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Relationships matter: Building stability in an unstable world

Relationships matter: Building stability in an unstable world

May 15, 2024 | ,

The survey also revealed that for young people, it’s not the quantity of relationships that matter, but the quality. We learned that “young adults with fewer but deeper relationships” felt more secure than those with many superficial relationships. I think this truth applies to us all — from young kids to senior adults. Each of us longs to be authentically known by at least one other individual, but that takes intentionality, vulnerability and investment.

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Rise in parents engaging in sex-selection during IVF has the fertility biz booming

Rise in parents engaging in sex-selection during IVF has the fertility biz booming

May 15, 2024 |

Sex selection has long been practiced, albeit not using IVF; instead, parents sometimes found out the sex of their baby during an ultrasound, and if it was the “wrong” sex, they sought an abortion. Though this has typically been a way to bolster a cultural preference for boys, Slate pointed out that in the United States, it’s become the opposite: the market is skewed toward girls.

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Couple Refuses Doctor’s Suggestion to Have Abortion Just Because Their Son Had a Rare Diagnosis

Couple Refuses Doctor’s Suggestion to Have Abortion Just Because Their Son Had a Rare Diagnosis

May 15, 2024 | ,

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), also known as tuberous sclerosis, is a rare genetic disease that causes non-cancerous (benign) tumors to grow in the brain and several areas of the body, including the spinal cord, nerves, eyes, lung, heart, kidneys, and skin. The excess cells form noncancerous tumors, which can form anywhere in your body. The severity of this condition often depends on tumor locations. Mild or moderate cases are often manageable with medication or other treatments.

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Chicago priest apologizes for same-sex blessing, saying it violated Church norms

Chicago priest apologizes for same-sex blessing, saying it violated Church norms

May 15, 2024 |

A priest in Chicago has apologized for the controversial way in which he blessed a same-sex couple in April, calling it a “very poor decision” that violated Catholic Church’s new guidelines. In a statement dated May 8, Father Joseph Williams, the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish near downtown Chicago, offered an apology in which the priest said he “regrets the language of the blessing and the use of vestments and the church itself, which he now recognizes were a violation of the norms approved by the Church.”

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Attorneys General File Lawsuit Against New Biden Rule Forcing Employers to Fund Abortions

Attorneys General File Lawsuit Against New Biden Rule Forcing Employers to Fund Abortions

May 15, 2024 |

In December 2022, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a pro-life bill that aimed to make the workplace more accessible to pregnant women by requiring employers to provide accommodations to pregnant workers under The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This bill was implemented at the end of June 2023.However, the Biden administration is manipulating the bill’s language to require that employers provide accommodations for abortion.

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