Doctors Euthanize 17-Year-Old Girl Who Had Depression and Anxiety

The Dutch News NL reported that the Dutch federation of doctors (KNMG) rebuked 14 psychiatrists for sending a letter to urge the prosecution office to investigate the euthanasia death of a 17-year-old.
Since oversight of the Netherlands euthanasia law is based on an after the death reporting system, there has been almost no investigations by the prosecution office into controversial euthanasia deaths.

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David French tried to comfort American Christians. He sparked a major debate instead

French acknowledged that Christians today have to navigate faith-related challenges and injustices. If they didn’t, the Supreme Court wouldn’t have heard so many religious freedom cases in recent years. However, the columnist asserts that there are laws in place at the state and federal level establishing a baseline of safety and freedom for individual people of faith and for religious organizations.

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Virginia school board to pay ‘wrongfully fired’ teacher who refused to use student’s preferred pronouns

“I was wrongfully fired from my teaching job because my religious beliefs put me on a collision course with school administrators who mandated that teachers ascribe to only one perspective on gender identity—their preferred view,” Peter Vlaming said.

“I loved teaching French and gracefully tried to accommodate every student in my class, but I couldn’t say something that directly violated my conscience,” he added. “I’m very grateful for the work of my attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom to bring my case to victory, and hope it helps protect every other teacher and professor’s fundamental First Amendment rights.”

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