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House sends near-total abortion ban to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt

With no fanfare and very little noise of any kind, the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Tuesday morning passed and sent to the governor a near-total ban on abortion.

A holdover from last session, when it passed the Senate and a House committee, SB 612 would outlaw all abortions in Oklahoma except to save the life of the woman. It would impose a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine on anyone performing an abortion.

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Maryland’s Infanticide Bill

Maryland Senate Bill 669 would amend the state’s fetal murder-manslaughter statute to prevent “any form of investigation or penalty” for a person “experiencing a miscarriage, perinatal death related to a failure to act, or stillbirth.”

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Colorado governor signs bill affirming abortion, contraception access into law

Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed into law a bill affirming access to abortion and contraception in Colorado as Democrats brace for the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the Roe v. Wade precedent in the coming weeks. 

“No matter what the Supreme Court does in the future, people in Colorado will be able to choose when and if they have children,” Polis said at a bill signing ceremony at the governor’s mansion in downtown Denver. “We want to make sure that our state is a place where everyone can live and work and thrive and raise a family on their own terms.”

The measure also states that “a fertilized egg, embryo or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state.”

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Bill to limit disclosure on trans inmates spurs fears about female safety in Washington state

An explosive report alleging that male-born inmates were lining up to transfer to women’s prisons has been followed by Washington state legislators taking action — by seeking to squelch access to information about transgender prisoners.

“It appears that Washington’s political leaders are continuing to prioritize the desires of men over the safety of women,” said Mahri Irvine, executive director of the Women’s Liberation Front. “Everyone in Washington deserves to know what’s happening inside women’s prisons, but this amended bill will suppress vitally important information related to women’s safety.”

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Bill to limit disclosure on trans inmates spurs fears about female safety in Washington state

“The only prerequisite is that the men must identify as female. They aren’t required to have had reassignment surgery, don’t need to be in the process of transitioning, nor do they have to be on a hormone regimen. The only requirement is that they must proclaim to identify as a woman,” Scott Fleming, a former guard tells National Review.

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Another Discovery Affirms the Historicity of the Bible

At the end of March, the Associates for Biblical Research published a curse. While that may seem a strange thing to do, it wasn’t their curse. The curse was written in Hebrew, inscribed on a small leaden amulet (or tablet). It was found in 2019 among materials previously excavated on Israel’s Mt. Ebal. 

It’s a short curse, just 40 letters in Hebrew and only 23 words when translated to English: “Cursed, cursed, cursed—cursed by the God YHW. You will die cursed. Cursed you will surely die. Cursed by YHW—cursed, cursed, cursed.”

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