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( ) Planned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion businesses are again billing Medicaid for services other than abortion after being cut off for most of a year. The defunding, which was mandated in President Trump’s tax policy of 2025, has expired and Congress has yet to renew it. However, the restored funding does not mean the battle over federal abortion policy has ended, and not all services that were cut will return. Pro-life advocates are pushing lawmakers to adopt another defunding policy. Kelsey Pritchard of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America says, “they should do everything in their power to do it again.”
( ) Young women are embracing the LGBT lifestyle more than young men. In a recent poll, Gallup found that LGBT identification has more than doubled since 2012, with especially high rates among Gen Z women — those between the ages of 18 and 29. In 2023, 29 percent of Gen Z women identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender compared to 11 percent of Gen Z men. Researchers believe that Hollywood’s embrace of the LGBT agenda, same sex marriage and aspects of the Me Too movement may have led more young women to embrace the gay lifestyle.
( ) The release of a jailed pastor by Chinese authorities this month has put a spotlight on persecution of Christians by Beijing. The pastor’s church is among the largest underground or house churches in China that are unregistered with authorities. They defy a requirement that Christians worship only in registered government churches. The ruling Communist Party, which is officially atheist, views organized religion as a potential threat to its hold on power. Under President Xi Jinping, Chinese authorities have pushed to “Sinicize” religion by demanding loyalty to the party. Despite persecution, underground churches are growing fast.
( ) The Egyptian government has announced the discovery of a well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert. The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry says the city contains many buildings and writings that testify to the firm grip that Christianity had on the region in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. A basilica church dating back to the 300’s stands at the settlement’s head, overlooking its main streets, along with remains of two watchtowers to safeguard the outskirts. One house has been identified as belonging to a man named Tisous (TISS-oos) who was a church deacon at the time.
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