Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:
From Family Council
⛪ Family Council Celebrates Arkansas Being Named Number One in America on Religious Liberty. On Tuesday, First Liberty Institute’s Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy announced Arkansas is leading the nation in its Religious Liberty in the States index. In a statement, Family Council President Jerry Cox said, “This is something Arkansans can celebrate. First Liberty is one of our country’s leading supporters of religious freedom. Their index looks at laws and protections for religious liberty in all 50 states. If they say Arkansas is leading the nation, you can believe it.” Keep Reading.
🗽 America Flirts with Democratic Socialism. Recently, in primary elections in both New York and Colorado, self-professed Communist and Democratic Socialist candidates beat even progressive-wing candidates to claim Democratic nominations for office. Keep Reading.
🪪 Texas Lawmakers Look at Prohibiting Foreign Surrogacy Contracts, Protecting Children. In commercial surrogacy contacts, corporate agencies hire women to carry children for paying customers. But recent news stories and congressional testimony have highlighted how some of these paying customers may actually be from foreign countries. Because the children are born on U.S. soil, they are American citizens, but they may be immediately taken from the U.S. to be raised in China or another country. As a result, policymakers have begun voicing serious concerns about this issue. Keep Reading.
🪙 Polymarket Used Deceptive Social Media Ads, Fake Wins to Promote Platform: WSJ. A recent investigation by The Wall Street Journal alleges that the prediction market platform Polymarket hired social media influencers to record deceptive videos appealing to young adults. Keep Reading.
📵 Most Americans Want to Keep Kids Off Social Media. Between Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms, most teens and young adults are on some form of social media. The U.S. Surgeon General says 95% of American teenagers use social media, and about one-third say they use it “almost constantly.” But parents, policymakers, and pundits have raised concerns about the harm that social media can cause to kids. Keep Reading.
💊 Doctors Allege Planned Parenthood May Be Committing Fraud to Cover Up Sex-Change Procedures. According to a report from the Washington Examiner, Planned Parenthood facilities in Pennsylvania have been using a billing code for “endocrine disorder, unspecified” when prescribing cross-sex hormones, rather than using the accurate billing code for gender identity disorder. Multiple physicians say this practice could amount to fraud. Keep Reading.
From Our Friends
Turning Children into Commodities. From World News Group.
Male Athletes Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging New Hampshire Women’s Sports Law. From Daily Citizen.
IVF Action: Clarity Sought to Safeguard Human Dignity. From The Washington Stand.
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