Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a formal opinion Friday concluding that performing certain gender reassignment procedures on children constitutes child abuse under state law. Opinion No. KP-0401 also noted the "obvious harm of permanently sterilizing a child" and stated that "medical evidence does not demonstrate that children and adolescents benefit from engaging in these irreversible sterilization procedures."

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of Christian web designer Lorie Smith who is challenging a Colorado state law requiring her to create wedding websites for same-sex couples if she also offers similar services for other couples. The Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal group representing Smith and her company, 303 Creative, praised the court's decision to hear an appeal, stating, "This could be a landmark case for religious liberty and artistic freedom."

Generation Z—which comprises those born between 1997 and 2012—represents the future of the country, but how can we define a generation known for its individualism and rejection of group labels? Oral Roberts University President Dr. William M. Wilson discusses key research insights that can help people understand this complicated demographic and why, like every generation before them, they need "guidance to discover and fulfill their God-given purpose." Continue reading.

Although it's become commonplace to "try it before you buy it" and cohabit first under the guise that delaying marriage till around 30 reduces the chances of divorce, new data suggests there's more to the story. The National Survey of Family Growth has found there's an exception to this modern-day rule, with the research revealing that couples in their 20s who marry without cohabitating first have some of the lowest divorce rates of any group studied. John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander discuss these findings, concluding, "Wisdom should always be exercised with commitments this big, but at the same time, age matters far less than the commitment itself. " Continue reading.

David is fighting tooth and nail against Kamala Harris, Xavier Becerra, and Planned Parenthood to protect the rights of pro-life advocates and save unborn babies.

David could stand trial before a San Francisco jury on up to nine felony charges for exposing Planned Parenthood for harvesting and selling aborted baby body parts. Learn More

President Biden announced plans to impose sanctions to cut Russia off from Western financing in the wake of what Biden referred to as its continued "invasion" of Ukraine. “If Russia goes further with this invasion, we stand prepared to go further as with sanctions. Who in the Lord’s name does Putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called ‘countries’ on territory that belong to his neighbors?" the president asked, calling Putin's actions a “flagrant violation of international law” that requires a “firm response from the international community,” especially through sanctions.

The Christian Medical & Dental Associations and Dr. Leslee Cochrane filed a suit against California Tuesday over concerns with the recently passed Senate Bill 380, which requires a physician with a patient who asks for an assisted suicide to "document the request in that patient’s medical record, even if the physician objects to participating in assisted suicide in any way.” The legal filing also states that physicians who refuse to participate in the process of approving assisted suicide, such as determining decision-making capacity or referring a patient to a physician who is willing to perform the act, is open to “civil, criminal, administrative, disciplinary, employment, credentialing, professional discipline, contractual liability, or medical staff action, sanction, or penalty or other liability.” SB 280 also amends the state’s assisted suicide law by reducing the minimum time between a patient’s two required oral requests for lethal drugs from 15 days to 48 hours.

"America's Got Talent" contestant and Liberty University alumna Jane Marczewski passed away February 19 following an intense battle with cancer, her family announced on Instagram. "Those who knew her enjoyed her larger-than-life personality and sense of humor. She had a witty joke for every occasion — even if the joke was on her. Her lasting legacy will be the gift of hope she gave to so many through her music and the strength she found in Jesus," her family wrote in the post.

In a 2021 interview available on Spotify, the singer shared where her hope came from, explaining, "I believe that God can heal in one instant. I also believe that ‘no good thing does He withhold,’ so there was something God was growing in the field that is me, and if God had pulled up all of this hardship too soon, it would have also pulled up all these miracles he did in my spirit."

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