From Mail-Order Abortion to Shady Bets, Here are the Week’s Top Stories

Current Events,
This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is weekly-rewind-banner-corrected-1024x165.png

Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:

From Family Council

💊 Federal Court Finally Blocks Mail-Order Abortion Drugs Nationwide: On May 1, a three-judge panel from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked mail-order abortion drugs nationwide, but on Monday the U.S. Supreme Court issued an administrative stay letting mail-order abortion drugs resume at least until 5:00 P.M. on Monday, May 11. Keep Reading.

💵 Arkansas Legislature Approves $3.5M in Grant Funding for Mothers with Unplanned Pregnancies: The Arkansas Legislature continues to put its money where its mouth is by approving millions of dollars in grant funding to support women with unplanned pregnancies. Keep Reading.

🎉 Pro-Life Centers Win Unanimous Supreme Court Victory: Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed New Jersey pregnancy centers can defend themselves from government overreach. Keep Reading.

🌡️ Forecast Calls for 100% Chance of Shady Bets: Last week, media outlets reported that French authorities are investigating unexplained temperature spikes at a Paris weather station following suspicious bets placed on the platform Polymarket. Keep Reading.

⚖️ Federal Agency Sues States That are Trying to Stop Prediction Market Gambling: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed lawsuits against New York and Wisconsin and filed legal briefs in Massachusetts, all to stop those states from applying their gambling laws to so-called “prediction markets.” Keep Reading.

😞 Sports Betting is Growing in America, But So is the Harm: Reports continue to show that sports betting is growing in America — but financial damage from predatory gambling is growing with it. Keep Reading.

🥼 Marijuana Hurts Teens’ Mental Health: A recent study shows once again that marijuana is harmful for teens and young adults. Keep Reading.

🏛️ Arkansas Attorney General Asks 8th Circuit to Keep Ten Commandments Monument on Capitol Grounds: Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office has appealed to the 8th Circuit to keep a monument of the Ten Commandments on the State Capitol Building grounds. Keep Reading.

🏀 Basketball Team Scores Big with Full Court Press for Religious Liberty: A Christian school in Vermont recently won a major legal victory — and the price tag for violating its constitutional rights was steep. Keep Reading.

📜 Here’s How the State Board of Education Could Fix Its EFA Rules: We have written repeatedly about how lawmakers could vote very soon a flawed set of rules governing the Educational Freedom Account (EFA) program. Keep Reading.

From Our Friends

DOJ Investigates Illinois School Districts for Violating Parental Rights With LGBT Content. From Daily Citizen.

Does Gay Marriage Put Children First? From Greater Than.

Neither Optimism nor Despair: Why Hope is Better. From Breakpoint.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

READ MORE

From Homeschool Hardships to Gambling Growth: New This Week

Current Events,
This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is weekly-rewind-banner-corrected-1024x165.png

Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:

From Family Council

🍎 Department of Education Tells Homeschoolers New EFA Rules Don’t Have to be Fair: The Department of Education disregarded concerns that Arkansas’ homeschoolers repeatedly expressed about new Educational Freedom Account (EFA) rules, according to documents Family Council obtained via the Freedom of Information Act. Keep Reading.

💰 Arkansans Wagered $86.5M+ on Sports Betting in March: Sportsbooks are now legal across most of the country, including Arkansas. Earlier this year the Arkansas Racing Commission approved sports betting license applications by FanDuel and DraftKings. State financial data shows that between the NCAA March Madness tournament and these new online sportsbooks, sports betting spiked by millions of dollars last month. But this type of gambling is taking a terrible toll on families’ finances. Keep Reading.

🌹 Mary Rose Doe Reminds Us of the Horrors of Unrestricted Abortion on Demand: On April 28, 1983, an eight-year-old boy playing by his yard near Little Rock’s Cantrell Road discovered baby Mary Rose Doe lying dead in a drainage ditch. Keep Reading.

🏛️ Pro-Abortion Group Continues Legal Effort Against Arkansas’ Pro-Life Laws: A pro-abortion group has requested a hearing in its lawsuit against Arkansas’ pro-life laws. Keep Reading.

📜 Federal Government Moves to Reschedule Marijuana: Across the U.S., many states have legalized marijuana either for “medical” or “recreational” use, and the Trump Administration has signaled that it wants to change U.S. policy on marijuana. But a growing body of evidence shows marijuana is actually much more dangerous that many people realize and needs to be restricted. Keep Reading.

⚖️ Arkansas Watches as Appeals Court Rules Ten Commandments Can Stay in Texas Classrooms: A federal appeals court ruled last week that Texans can display the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Arkansans should pay close attention. Keep Reading.

💵 Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center with Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering: Last week, a federal Grand Jury in Alabama charged the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. Keep Reading.

⚽ Trump Administration Sues Minnesota Department of Education for Violating Fairness in Girls’ Sports: Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League for letting biological males compete in girls’ athletics. Keep Reading.

From Our Friends

Assassination Culture Rears Its Ugly Head Again. From Daily Citizen.

Sorry, Jimmy Kimmel: It’s Not Funny to Joke About the First Lady as a Widow. From Daily Citizen.

Canada Said Her Only Choice Was Assisted Suicide, Texas Helped Save Her Life. From LifeNews.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

READ MORE

Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center with Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

Current Events,

Last week, a federal Grand Jury in Alabama charged the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.

The SPLC has spent decades opposing white supremacy while also branding Christian organizations like Family Research Council and Focus on the Family as “hate groups” on par with Neo-Nazis and the KKK.

The group has also urged financial institutions to de-bank conservative organizations.

But last week an indictment from a federal Grand Jury said the SPLC has secretly funneled more than $3 million to a covert network of informants affiliated with groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

According to the indictment, the SPLC laundered donations through shell companies to people in the very groups the SPLC claimed it was working to dismantle.

The indictment says one SPLC contact from the National Alliance was paid more than $1,000,000 between 2014 and 2023. According to the indictment, the informant helped fundraise for the National Alliance while also providing the SPLC with stolen documents.

The indictment says the SPLC paid another informant $270,000 while helping plan and coordinate transportation to the 2017 “Unite the Right” event in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Other informants were listed on the SPLC’s own “Extremist File” fundraising webpage at the same time the SPLC was secretly paying them.

The indictment says the SPLC also used these informants to indirectly funnel money to other violent extremist group leaders.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche put it plainly: “The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence.”

What the SPLC did isn’t just hypocritical. According to federal prosecutors, it’s fraud.

Arkansas families and churches should pay attention. The SPLC’s “hate group” list has been used to pressure banks, employers, and government agencies to treat Christians and conservatives like dangerous extremists. This indictment should make it clear that the SPLC’s “hate group” list isn’t trustworthy.

Family Council plans to continue monitoring this case as it moves forward.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

READ MORE