( SRN NEWS ) A West Virginia judge has allowed the children of three families in one county to attend school this fall without required vaccinations, which they are seeking religious exemptions from. This is the latest move in a showdown between Republican Governor Patrick Morrisey and the state Board of Education. Morrisey issued an […]
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( SRN NEWS ) A West Virginia judge has allowed the children of three families in one county to attend school this fall without required vaccinations, which they are seeking religious exemptions from. This is the latest move in a showdown between Republican Governor Patrick Morrisey and the state Board of Education. Morrisey issued an executive order upon taking office allowing such religious exemptions. But the board voted last month to direct public schools to ignore the order and instead follow school vaccine requirements that prohibit the exemptions. Several states grant medical exemptions from school vaccinations.
( ) An AP-NORC poll finds that America’s stance on abortion is mostly unchanged three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade. About two-thirds of respondents want abortion to remain legal in all or most cases versus one-third that does not. About half of adults also say abortion should be available for any and all reasons. The vast majority of Americans, at least 8-in-10, continue to say their state should allow abortion in cases of rape or incest, or if a fetal abnormality would prevent the child from surviving outside the womb, or if the mother’s health is seriously endangered.
( ) Democratic Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin will not seek a third term in 2026, creating the first open race for governor in the key battleground state in 16 years. Evers was especially liberal, setting himself up as a defender of abortion, transgenderism and the LGBT agenda in general. He battled Republicans in the legislature who blocked many of his proposals, including expanding Medicaid and legalizing marijuana. Evers used his veto power to stop Republicans from enacting a wide range of conservative priorities such as growing the private school voucher program and making abortions more difficult to obtain.
( ) Italy’s constitutional court has ruled that the non-biological mother in a same-sex union is entitled to paternity leave, equating her role with that of the father and therefore entitled to bonding time with a newborn. The court found that a 2001 decree on parental leave is unconstitutional because it doesn’t recognize non-biological mothers in lesbian civil unions. In May, the Italian court ruled that two women can register as parents of a child on a birth certificate, saying recognition of parental rights can’t be restricted to the biological mother alone in families with same-sex parents. LGBT advocates are hailing the decisions.