On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in Maine, which thus went into effect that day. The particularly strict mandate has a medical exemption but not a religious one. While the majority on the Court did not give an opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a dissent that was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, as highlighted by Robert Barnes with The Washington Post.
California attorney general created two new anti-human trafficking teams this year to apprehend perpetrators and support survivors after increased labor and sexual exploitation was reported statewide.
The March for Life, the large annual gathering of pro-life activists in the nation’s capital, revealed that the theme for its 49th march next year is “equality begins in the womb.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin last week slammed western liberal political ideology for teaching children at young ages about sex change. While at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday, Putin gave a speech in which he underscored the "monstrous" act of teaching kids "that a boy can become a girl and vice versa," which he also called "a crime against humanity."
X-Outloud is a growing network across Europe of people who are no longer LGBT and a collection of their testimonies can be found in the ministry's new book.