Suicide. Last month, three prominent bioethicists published a paper in the journal Bioethics arguing that people who try to commit suicide via self-starvation and dehydration should be eligible for “terminal sedation” — which other experts argue would be nothing more than assisted suicide. The column underscores the “slippery slope” that assisted suicide leads to. Keep Reading.
🍼 Republican Congressmen Introduce Measures to Prevent Sex-Offenders, Foreign Nationals from Acquiring Children Through Surrogacy. Earlier this month, more than a dozen GOP congressmen co-sponsored legislation preventing sex-offenders from acquiring children through surrogacy and prohibiting foreign nationals from entering into surrogacy contracts in the U.S. Keep Reading.
📉 Support for Sex-Change Procedures, Polygamy Falls Among Democrats: Gallup. Last week pollsters at Gallup released a survey showing support for sex-change procedures and polygamy has fallen significantly among Democrats over the past year. Keep Reading.
From Our Friends
The Wholesome Side of Social Media. From Breakpoint.
14 AGs Press EPA on Abortion Pill Water Contamination. From Daily Citizen.
MLB Players are Right to Reclaim the Rainbow. From Daily Citizen.
Louisiana Dad Poisons His Daughter with Abortion Drug in Latest Mifepristone Horror Story. From The Washington Stand.
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