U.S. Supreme Court Seriously Considering AR Pro-Life Law

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Last October Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge sent a request to the U.S. Supreme Court asking them to review the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Law.

Portions of the law were struck by lower federal courts, but A.G. Rutledge is asking the Supreme Court for a hearing to determine the law’s constitutionality. Progress is being made on that hearing; earlier this month the U.S. Supreme Court asked opponents of the law to respond to the A.G.’s request by December 10.

As the A.G.’s office notes, this shows the U.S. Supreme Court is giving the issue “serious consideration.”

The Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act was sponsored by Sen. Jason Rapert in 2013; it originally prevented most abortions after the twelfth week of pregnancy. Portions of the law pertaining to informed-consent prior to an abortion are still in place, but the provisions preventing a doctor from performing an abortion after the twelfth week of pregnancy if a fetal heartbeat is detected were struck down.

The A.G.’s  office asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review and uphold the entire law as constitutional last October; a review would set the stage for the court to revise or overturn key elements of past abortion decisions, such as Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

 

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A Marijuana-Infused Thanksgiving Dinner?

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Pumpkin_PieRecently we wrote how most Americans still give thanks to God at Thanksgiving for the many blessings they enjoy. We eat food with friends and family, and we give thanks for all that we have. However, as the holiday season approaches, some websites are actually promoting marijuana-infused Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes.

For example, TheCannabist.co offers recipes for everything from pot cookies to marijuana-infused pies. One writer describes the process for making THC-infused butter, saying, “Some people like to make a mild butter and use it to spread on their toast in the morning or add a teaspoon or two to a baked potato.”

Does anyone actually think it’s a good idea to eat butter infused with marijuana before heading out the door to work? Does that sound like a healthy way to start the day?

A marijuana-infused Thanksgiving meal sounds like a joke, but the truth is there are several problems with marijuana edibles. (more…)

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ADF: Court Precedent Says Schools Can Keep Boys Out of Girls’ Locker Rooms

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MUTCD_RS-022.svgMany still find it shocking, but there is a real battle underway in America over whether or not schools must let biological males who claim to be female use women’s restrooms and locker rooms at school.

Members of the Obama administration are pushing very hard to force schools to change their restroom and locker room policies, but as John Stonestreet at the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview and as attorneys from the Alliance Defending Freedom both note, schools can–and have–successfully defeat this kind of bullying from the federal government.

Stonestreet notes,

Many parents wonder if they can do anything to stem this tide. After all, can you stop the federal government?

The Alliance Defending Freedom’s answer is a resounding “yes!”

Speaking recently on Moody Radio, the ADF’s Matt Sharp said that “If you look at what the [legal] precedent says, and what the most recent courts looking at this issue have found,” it becomes clear that “schools can have these separate facilities” for boys and girls.

Last year Alliance Defending Freedom drafted a model policy schools can adopt to protect the privacy of their students. The policy reads in part, (more…)

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