Oregon girls under 15 can now obtain abortions without parental consent if they fear ‘emotional abuse’ – LifeSite

PORTLAND, Oregon (LifeSiteNews) – Oregon’s leftist governor signed legislation recently that will allow some teenage girls to get abortions without parental consent.

An amended version of House Bill 2002 on “Reproductive Health Rights,” which came after Republicans staged a walkout to delay the passage of the bill, includes language to allow girls 15 years and older to get abortions without parental consent.

However, there are broad exceptions in the law that could allow girls of any age to get abortions without their parents’ consent if they believe procuring an abortion would result in “emotional abuse.”

H.B. 2002 creates a “fundamental right” to “terminate the individual’s pregnancy.” Governor Tina Kotek, a lesbian Democrat, signed the legislation on July 13 with minimal fanfare, according to KOIN 6.

A 10-year-old girl could consent to the abortion if the “health care provider” believes parental involvement “may result in the physical or emotional abuse of the minor or the neglect of the minor” or “would not be in the best interest of the minor.”

The legislation also requires insurance companies to cover the surgical and chemical mutilation of gender-confused individuals.

Source: Oregon girls under 15 can now obtain abortions without parental consent if they fear ‘emotional abuse’ – LifeSite

How did we get to this point where the majority of Oregonians support a government that has no respect for parental rights? A government that forces every taxpayer and every person with medical insurance to bear the costs of the lies of gender identity ideology? It is a stage 4 social cancer that has spread like wildfire through the state since the citizens foolishly voted to legalize marijuana in 2014.

God Does Not Change

God does not change. He never differs from himself. All that God is has always been and always will be. The concept of a God who grows, develops, and matures over time is nowhere to be found in scripture. God created the universe’s life cycle, but he is not a part of that cycle. Unfortunately, it is human nature to judge God through our human understanding of personal and social development… our life cycle.

If we, through our extremely flawed ability for enlightenment, have a particular “epiphany” at a particular time in history that is counter to what God has revealed throughout the millennia, it is in our nature to argue with God, enter into open rebellion, and attempt to reinvent his Word to fit what we believe is the new and improved correctness. This is the nature of heresy, and it has defined man’s relationship with God for thousands of years, hence Adam and Eve getting themselves kicked out of the Garden of Eden, hence the need for corrective prophets, and finally the need for Christ to walk among us, suffer death for the expiation of our sins, give us a New Testament, and establish his Church.

Flux and mutation exist in a created universe, but God is not a created being subject to time and space. He is outside the tapestry of the universe’s existence. While we change and mutate along the threads of our existence, God is at the beginning and the end of all threads, immutable. We are his creation and he completely loves us whether we turn to him or turn from him. In turning to him, in turning from the Lie toward the Truth, we can begin to find our truest identity.

That we can change is a good thing, as redemption desires us to change and conform to and imitate Christ. The idea that God will amicably change and conform to our modernity is pure hubris and false pride. Truth will not conform to the Lie simply to assuage our fickle deportment. This is not God rejecting us. It is us rejecting God in favor of our own sanctimony. What Christ said about marriage two thousand years ago is what Christ says about marriage today. What Christ said about children two thousand years ago is what Christ says about children today. What Christ said about promiscuity and sexuality two thousand years ago is what Christ says about promiscuity and sexuality today. Truth is eternal. The teachings of God do not expire… they do not go out of date… and they certainly are not obligated to conform to any particular age of human enlightenment. Just as God Is Who Is, his Word Is What Is. God is constant. It is we who are inconsistent. All of mankind are flawed sinners. That is the truth.

Anyone familiar with Church history will know that since the Ascension the Church has had to fight against false teachers, false prophets, and heresies of all sorts through the centuries. Today is no different. Protestantism is more fractured today than it ever has been. Catholicism is being attacked from within and without. Governments once traditional supporters of Christian ideals are now openly hostile to Christians.

We live in a time where we are actually going to have to stand up and fight for our beliefs. God has clearly stated His terms, and now it is time for us to bring our lives into accord with his revealed will. Do not look on this as a burden. In truth it is a blessing. It is a time that will shake the dust of complacency off of many, reveal the heretical views of many others, and hopefully, through God’s grace, return many prodigal sons and lost sheep to the fold.

Detransitioned boy castrated by doctors warns kids about perils of gender ideology: ‘Patient for life’ | Fox News

A young male, who formerly identified as a transwoman, who was castrated and became a “patient for life” as part of “gender-affirming care,” wants to warn others not to follow in his footsteps. He discussed his story of resilience and learning to accept himself for who he is for the first time with Fox News Digital.

Kobe, whose name is being withheld for privacy reasons, had “checked every box for what they call a trans adolescent.” He was always “effeminate” and loved pink and playing with Barbies. If he was never exposed to gender ideology, he says he’d probably “would have just stayed a feminine boy. And there’s nothing wrong with that.”

“I felt unlovable as an effeminate man in society and everything. A feminine boy, actually. I was never a man, I’m trying to reclaim my manhood now and everything. It’s hard. I have breasts, I have the hip development of a woman because I started the estrogen young. I have no gonads. You know, it’s hard. My skull never really masculinized.”

Kobe, in retrospect, looks back at the medical interventions as a subconscious use of “self-harm.” During his early teenage years, he was struggling with internalized homophobia. “I mean, I saw it as a way out of my homosexuality if that makes any sense.”

Source: Detransitioned boy castrated by doctors warns kids about perils of gender ideology: ‘Patient for life’ | Fox News

This is so profoundly sad. The evil that this collective group of adults did to this child leaves a pit in my stomach. The world is filled doctors who seem possessed by the insidiously evil spirit of Josef Mengele. Their lack of humanity is sickening.

North Carolina woman files lawsuit in wake of gender transition surgery as a teen | Catholic News Agency

By SueAnn Howell

Prisha (Abigail) Mosley, 25, a detransitioning woman formerly known as Charlie Mosley, filed a lawsuit July 17 in North Carolina’s Gaston County Superior Court naming her therapists, physician, surgeon, and their corresponding medical facilities who facilitated her medicalized gender transition to a man during her late teens as defendants.

In the first lawsuit of its kind in North Carolina, Mosley alleges that medical professionals in charge of her mental and physical well-being during her formative years caused harm on seven counts before, during, and after her gender reassignment surgery — by committing various types of fraud, medical malpractice, inflicting emotional distress, and utilizing unfair and deceptive trade practices over the course of her treatment for mental illness and throughout the gender reassignment process.

Defendants include Eric T. Emerson, M.D.; Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology, PA; Brie Klein-Fowler; Family Solutions, PLLC; Shana Gordon; Tree of Life Counseling, PLLC; Martha Fairbanks Perry, M.D.; and Moses Cone Medical Services, Inc.

Mosley, who has struggled with her mental health since childhood, was sexually assaulted at age 14 and suffered a miscarriage. At age 15 she was hospitalized for depression. By age 16, she was diagnosed with major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and an eating disorder. She engaged in self-harm by cutting herself, which resulted in a trip to the emergency room.

Source: North Carolina woman files lawsuit in wake of gender transition surgery as a teen | Catholic News Agency

And what did the adults in the room do? They shot her up full of testosterone and cut off her breasts. All of them should lose their professional licenses.

Loyola University offers course in ‘transgender’ health care, including treatment of children | Catholic News Agency

The Jesuit-run Loyola University Chicago is offering students a course in “transgender” medicine, including the treatment of children who identify as transgender. The course listing, which is grouped under a “Family Medicine” department label, purports to “teach students the evidence-based treatment of LGBTQ+ patients in medicine.” Students in the two-week course may be taught the “initiation and maintenance of hormones for transgender patients,” health care for “transgender children/adolescents,” and “gender confirmation surgery.”

Participants in the course are urged to attend shadow sessions at medical clinics “where the majority of patients identify as LGBTQ+.”

Margaret Higgins, who is listed as department contact on the course listing, did not immediately respond to an email asking for more information about the course.

Source: Loyola University offers course in ‘transgender’ health care, including treatment of children | Catholic News Agency

Loyola Chicago fell quite a while ago and has become actively intolerant of authentic Christianity. The school’s leadership refuses Christian correction, a sign of the capital sin of pride.

Major pornography site blocks access in Virginia and Mississippi due to age-verification laws – LifeSite

(LifeSiteNews) — Access to Pornhub is now blocked in Virginia and Mississippi [and Utah] for all residents after the states enacted laws requiring age verification for access to pornographic websites.

The new legislation, which took effect on July 1, mandates that Pornhub users submit scans of government IDs to prove that they are at least 18 years old, as Gizmodo has noted.

The pornography site, which has been shown to host child sex abuse material and rape videos, noted in a public statement posted to Twitter that a similar age-verification law passed in Louisiana led to an 80 percent drop in web traffic. However, in the Bayou State, Pornhub has complied with the law by setting up a digital wallet for users to verify their age.

Source: Major pornography site blocks access in Virginia and Mississippi due to age-verification laws – LifeSite

Can you imagine if every red state did this? What would all the blue state liberals say if porn, drugs, abortion, violent crime, legalized prostitution, and sex trafficking became solely their purview?

Two more anti-Catholic attacks: church in El Paso and school in Denver | Catholic News Agency

By Joe Bukuras

Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in northeast El Paso, Texas, was vandalized on July 17.

The parish did not release information about the vandalism, citing an ongoing investigation by the El Paso Police Department. “The Most Holy Trinity Catholic Community and Diocese of El Paso [wish] to thank our local law enforcement for their attention in regard to this matter. We ask for your prayers for all involved as we continue to work with law enforcement on this matter,” the church said in a Facebook post Monday.

According to the El Paso Times, a police unit that investigates hate crimes is on the case.

A month ago, on June 16, two vandals were caught on camera drawing anti-Catholic graffiti on the walls of Annunciation Catholic School in Denver. “F*** religion,” “Satans watching,” “666,” and an upside-down cross were drawn on the side of the school building. Father Charles Polifka, OFM Cap, pastor of the school’s affiliated church, told CNA Wednesday that his message to the vandals is one of “forgiveness.”

“So many people are not getting the message of what we teach or they’re not getting a message of the Gospel at all,” he said.

Source: Two more anti-Catholic attacks: church in El Paso and school in Denver | Catholic News Agency

Social worker told to ‘promote’ homosexuality for job says Christians must ‘stand up,’ or face consequences | Fox News

A Christian social worker who is taking legal action after having a job offer withdrawn because he refused to “embrace and promote” homosexuality says it’s imperative for other Christians to “stand up” for their beliefs, or they will face increased hostility in the workplace.

“I [could’ve] just gone quietly, as a lot of people do. That would save me a lot of stress,” Felix Ngole told Fox News Digital. Growing up in Cameroon, Ngole said he always thought of Great Britain and America as places where freedom of speech and religion were protected. He felt “very sad” upon finding his Christian beliefs under attack after moving to the United Kingdom years ago and pursuing a career in social work.

In 2019, Ngole won a landmark free speech case against his university, after they kicked him out of a social work program because he had quoted the Bible in comments about homosexuality on his Facebook account. He was surprised to again find these comments getting him in trouble after he applied to a job with the NHS and the recruiting organization discovered his “very strong views” on homosexuality and marriage.

After he was offered the job, Ngole was told by recruiter Touchstone Leeds that he must “embrace and promote” homosexuality to be reconsidered for the hospital discharge role, even after being told he was the best candidate for the position.

Source: Social worker told to ‘promote’ homosexuality for job says Christians must ‘stand up,’ or face consequences | Fox News

The Chinese Communist Party is rewriting the Bible | Fox News

As part of a push to “sinicize” religion, the Chinese Communist Party has embarked on a 10-year project to rewrite the Bible and other religious texts. In the Gospel of John, Jesus famously confronts the accusers a woman caught committing adultery, saying “let the one among you who is guiltless be the first to throw a stone at her.” The chastened accusers slink away and Jesus says to the woman, “‘Has no one condemned you?’ ‘No one, sir,’ she replied. ‘Neither do I condemn you,’ said Jesus. ‘Go away, and from this moment sin no more.'”

Unless you’re a CCP official. Then it’s a story of a dissident challenging the authority of the state. A possible sneak preview of what a Bible with socialist characteristics might look like appeared in a Chinese university textbook in 2020. The rewritten Gospel of John excerpt ends, not with mercy, but with Jesus himself stoning the adulterous woman to death.

Across Henan province, local CCP officials forced Protestant churches to replace the Ten Commandments with Xi Jinping quotes. “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me,” became diktats like: “Resolutely guard against the infiltration of Western ideology.”

Source: The Chinese Communist Party is rewriting the Bible | Fox News

Virginia school district says ‘discomfort is not a reason’ to keep boys out of girls’ bathrooms – LifeSite

(LifeSiteNews) – A Virginia school district says that student unease with having to share intimate facilities with members of the opposite sex is not a sufficient reason not to cater to “gender expansive” students, according to a policy document uncovered by prominent “woke” ideology watchdog Libs of TikTok.

Albemarle County Public Schools’ “Policy on the Treatment of Transgender and Gender-Expansive Students” document, available online, declares that it is the district’s objective to “maintain a safe and supportive school environment for all students free from harassment, intimidation, and/or bullying and free from discrimination because of actual or perceived race, color, creed, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, religion, biological sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or any other protected class.”

“Although some students may feel uncomfortable with a gender-expansive student using the same sex-specific facility, that discomfort is not a reason to deny access to the gender-expansive student.”

Source: Virginia school district says ‘discomfort is not a reason’ to keep boys out of girls’ bathrooms – LifeSite

Just when things started looking good for Virginia, requiring proof of age for internet access to pornography, this kind of thing happens. Have a little respect for the fairer sex, Virginia! They are your daughters you have just devalued.

Appeals court rules Catholic school allowed to hold employees to moral religious standards | Catholic News Agency

A federal appeals court ruled that a Catholic school in Indiana is allowed to hold its leaders to moral religious standards after the institution refused to renew an employee’s contract because she violated Catholic teaching.

Roncalli High School, which is under the authority of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, refused to renew the contract of a guidance counselor named Michelle Fitzgerald because she entered into a homosexual civil marriage with another woman. The school argued that this violated both Catholic teaching and Fitzgerald’s contract with the school, which requires her and other employees to uphold the Catholic faith in word and in deed.

Source: Appeals court rules Catholic school allowed to hold employees to moral religious standards | Catholic News Agency

Belonging to any religion, no matter its status as mainstream or brainwashing cult, is not a right. A lot of people are under the misconception that religion must conform to the person, rather than the person conforming to the religion. With this false belief, the person demands the faith must submit to the person as the center point. There can be only one center point. God or person. A faith that conforms to the whims of people is nothing more than a club.

Irish Catholic boys camp promoting ‘manly virtues’ smeared by pro-LGBT politicians, media – LifeSite

IRELAND (LifeSiteNews) – Left-leaning media outlets and politicians are taking aim at a Catholic summer camp held annually for teenage boys, warning that promotion of Catholic teaching and “manly virtues” is akin to “something out of the Handmaid’s Tale.”

Run the the Irish Society for Christian Civilization (ISFCC), a week long summer camp has been taking place for teenage boys in Ireland for 14 years. Styled the “Call to Chivalry” camps, the annual event is a mixture of communal prayer, Mass, spiritual or historical talks, games and outings to sites of historical and religious interest. “Chivalry is in essence the best of manliness,” writes the ISFCC about the camps. “Chivalry encompass all of the virtues that a man is especially call to practice. They include – purity, honesty, justice and love of the Church. Many talks focus on individuals who embodied these virtues. We present real role models for boys to imitate – St. Louis IX of France, St. Ferdinand, Dom Pelayo in Spain.”

However, the 2023 summer camp has drawn the ire of Ireland’s anti-Catholic media establishment. The Journal reported that “local representatives who spoke to The Journal said they were concerned at how appropriate the camp is for youths, in particular its aim to ‘instill manly courage’ in the youngsters in its charge.”

Source: Irish Catholic boys camp promoting ‘manly virtues’ smeared by pro-LGBT politicians, media – LifeSite

Courageous men are important to women, wives, children, families, and a stable, safe community. Authentic men who are not afraid to stand up to the lies of modern liberalism, progressivism, and all the various woke ideologies bent on the destruction of God and family, make it more difficult for the forces of evil contained therein to create the dystopic society of their dreams. We are a danger to them because they are a danger to the world.

Hollywood actors now on strike, join striking screenwriters — and some mocking observers hope picket lines are permanent – TheBlaze

Hollywood actors are now on strike, joining striking screenwriters — but some mocking observers are hoping the picket lines are permanent.What are the details?

Thursday’s vote by leaders of the actors union — Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists — marked the first time in more than 60 years that both actors and writers are striking at the same time, the Associated Press reported, adding that the move shut down production across the entertainment industry.

Union leaders said at a news conference that they voted unanimously for a strike to begin at midnight after their contracts expired and talks broke off with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents employers, including Disney, Netflix, and Amazon, the AP said.

Source: Hollywood actors now on strike, join striking screenwriters — and some mocking observers hope picket lines are permanent – TheBlaze

Good riddance. There is far too much woke LGBTQ+ indoctrination ideologies in the content today, anyway. I have plenty of books to read. In particular, H. Rider Haggard’s fantastic series where he intersects the worlds of his three greatest characters: Allan Quatermain, Umslopogaas, and Ayesha. You know the kind, stories that are well written and do not attempt to cram evil ideologies down our throats in the name of social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

21 international doctors sign open letter against youth transgender ‘transition’ procedures | Catholic News Agency

A group of 21 doctors from countries around the world wrote publicly on Thursday that the ongoing push to provide young children with transgender “transition” procedures is unsupported by current evidence and that medical officials should shift their approaches to managing youth gender dysphoria. The open letter, published in the Wall Street Journal on July 13, responded to a June letter in the Journal by Endocrine Society President Stephen Hammes.

In that letter, Hammes claimed that transgender medical treatment “improves the well-being of transgender and gender-diverse people and reduces the risk of suicide.” Hammes referred to “lifesaving gender-affirming care,” which often involves the use of synthetic hormones and irreversible surgeries on reproductive organs, sometimes for children younger than the age of 18.

Source: 21 international doctors sign open letter against youth transgender ‘transition’ procedures | Catholic News Agency

Health care providers, from the school nurse to Stephen Hammes, who preach “lifesaving gender-affirming care” with absolutely no clinical evidence to back up their claims, are no better than carpet-bag snake-oil salesmen who promise miracles then disappear when the patient dies.

Former LGBT activist regrets indoctrinating children with gender ideology: ‘Oh my God. What have I done?’ | Fox News

A former pro-transgender activist said she regretted her previous work in pro-transgender activism, adding she felt she was “indoctrinated” on gender ideology in an interview with Fox News Digital.

“I started to realize that what I had been doing at my job at the LGBT Center, it was grooming,” Kay Yang, a former employee of a location in New York, said. Grooming in this context means “to get into readiness for a specific objective.”

Yang is now an outspoken critic of gender ideology being taught to young children in K-12 education. Recently, Yang was attacked while protesting at a pride event in NYC for espousing views against the topic. The incident was recorded on video.

Source: Former LGBT activist regrets indoctrinating children with gender ideology: ‘Oh my God. What have I done?’ | Fox News

This article is more important than you might think. We need people inside the LGBTQ+ movement to wake up to the evils of their theology. We need as many homosexual men and women as possible to ‘detransition’ from gender identity ideology. We need them to ‘deprogram’ from the cult that desires to destroy children and families. We need them to speak out and become activists. And it is happening. The early trailblazers like Andy Ngo, Dave Rubin, and Gays Against Groomers are paving the way for the Kay Yangs of the world to stand up for what they believe instead of bowing their heads in silence.

FACE Act charges brought against college student in Ohio pregnancy center attack | Catholic News Agency

By Joe Bukuras

Federal charges have been filed against a 20-year-old college student in Ohio for allegedly vandalizing a pro-life pregnancy center in April with graffiti that included the pro-abortion calling card “Jane’s Revenge.

”A student at Bowling Green State University, Whitney Durant — who goes by the name Soren Monroe — was charged with a misdemeanor under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Ohio said July 5.

Source: FACE Act charges brought against college student in Ohio pregnancy center attack | Catholic News Agency

This is a rare win. What really pains me is not the vandalism or the profanity of the message. What leaves me with a more profound sadness is this student is a product of their environment. An environment that permeates western civilization. How is it that a once innocent child turned into an adult filled with misplaced anger and a willingness to commit vile acts? Why do they not understand the difference between right and wrong, good and evil? Why do so many parents, teachers, and influential adults in the lives of children abdicate their God given mission to teach children goodness?

Dark Times in a Post Roe World

My Research on Gender Dysphoria Was Censored. But I Won’t Be. | The Free Press

By J. Michael Bailey

I am a professor of psychology at Northwestern University. I have been a professor for 34 years, and a researcher for 40. Over the decades, I have studied controversial topics—from IQ, to sexual orientation, to transsexualism (what we called transgenderism before 2015), to pedophilia. I have published well over 100 academic articles. I am best known for studying sexual orientation—from genetic influences, to childhood precursors of homosexuality, to laboratory-measured sexual arousal patterns.

My research has been denounced by people of all political stripes because I have never prioritized a favored constituency over the truth. But I have never had an article retracted. Until now.

On March 29, I published an article in the prestigious academic journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. Less than three months later, on June 14, it was retracted by Springer Nature Group, the giant academic publisher of Archives, for an alleged violation of its editorial policies.

Retraction of scientific articles is associated with well-deserved shame: plagiarism, making up data, or grave concerns about the scientific integrity of a study. But my article was not retracted for any shameful reason. It was retracted because it provided evidence for an idea that activists hate.

Source: My Research on Gender Dysphoria Was Censored. But I Won’t Be. | The Free Press

The full editorial is worth reading. Much thanks to Bari Weiss and her team for speaking truth to evil. He found that nearly all the children involved had progressive parents. They all voluntarily participated in the study. He also found that the social contagion of transgenderism takes place in primarily progressive communities.

For more information go to We are the parents of ROGD kids.

Indiana Supreme Court rules in favor of pro-life law banning most abortions – LifeSite

(LifeSiteNews) – The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that it is constitutional for the state to enforce a ban on most abortions with exceptions that caused consternation among pro-lifers on the way to its passage.

Enacted last August, the law forbids all abortions except those sought due to rape or incest during the first ten weeks or “substantial and irreversible physical impairment” of the mother’s health and permits abortions if a preborn child “suffers from an irremediable medical condition that is incompatible with sustained life outside the womb” up to 20 weeks. The abortion industry sued, despite the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade two months earlier, expressly allowing states to set their own abortion laws. Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction that September, claiming to see a “reasonable likelihood that this significant restriction of personal autonomy offends the liberty guarantees of the Indiana Constitution.”

Source: Indiana Supreme Court rules in favor of pro-life law banning most abortions – LifeSite

Considering that the vast majority of abortions are done as a form of birth control, and not for extraordinary circumstances, this is a win.

‘Find God’: Josh Alexander blasts Trudeau for promoting LGBT ‘pride’ crosswalk in Iceland – LifeSite

“Your degeneracy is astonishing. Find God,” wrote Alexander, who became famous for refusing to cave to LGBT ideology at his high school and for speaking out against male students entering female bathrooms.

Alexander’s comment was in reaction to a Trudeau tweet that read, “Took this yesterday before heading home – because we couldn’t leave Reykjavík without visiting Rainbow Street. To everyone celebrating Pride in Iceland, in Canada, and around the world: Happy Pride season!”

Source: ‘Find God’: Josh Alexander blasts Trudeau for promoting LGBT ‘pride’ crosswalk in Iceland – LifeSite