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Poll: Majority of Americans endorse some form of abortion control

Poll: Majority of Americans endorse some form of abortion control

July 8, 2021

NEW YORK (BP and local reports) — At least 65% of Americans believe abortion should be illegal in most cases after the first three months…

Colorado cake baker back in court defending his religious freedom

Jack Phillips (Photo credit: Alliance Defending Freedom)

Colorado cake baker back in court defending his religious freedom

June 22, 2021

IRS refuses tax-exempt status to Christian group due to ties to Bible

IRS refuses tax-exempt status to Christian group due to ties to Bible

June 22, 2021

Messengers in mood for change at largest SBC annual meeting in 26 years

FROM THE FLOOR -- Messengers to the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting June 15-16 at the Music City Center in Nashville line up at a floor microphone to speak to a motion that was under debate at the time. (BP photo)

Messengers in mood for change at largest SBC annual meeting in 26 years

June 18, 2021

Mississippians named to SBC Committee on Nominations

SBC IN NASHVILLE – Attendees at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Nashville tour the Exhibit Hall at the Music City Center in between June 15 meeting sessions. (BP photo)

Mississippians named to SBC Committee on Nominations

June 18, 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.”