RELIGION HEADLINES WED 4-30-25

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(SRN NEWS  )  A long-dormant Nevada law requiring parents to be notified before an underage girl can have an abortion will not take effect this week following a federal judge’s ruling.  The 1985 statute has never before been enforced in Nevada because of court rulings that found it was unconstitutional based on Roe versus Wade.  The ban on the old legislation was set to expire, now that Roe has been repealed, but abortion activists appealed.  That led U.S. District Judge Anne Traum to stay the law while Planned Parenthood petitions the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a long-term injunction.

(  )  The Trump administration says the University of Pennsylvania violated laws guaranteeing women equal opportunities in athletics by letting a male swimmer compete on the women’s team and use female locker rooms and bathrooms.  The administration’s statement focuses on Lia Thomas, a man who is living as a woman, who competed for the Ivy League school in 2022.  He is the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division One title.  The Education Department’s Division for Civil Rights is charging Penn under Title Nine.

(  )  President Trump still has a lot of work to do, but his administration is pointing to several accomplishments in assessing the first 100 days in office.  Amongst other things, Mr. Trump has signed executive orders to ban males from girls’ and women’s sports teams, and he’s asked the Supreme Court to rule against lower courts that have blocked his attempt to remove transgender troops from the military.  He has also moved quickly through the government to dismantle Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs established by the Biden administration.

(  )  The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to fund an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.” The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the case today (Wednesday).  St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would be the nation’s first religious charter school, if approved.  Legal analysts say a ruling from the high court allowing public money to flow directly to a religious school almost certainly would lead to others.  Opponents of the school argue that it would blur the lines between church and state.