(SRN NEWS) – The Wyoming Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on state abortion bans that a lower court judge has struck down as unconstitutional. But even if the state high court agrees with those rulings, abortion in Wyoming may remain largely unresolved. There are two new state laws in place that the court […]
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(SRN NEWS) – The Wyoming Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on state abortion bans that a lower court judge has struck down as unconstitutional. But even if the state high court agrees with those rulings, abortion in Wyoming may remain largely unresolved. There are two new state laws in place that the court is not considering. One requires Wyoming’s only abortion clinic to be licensed like all other surgical centers. Another new law requires women to get an ultrasound before a medication abortion. The laws will likely remain in effect no matter what the state supreme court decides.
An abortion in Idaho is not prohibited if pregnancy complications could cause a woman’s death, even if that death “is neither imminent nor assured”. That is the ruling from a state judge which modifies one of the strongest pro-life laws in the U.S. Four women, represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, sued to get the courts to clarify and expand the exceptions to the ban. Idaho’s pro-life statute currently makes performing an abortion a felony at any stage of pregnancy unless it is necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman.
The State Department has issued an appeal for its employees to report instances of anti-Christian bias that may have occurred during the Biden administration. That includes formal or informal actions due to opposition to vaccines or personal pronoun choice. In a cable sent to all U.S. diplomatic missions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio asked that staffers report any perceived discriminatory actions taken against Christians or employees advocating on their behalf between January 2021 and January 2025. The cable says that all reported allegations will be investigated by a government-wide task force.
Christians across the country and around the world are celebrating Holy Week — the most important week on the liturgical calendar. Next up is Maundy Thursday, then Good Friday and finally Easter Sunday. This year, for the first time in several years, both Protestant and Orthodox Christians will mark Easter in the same day. Most years the difference in calendars used by the two traditions separate both Easter and Christmas. This year’s overlap only happens a couple times every decade. There are roughly 2.4 billion Christians on earth — the single largest faith group.