{"id":101351,"date":"2021-10-22T13:20:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T17:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=101351"},"modified":"2021-11-30T09:19:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:19:58","slug":"texas-is-still-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/texas-is-still-great","title":{"rendered":"Texas says no to gender ideology, Malawi sets the record straight on maternal mortality due to illegal abortions, and Canadian pro-lifers hold &#8220;conservative&#8221; party leader to account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated\">Last updated on November 30th, 2021 at 09:19 am<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-life\"><strong>Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>United States of America. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/15\/facebook-must-prioritise-childrens-wellbeing-zuckerberg-is-told\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fifty-nine representatives from leading global child protection organizations<\/a> are writing to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to demand that social media platforms controlled by the giant help protect rather than compromise the safety and well-being of children.<strong> <\/strong><\/li><li>Canada. The Campaign for Life Coalition group has decried the Conservative Party&#8217;s decision to suspend debate on the petition calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campaignlifecoalition.com\/press-room\/id\/233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the removal of pro-abortion and pro-gender ideology leader<\/a> Erin O&#8217;Toole.<\/li><li>Malawi. The specialized <em>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health<\/em> has debunked the fake news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bioedge.org\/bioethics\/fake-news-from-malawi-about-unsafe-abortions\/13939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spread by The Telegraph<\/a> on maternal deaths due to illegal abortions: there are not 12,000 deaths a year; rather the number is somewhere between 70 and 150. And the deaths are due to medical complications.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Family<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>United States of America. Four of the eight members of the Civil Rights Commission <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newamericancivilrightsproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Letter-to-Attorney-General-Garland-10.15.2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have written to Attorney General Merrick Garland<\/a> censuring his memorandum that calls for the investigation and punishment of families protesting against school boards promoting pro-LGBT+ curricula.<\/li><li>United States of America. Michigan&#8217;s House and Senate have approved a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/19\/michigan-house-senate-pass-school-choice-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill<\/a> that, if passed, would provide tax credits to residents under a scholarship program that families can use to choose alternative educational paths to public school.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>LGBT+<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>United States of America. Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/10\/15\/texas-house-votes-to-ban-transgender-students-from-girls-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">banning transgender<\/a> male athletes from participating in women&#8217;s competitions.<\/li><li>Australia. New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ranzcp.org\/news-policy\/policy-and-advocacy\/position-statements\/gender-dysphoria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guidelines from the Royal Australian Academy and the College of Psychologists of New Zealand on gender dysphoria<\/a> and mental health in patients about gender reassignment require that a full assessment be carried out before any decision is made.<\/li><li>New Zealand. <a href=\"https:\/\/familyfirst.org.nz\/2021\/10\/04\/3-to-1-opposition-to-the-birth-certificate-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A majority of citizens oppose, by a 3 to 1 ratio<\/a>, the birth certificate bill that provides for gender self-identification.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Religious freedom<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>United States of America. An Oregon federal judge has upheld <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/christian-colleges-can-fight-lawsuit-seeking-to-block-title-ix.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christian colleges&#8217; challenge to the plan of the Department of Education<\/a> to eliminate federal funding for institutions that do not promote gender ideology.<\/li><li>United States of America. A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/249303\/federal-judge-rules-baltimore-cannot-block-church-militant-rally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baltimore may not prohibit the Church Militant association from holding a rally<\/a> in conjunction with the U.S. bishops&#8217; convention in November.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotlight on the good things happening in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":67454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"Spotlight on the good things happening in the world.","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"510"},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[510,805],"tags":[475,13060,13030,4861,1453,13061,13664,12283],"class_list":["post-101351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-foreground","tag-abortion","tag-erin-otoole","tag-gender-dysphoria","tag-gender-ideology","tag-lgbt-6","tag-public-schools","tag-spotlight-on-the-good","tag-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas says no to gender ideology, Malawi sets the record straight on maternal mortality due to illegal abortions, and Canadian pro-lifers hold &quot;conservative&quot; 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