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Hyde Amendment saved by Southern Baptist senator, now moves to U.S. House of Representatives

Hyde Amendment saved by Southern Baptist senator, now moves to U.S. House of Representatives

August 13, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP and local reports) – Southern Baptist U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) saved the Hyde Amendment that bars taxpayer funds from paying for…

Mississippi’s Lee Brand Jr. serving as SBC’s first vice-president

NEW SBC OFFICERS – Southern Baptist Convention officers elected earlier this summer at the 2021 Annual Meeting in Nashville include (from left) Lee Brand Jr., first vice-president; John Yeats, recording secretary; Ed Litton, president; and Don Currance, registration secretary. Not pictured is second vice president Ramon Medina. (BP photo)

Mississippi’s Lee Brand Jr. serving as SBC’s first vice-president

August 5, 2021

Pro-life battles moving to center stage in nation’s capital; Mississippi senator takes up mantle

KEEPING IT OPEN – A pair of unidentified “clinic escorts” wait at the driveway of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic located on North State Street in Jackson, to escort women seeking abortions past pro-life protestors. The clinic filed a federal lawsuit against the state’s Gestational Age Act that would protect unborn babies from abortion after 15 weeks gestation. The case will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in October. (Photo credit: Pinkhouse Defenders Facebook page)

Pro-life battles moving to center stage in nation’s capital; Mississippi senator takes up mantle

July 28, 2021

LIFEWAY RESEARCH: Churches closing even as more are needed

LIFEWAY RESEARCH: Churches closing even as more are needed

July 22, 2021

Country’s political turmoil, dangerous situations lead people to salvation

ANOTHER SOUL SAVED — Surgeon David Vanderpool, founder of LiveBeyond Ministries, baptizes an unidentified new believer in an undisclosed location in Haiti. (Photo credit: LiveBeyond Ministries)

Country’s political turmoil, dangerous situations lead people to salvation

July 20, 2021

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.”