( SRN NEWS ) A growing number of women are getting around pro-life laws in their home states by turning to telehealth clinics willing to send them abortion drugs through the mail. But questions remain about whether the practice is actually legal. Some states have passed laws shielding doctors and nurses from liability for breaking […]
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( SRN NEWS ) A growing number of women are getting around pro-life laws in their home states by turning to telehealth clinics willing to send them abortion drugs through the mail. But questions remain about whether the practice is actually legal. Some states have passed laws shielding doctors and nurses from liability for breaking another state’s laws around abortion. Experts say it isn’t clear yet whether those shield laws will hold up in court. A New York doctor could be a test case. She is wanted in Louisiana on a felony charge that she supplied abortion pills to a pregnant girl.
( ) Southern Baptist representatives have wrapped up their annual meeting in Dallas by giving a vote of confidence to the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. It has faced criticism for what some call a liberal drift. They also defeated a proposed constitutional ban on churches with women in any pastoral role. That vote failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed for a constitutional change. SBC churches are self-governing, but the convention can kick them out if deemed not in “friendly cooperation,” based on how closely they adhere to the Baptist Faith and Message.
( ) Lambda Legal, which fights any efforts to curb the LGBT agenda, has raised 285 million dollars so far this year. The cash will go to challenging laws in several states that seek to prevent boys from playing sports against girls or using their bathrooms and locker rooms. Lambda Legal is also fighting efforts to keep teachers from promoting the LGBT lifestyle to small children. A spokesman for the organization says its latest fundraising effort received donations of more than a million dollars each from 14 individuals, two foundations and one law firm.
( ) Southern Baptist delegates to the just-concluded annual meeting overwhelmingly endorsed banning same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the Supreme Court’s 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide. The SBC resolution says America’s lawmakers have a duty to “pass bills that reflect the truth of creation and natural law about marriage, sex, human life, and family and to oppose laws contradicting what God has made plain through nature and Scripture.” The SBC hopes the current Supreme Court will revisit the issue soon.