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IN THE MARGINS: Be rational. Be reasonable. Fear not.

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IN THE MARGINS: Be rational. Be reasonable. Fear not.

February 28, 2024

By Tony MartinEditor Some of you folks might remember the Y2K frenzy and all the hysteria that came with it. The world was on the…

IN THE MARGINS: Get up, and do the next thing

IN THE MARGINS: Get up, and do the next thing

February 21, 2024

IN THE MARGINS: Your personal hero’s journey

IN THE MARGINS: Your personal hero’s journey

February 7, 2024

IN THE MARGINS: When God doesn’t fix things

IN THE MARGINS: When God doesn’t fix things

January 31, 2024

IN THE MARGINS: We can fight for our beliefs without demonizing each other

IN THE MARGINS: We can fight for our beliefs without demonizing each other

January 24, 2024

Trump, pro-life leaders at
odds in recent developments
NASHVILLE (BP) — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released a letter Jan. 16 calling for President Trump’s action on recent issues that have brought friction between the pro-life movement and an administration historically supportive of it. Trump’s terms in the White House have been consequential for the pro-life movement, to say the least. Shortly after taking office last year, he enforced the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding of abortions. He reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy. Perhaps most of all, the appointment of three pro-life Supreme Court justices in his first term led to the overturning of Roe v Wade. Last week, however, the president said conservative Republicans need to be “flexible” regarding Hyde during across-the-aisle negotiations over health care. Hyde has factored in debates on Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired last year. Conservatives, of course, didn’t like the idea, which led the White House to walk back the president’s comments. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved another generic abortion drug last fall. Chemical abortions account for 63 percent of all abortions, per a 2023 study by the Guttmacher Institute. This week, it was revealed that the Department of Health and Human Services quietly released tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood through Title X that had been withheld since last spring as part of a move by lawmakers to defund abortion providers for at least one year. Trump told reporters he was unaware of those disbursements. Hollingsworth described the Hyde Amendment as “not up for debate.”