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From Homeschool Rules to Abortion Drugs in Court, Here’s a Look Back at the Week’s Top Stories

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

From Family Council

📃 Family Council, Education Alliance Ask Arkansas Board of Education to Rethink EFA Restrictions on Team Sports: On Monday, Family Council and its homeschool division, the Education Alliance, submitted public comments expressing concerns over new rules governing Educational Freedom Account spending on athletics. Keep Reading.

⚖️ Family Council Joins Brief Defending States’ Authority to Protect Life: The State of Missouri has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the FDA’s mail-order abortion drug protocols. Last week, Family Council joined an amicus brief led by Advancing American Freedom in that lawsuit. Keep Reading.

💉 Latest Oregon Report Shows Sobering Statistics on Assisted Suicide: The state’s 2025 reports show that a record 637 lethal prescriptions for assisted suicide were written last year. Keep Reading.

❔ Is Transgender Ideology “In Retreat”? Pollsters at Gallup have found most Americans now say it is “morally wrong” to change genders. Most believe that drivers’ licenses should list biological sex instead of gender identity. And most do not think men should compete against women in women’s sports. Keep Reading.

🥼 American Medical Association Says It Still Supports Sex-Change Procedures for Children: In February, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons announced it now recommends delaying sex-rejecting surgeries for children until at least age 19, and at the time many media outlets reported that the American Medical Association also believed these procedures were inappropriate for kids. But in its March newsletter, the AMA board clarified that those media reports were wrong. Its policy on sex-change surgeries actually has not changed. Keep Reading.

📜 U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Colorado’s “Conversion Therapy” Ban: In an 8-1 opinion delivered last Tuesday, the Court held that Colorado’s law against so-called “conversion therapy” violates the First Amendment. Keep Reading.

💬 This Supreme Court Ruling Has Major Implications for Free Speech: In a video interview with Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins, ADF senior counsel Jake Warner said, “Colorado has been no respecter of the First Amendment. ADF has litigated multiple cases, including up to the U.S. Supreme Court against the state of Colorado in its effort to censor ideas that it disagrees with.” Keep Reading.

⚖️ These Two U.S. Supreme Court Cases Could Affect Arkansas Law: Between now and the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue decisions in two court cases that could affect whether states like Arkansas are free to preserve fairness in women’s athletic programs. Keep Reading.

From Our Friends

How HRC’s Corporate “Equality” Index Harms Children. From Breakpoint.

Medicalizing Gender Confusion Makes Things Worse, New Research Confirms. From DailyCitizen.

Judge Doesn’t Stop Mail-Order Abortions, Lets FDA Finish Safety Review. From LifeNews.

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Commandments in Court, Sportsbooks Sued, and More from This Week

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

From Family Council

Federal Judge Rules Against Ten Commandments Monument on Capitol Grounds: On Tuesday, Chief U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker ruled against Arkansas’ monument of the Ten Commandments. The decision orders the Secretary of State to remove the monument if the Arkansas Attorney General fails to appeal the ruling to a higher court. Keep Reading.

Arkansas State Police Lead Gulf Coast HIDTA in Highway Drug Seizures: Arkansas State Police (ASP) Troopers seized record amounts of illegal narcotics in 2025, leading all agencies in the Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) region. Keep Reading.

The Blunt Truth: Marijuana Isn’t Medicine: New research continues to show that marijuana isn’t medicine. Keep Reading.

NFL, Sportsbooks Face Lawsuit Over Micro-Betting Addiction: Two Pennsylvania men have sued NFL, DraftKings, FanDuel, and other sportsbooks over the harm from gambling addiction and in-game micro-bets. Keep Reading.

Federal Reserve Bank Report Shows Sports Betting Hurts Consumer Credit: A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows consumer credit health is suffering in the wake of sports betting’s legalization. Keep Reading.

Abortion Drugs Are Not About Women’s Health: Our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom recently released a video highlighting how abortion drugs are not about women’s health. Keep Reading.

The Bible Does Not Support Abortion: In February, James Talarico, a U.S. Senate candidate from Texas, claimed that the biblical story of the Annunciation from the Gospel of Luke supports his proabortion position. On the Joe Rogan podcast, Talarico asserted that because the angel sought Mary’s consent, a woman has a right to choose her own procreative destiny. Keep Reading.

Courts Hold Social Media Giant Accountable for Harming Kids: Two juries in two days have found Facebook and Instagram owner, Meta, liable for harming children on its social media platforms. Keep Reading.

Fewer Pastors Considering Quitting Ministry, Research Shows: Pastoral burnout in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic caused many to consider quitting ministry, but recent research shows that may be changing. Keep Reading.

From Our Friends

Planned Parenthood Pays $500,000 Fine After EEOC Investigation for DEI Policies. From Daily Citizen.

Pro-Life Group Files Brief to Stop Mail-Order Abortions. From LifeNews.

Jaden Ivey: ‘All I’m preaching about is Jesus Christ and they waived me.’ From Daily Citizen.

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From Courtroom Confusion to Cultural Christianity, Here’s a Look Back at the Week

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

From Family Council

Group Tells Pulaski County Court that the Right to Life Includes a Right to Abortion: An organization suing to overturn Arkansas’ pro-life laws filed a brief on Monday making the bizarre argument that protecting unborn babies from abortion violates the right to life. Keep Reading.

Federal Appeal Process Continues Over Arkansas’ Ten Commandments Law: Last week, U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks issued a final decision against the Ten Commandments in a group of Arkansas school districts, but higher federal courts are already weighing arguments from the case. Keep Reading.

Arkansas Lawmakers Gearing Up for 2026 Budget Session: The Arkansas Legislature’s 2026 fiscal session will begin at noon on Wednesday, April 8, and lawmakers have already started pre-filing bills. The Arkansas House and Senate probably won’t pass any new laws, but they will set the State’s budget for the coming year. Keep Reading.

Study Links Sports Betting to Binge Drinking Among Young Men: Nationwide, sports betting is now legal in more than 30 states — including Arkansas, where people wagered an average of nearly $1.8 million every day on sports last year. But while sports betting is expanding across the country, the social cost is expanding as well. Keep Reading.

Former Basketball Players Fail to Cooperate with Sports Betting Investigation: Earlier this month, the NCAA reported two former North Carolina A&T men’s basketball players did not cooperate with an investigation into potential sports betting violations — meaning the athletes are now ineligible to play. The NCAA notes that both men are no longer members of the school’s basketball program and are not currently competing in NCAA sports. Keep Reading.

Scottish Parliament Rejects Euthanasia: Last week the Scottish Parliament reportedly rejected a proposal that would have made Scotland the first country in the U.K. to legalize assisted suicide. Keep Reading.

Why “Safe Sex” Messaging Failed: For decades, public health campaigns promoted “safe sex” as the key to preventing sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancies, and state and federal officials spent millions of dollars teaching comprehensive sex education to students. But evidence shows that despite the massive investment, STD rates and teen pregnancy rates have remained high. Keep Reading.

Why Gen Z “Nones” Are Reconsidering Religion: Gen Z is the least religious cohort in American history. 43% of this generation born roughly between 1996 and 2012 identify as religious “nones.” While there have been many reports since Charlie Kirk’s assassination indicating increased interest in religion and increased church attendance, according to statistician Ryan Burge, there is not yet statistical evidence of religious revival among young people. Keep Reading.

From Our Friends

Louisville to pay $800K after court rules for Christian photographer. From Alliance Defending Freedom.

9 Things to Remember After the Death of Kermit Gosnell, ‘One of the Most Brutal Mass Murderers in American History’. From Pennsylvania Family Institute.

The Bible Does Not Support Abortion. From Breakpoint.

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