The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced July 25 a proposed regulation that jeopardizes the freedom of conscience of health care providers by requiring participation in gender-transition procedures and abortions, critics say.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation that would repeal the overwhelmingly bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 and codify the U.S. Supreme Court’s redefinition of marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges into federal law.
Hays school officials are reconsidering the district’s dress code for elementary and middle school students after a parent asked that a ban on clothing that references satanism be removed.