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Welcome to the Friday Five! Every Friday we share our top five
articles, stories, and quotes for you to read and share with your
friends and church families.
1. FOX NEWS: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs six-week ‘heartbeat bill’ into law to limit abortion“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law Thursday evening, putting the state more in line with other Republican-led states, just hours after the legislation cleared the Florida legislature. The new law expands protections to unborn children, giving them full rights to life once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks of pregnancy. It also provides funding to help mothers across the state.”
2. FOX NEWS: North Carolina GOP move on school choice with new supermajority after Dem's stunning party switch“Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are poised to push ahead with school choice legislation and other education reforms, a key policy area where the GOP has surging momentum following the high-profile defection of a Democratic legislator.“  3. NBC: Abortion pill legal fight heads toward Supreme Court showdown“A federal appeals court decision that declined to suspend approval of the abortion pill mifepristone but kept in place restrictions that would prevent it from being sent to patients by mail has teed up a high-stakes showdown at the Supreme Court. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that the Justice Department ‘strongly disagrees’ with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to allow the restrictions and will seek immediate Supreme Court review. The decision late Wednesday by the New Orleans-based appeals court leaves considerable uncertainty over access to the drug.”
4. WCNC: Union County school board approves new rule on transgender athletes“The board voted unanimously to require all high school athletes to compete on teams ‘consistent with the gender on the student's birth certificate.’” Read more: https://www.wcnc.com/article/sports/union-county-public-schools-transgender-athlete-birth-certificate-state-rules-north-carolina/275-f18d23e6-0954-4592-a968-0bd30b844dd0
5. THE POST MILLENNIAL: Texas GOP brings bill to force health insurers to cover detransition care“A Texas bill has been introduced that would require health insurance companies that provide coverage for sex change interventions to provide coverage for all possible adverse outcomes, including those related to detransition.” “Chloe Cole, a detransitioned young woman, was on the panel and spoke of the difficulties she is having accessing detransition-related healthcare, due to the fact that “there are no standards of care for detransitioners.” Cole was put on puberty blockers and testosterone at age 13, had a double mastectomy at 15, and then detransitioned at 16.”
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