Dear Colleague,
You may be interested in the latest commentary from the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society:
The Heritage Foundation
Melanie Israel, Policy Analyst
Since its initial introduction in 1976, the Hyde Amendment has been an important guardrail restricting taxpayer funds from paying for most elective abortions through domestic spending. Despite permissive abortion laws being allowed by the High Court for four decades, federal policymakers have rightly sought to separate taxpayer dollars from being entangled with abortion and other controversial issues. But this bipartisan, consensus position is now under threat like never before due to a vocal minority of abortion industry advocates agitating for virtually no restrictions on abortion or taxpayer funding for abortions. Congress should not abandon this nearly half-century tradition and reject attempts to undo pro-life legislative protections.
The Daily Signal
Melanie Israel, Policy Analyst
The Biden administration seeks to return to the Obama administration policy of ignoring Section 1303 of Obamacare, which requires that insurers collect a separate payment for certain abortion coverage in qualified health plans approved to be sold on exchanges and keep those separate payments in separate accounts used only to pay for elective abortion services.
The Daily Signal Podcast
Feat. Rev. Bernard Randall
In 2019, the Rev. Bernard Randall delivered a sermon at Trent College in Derbyshire, England, addressing the school’s then-new gender identity policies. He encouraged students to seek the truth as they thought about gender identity. The school dismissed the chaplain a short time later.
Sincerely,
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society
Institute for Family, Community and Opportunity
The Heritage Foundation