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(SRN NEWS) – The New Mexico Supreme Court has struck down abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the state attorney general.  The unanimous opinion reinforces the state’s reputation for having some of the most liberal abortion laws in the country.  New Mexico has also become a major destination for women from pro-life states who are determined to end their pregnancies.  In September, construction began on a state-funded abortion clinic in the southern part of the state that will cash in on what’s being called “abortion tourism”. 

The director of the Texas Medical Board has retired, less than two weeks after conservative lawmakers publicized his employment with a Planned Parenthood laboratory.  Dr. Robert Bredt had worked as medical director for the state agency since 2012.  According to his resumé, he also worked at Planned Parenthood’s South Texas Laboratory since 2011.  Republican state Representative Brian Harrison posted Bredt’s resumé on X after it became public during an administrative hearing and demanded that the doctor step down. 

The leader of a prominent European Jewish organization says authorities across Europe need to immediately take action against a precipitous rise in anti-Semitism.  He says it’s driving thousands of Jews to abandon the continent.  Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the European Jewish Association, points out that some 40,000 Jews have already left Europe with no intention of returning as a result of a rise in anti-Semitic sentiment.  The rabbi says 2025 will be a “critical year” for European Jews that will determine their future on the continent. 

Anti-Semitism has reared its head in Australia — again.  Lawmen in Sydney say two synagogues were defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti this month, hard on the heels of several similar incidents in Australia to end last year.  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is condemning these latest attacks, saying they are “abhorrent and need to stop.  Australia is a better place than this.”  The two Sydney synagogues were defaced with swastikas and various anti-Semitic slogans.  The vandals also wrote “Allahu akbar”, which means “God Is Great” in Arabic.