Daily Religion Headlines New from Pew Research Center: As debates over abortion continue in states around the country, a majority of Americans (61%) continue to say that abortion should be legal in all (27%) or most (34%) cases. The new survey by Pew Research Center also finds little support for overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion: Seven-in-ten say they do not want to see the Roe v. Wade decision completely overturned.

U.S. Headlines

Clergy abuse victims take new route to challenge church in court THE WALL STREET JOURNAL* Feds issue violation notice to University of Vermont Medical Center after nurse reports performing abortion against conscience VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO Virginia governor appointee who made derogatory and anti-Catholic statements on social media resigns RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH* GOP Virginia state senator attacks his ‘radical’ challenger, a Muslim, over ‘Islamic terrorism’ RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH* Judge denies nuclear protesters’ religious freedom defense RELIGION NEWS SERVICE Jerry Falwell Jr. wants Liberty to be the evangelical Notre Dame of college football LOS ANGELES TIMES* Kansas Democrat would be first Hindu in U.S. Senate if she wins 2020 race THE KANSAS CITY STAR* Black minister to his mostly white ELCA denomination: ‘We need to rethink church’ RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

International Headlines

India seeks to portray sense of calm in locked-down Kashmir THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Amazon fires deepen a split between Brazil’s evangelicals and their fellow Christians RELIGION NEWS SERVICE Australia unveils religious freedom bill, after rugby star sacked for ‘hell awaits homosexuals’ post REUTERS Honduras will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY Archbishop of Canterbury mourns victims of Sri Lanka attacks THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pope Francis says key to Christian faith is to ‘obey God before men’ RELIGION NEWS SERVICE Appeal to stop gay marriage opens in Cayman Islands REUTERS Guatemala’s first openly gay congressman braces for battle REUTERS

Analysis & Commentary

What is Australia’s religious discrimination bill and what will it do? THE GUARDIAN Trump wants Jewish voters in Florida. He may be pushing them further away MCCLATCHY In today’s political storm, Planned Parenthood needs two umbrellas CNN Many Republicans don’t like Planned Parenthood – but they don’t mind birth control FIVETHIRTYEIGHT Celebrating Islam in predominantly Catholic Mexico BBC NEWS 100 faces of Rohingya refugees AL JAZEERA

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