RELIGION HEADLINES THU 6-5-25

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(SRN NEWS)  Tanzanian authorities have deregistered a church owned by a ruling party lawmaker after he accused the government of human rights violations.  Member of Parliament Josephat Gwajima’s (JOE-suh-fat  gwa-JEE-muh’s) Glory of Christ church was cordoned off by police after hundreds of congregants turned up to protest the closure announcement.  The lawmaker had criticized the government for detentions and enforced disappearances.  Rights groups including Amnesty International have urged Tanzania to investigate the allegations.

(  )  Leaders of Jewish institutions say the recent attacks in Boulder, Colorado, and Washington, D.C., are stark reminders of their responsibility to remain vigilant despite years of hardening their institutions. Now, they’re asking for more help.  More than 40 Jewish organizations are requesting increased support from the federal government for enhanced security measures.  Specifically, they want Congress to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to one billion dollars.  Anti-Semitism has been on the rise in this country for several years.

(  )  For the third consecutive year, Louisiana lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have allowed young victims of rape to get an abortion.  The legislation would have added cases where a girl is under the age of 17 and impregnated as a result of rape to the narrow list of exceptions for the Louisiana abortion ban.  The law went into effect in 2022 following the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe versus Wade.  The only exceptions to the ban are if there is substantial risk of death or impairment to the mother, or in cases of a fatal abnormality in the baby.

(  )  The Trump administration will revoke guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women.  That guidance was issued to hospitals by the Biden administration in 2022, weeks after the Supreme Court repealed Roe versus Wade.  Biden officials argued that hospitals — including ones in states with near-total bans — needed to provide abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.  That law requires emergency rooms that receive Medicare dollars to treat all patients.