RELIGION HEADLINES SUN 6-8-25

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(SRN NEWS)  World Boxing has announced mandatory sex testing for all athletes.  It’s all part of a new policy on sex, age and weight, which the governing body says “will ensure the safety of all participants and deliver a competitive level playing field for men and women.”  The fighters’ national federations will be responsible for administering the tests and providing the results to World Boxing.  Three months ago World Athletics, which governs international track and field, became the first Olympic sport to reintroduce chromosome testing. 

(  )  Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court has ruled that so-called “nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people” must be allowed to change their birth certificates.  The decision comes after a group of six nonbinary people filed a lawsuit against Puerto Rico’s governor, its health secretary and other officials.  The ruling means that individuals will now be able to select an X as their gender marker on birth certificates.  Governor Jennifer Gonzalez Colon says she is awaiting recommendations from Puerto Rico’s Justice Department regarding the ruling. 

(  )  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.