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Trump’s Pick for FDA Commissioner Hedges on the Abortion Pill, which is safer than Tylenol, Viagra, or giving birth

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Created

Thu, 13/03/2025 - 01:51

During his confirmation hearing last Thursday, Trump nominee Dr. Marty Makary equivocated on whether Americans...

Don’t Call Him Evangelical — How to Remember Jimmy Carter’s Faith, And How Not To

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Created

Thu, 09/01/2025 - 06:19

Jimmy Carter was an evangelical. A liberal evangelical. A liberal evangelical in the age before...

Want to Know What Public Education Would Look Like Under Project 2025? Just Take a Look at Oklahoma

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Created

Tue, 20/08/2024 - 05:00

UPDATE (12:03 pm ET on 8/20/24): This piece has been updated to include information on...

Will Iowa’s Abortion Ban Respect Religious Freedom?

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Created

Thu, 29/08/2024 - 05:30

Iowa’s 6-week abortion ban went into effect last month, meaning that more than 600,000 women...

Alabama’s IVF Ruling Reveals Deep Ties to This Increasingly Influential Christian Right Movement

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Created

Wed, 06/03/2024 - 09:29

In the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling that sent shockwaves through the country, the word...

Oklahoma Bill Would Violate Basic Freedoms, Rewrite the Ten Commandments

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Created

Fri, 12/01/2024 - 08:44

In the waning days of 2023, a banner year for Christian nationalism, Oklahoma State Representative...

Contrary to Popular Narrative the Supreme Court’s ‘303’ Decision Gutting Civil Rights Laws is not About an Individual Standing Up For Her Beliefs

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Created

Sat, 01/07/2023 - 06:57

Today the U.S. Supreme Court gutted our system of civil rights laws that have done...

Set to Privilege Christianity in Public Schools, Texas Sends a Message About Who is Welcome — And Who is Not

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Created

Sat, 29/04/2023 - 06:48

The Texas Legislature is set to enact three laws to redefine the rules concerning religion...

As Court Prepares to Rule on Sacred Apache Site, Religious Freedom Faces an American Right Prized Above All Others

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Created

Fri, 21/04/2023 - 06:12

As the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals gets ready to hand down a decision in...

Catholic Groups Leading Mifepristone Ban Are Part of Century-Long Tradition Who See it as Patriotic Duty to Protect the Family

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Created

Tue, 18/04/2023 - 05:45

In 1995, following a spate of lethal violence against abortion providers across the United States,...

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