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Good afternoon! It's Tuesday, June 28, and today's headlines include an overview of where abortion is illegal following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the growing list of pregnancy centers and organizations that have been vandalized across the U.S. subsequent to the ruling, and a selection of articles from our CP Voices contributors.
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Abortion is now illegal in several states following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which reversed the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion across the United States. The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute has identified 13 states that have " trigger laws" that would ban abortion should Roe v. Wade be overturned, including Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. A number of states with such "trigger laws" have addressed the Supreme Court's ruling and what it means for state law. Lawmakers in several states, including Alabama, Louisana, and Kentucky, were quick to respond to the Supreme Court's ruling, with some leaders taking to Twitter to clarify their state's stance moving forward. Read more.
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From California to Virginia, pro-abortion activists have kicked off their self-proclaimed "summer of rage" aimed at vandalizing pregnancy centers and churches across the U.S. to protest the overruling of Roe v. Wade. Click here to read about the latest acts of vandalism.
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A mob of around 60 people vandalized a pregnancy resource facility and other businesses in Portland, Ore., following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to police. No arrests were made due to a lack of resources. The mob, mostly dressed in black, "began breaking windows and scrawling graffiti," a report from the Portland Police Bureau shows. A nearby nonprofit's damage included a sign vandalized with the words "F-SCOTUS" (Supreme Court of the United States)
and an anarchy symbol. A window with a sign reading "We Welcome All" was shattered, sending broken glass onto an area with children's toys, the police said. Other vandalism occurred at nearby banks and coffee shops, and a van owned by Portland Public Schools at a local high school was spray-painted with the words "Abolish Schools" and had broken windows, according to police. Read more.
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Bill Adams, a chaplain on the CCM Spiritual Development team, writes about forgiveness through the lens of the mission of Simon Wiesenthal. Known as "The Nazi Hunter," Wiesenthal tracked down Nazi perpetrators of the Holocaust to help bring them to justice but also wrestled with forgiveness and whether it should have any limitations. Noting that forgiveness is the cancelation of a debt, Adams explains, "Know the freedom of release from your debt to God as you release the debt others have to you. All this is accomplished in Christ, and it is ours for the repenting." Read more.
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Pastor Alan Cross discusses illegal immigration and a fellow pastor who, despite being raised in the U.S., discovered he was not an American citizen but an undocumented immigrant. Often referred to as "Dreamers," undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as very young children do not benefit from the nation's value of fairness, Cross asserts, and there is "no path" for them to rectify the choice that was made for them by someone else. Read more.
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Women and girls in poverty face more obstacles simply because they’re born female. But imagine if every girl could grow strong.
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She could be healthy.
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She could go to school.
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She could discover her value.
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She could marry when she wants.
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She could start a business.
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When her God-given potential is unleashed, extreme poverty doesn’t stand a chance.
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Help a girl grow strong.
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The parents of Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old boy on life support in the United Kingdom, are preparing for a Court of Appeal hearing this week as they seek to overturn a ruling from a lower court judge who determined doctors could discontinue their son's care. Justice Emma Arbuthnot issued a judgment earlier this month allowing medical professionals to remove life support for Battersbee, but Edward Devereux QC, a barrister leading the parents' case, argues that evidence does not show "beyond reasonable doubt" that Battersbee is dead. He claims that a decision of such "gravity" should be made on a "reasonable doubt" basis. Read more.
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Pope Francis has hailed as a martyr Italian nun Sister Luisa Dell’Orto, 64, who was brutally attacked and killed while caring for the poor and needy in Haiti during an armed robbery. The nun, from the Little Sisters of the Gospel, died soon after being taken to the hospital, two days before her 65th birthday. Dell’Orto "made her life a gift to others, even to the point of martyrdom," the pope said in remarks to the public in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, according to Vatican News. Read more.
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Born-again Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert told congregants at Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt, Colo., that former President Donald Trump was anointed for office and celebrated his appointment of three of the six Supreme Court justices who overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Boebert also told congregants that Christians need to "position ourselves to begin to turn this nation" in light of the Supreme Court victory, saying, "The chaos that we see, the crises that we see. Most seem
intentional and by design to cause more confusion, more chaos, more strife, more division. But this time is a set apart time for us." Read more.
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From praise to grief, Christian denominations have addressed the overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday in various ways. While the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission stated that "[m]ore lives are protected than yesterday," the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America condemned the move, with Presiding Bishop Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton stating, "Many now find their moral agency restricted because federal law no longer guarantees access to legal and safe abortion." Read more.
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