A hospital group in Chicago has quietly advanced a DEI agenda emphasizing transgenderism despite continuing to receive federal funds. A new Consumers’ Research campaign has uncovered active DEI policies in the Rush University Medical Center hospital system. Rush CEO Omar Lateef previously said the hospital’s “commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is a critical part of our DNA.”
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On July 15th of this year, the French National Assembly is scheduled to consider a bill that would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. At the same time, we are witnessing a rapidly developing young pro-life resistance speaking up against the growing culture of death.
For the past 5 years, Marie-Lys Pellessier, a remarkable young woman who is also the current spokeswoman for the Marche Pour La Vie (French March For Life), has led and organized a pro-life training camp every August.
Most of the major medical specialties have done something new and noteworthy within the past century. There are marked improvements in their areas of health, which can be directly tied to these advances.
But there is at least one notable exception: The field of psychiatry. Psychiatrists are the only doctors who can’t point to a single quantifiable achievement in their entire field. There has never been a documented, verifiable moment in which psychiatrists have ever made a true, measurable advancement. They haven’t stumbled into any major discoveries.
The Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026 would prevent federal courts from forcing a woman to have an abortion because of a surrogate contract; the act also requires that surrogate mothers still be compensated.
“No woman should ever be forced to murder a child because of a provision buried in a contract,” Ogles said in announcing the measure. “The Preventing Forced Abortions Act ensures that federal courts cannot enforce these coercive clauses or allow intended parents to withhold promised compensation when a surrogate mother chooses life.”
Is free speech under threat in Germany? Most conservatives, center-right supporters, classical liberals, and libertarians in the country believe that it is. After facing criminal accusations for violating Germany’s laws limiting free speech myself, I can tell you firsthand that Germany’s free-speech problem is real — and it’s a warning to anyone who cares about the right of free expression.
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In her recent Family Studies article on relationship quality and fertility, Laurie DeRose highlights the recent research indicating that people who want children are more likely to have them if they are in high-quality relationships.
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A majority of likely voters support protecting women’s sports and limiting access to abortion drugs and sex change surgeries for minors, a new poll found. The poll could offer candidates insight into winning issues ahead of November’s midterm elections. With fewer than 100 days left of the cycle, several crucial races are in play, and neither party has a clear path to victory in the House or Senate. Social and family issues will likely remain at the front of voters’ minds in the coming weeks, in particular women’s sports.
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Several Catholic plaintiffs, including multiple religious sisters, are suing the state of New York over its soon-to-be-enacted Medical Aid in Dying Act. The plaintiffs argue that the law will compel them to inform the sick and dying that they have the option to commit assisted suicide, force them to refer patients for assisted suicide, and potentially even allow assisted suicide to be carried out in their facilities, against their religious beliefs.
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