Dear Colleague, 


You may be interested in the latest commentary from the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society and its allies:


The Left Is Trying to Bypass Long-Standing Pro-Life Protections in $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill. Here’s What You Need to Know. <[link removed]>
The Daily Signal
Melanie Israel, Policy Analyst
In its current form, the reconciliation bill contains a major and divisive change to abortion policy that would reject longstanding policies—which have been enacted on a bipartisan basis and are broadly supported across the political spectrum—that disentangle tax dollars from abortion activity.
 
More Radical Than Roe: House Abortion Bill Would Repeal Existing Laws, Prohibit Future Pro-Life Laws <[link removed]>
The Daily Signal
Melanie Israel, Policy Analyst
In response to pro-life policy victories like the Texas Heartbeat Act and an upcoming Supreme Court case asking the justices to provide a constitutional course correction to America’s arbitrary and unworkable abortion jurisprudence, pro-abortion legislators in Congress are advancing a deceptively named piece of legislation called the Women’s Health Protection Act. The radical, far-reaching proposal would entrench unfettered access to abortion in federal law.
 
The Truth About the So-Called Women’s Health Protection Act: A Radical Proposal to Mandate Unfettered Abortion Access in Federal Law <[link removed]>
The Heritage Foundation
Melanie Israel, Policy Analyst
In the past decade, policymakers at the state level have enacted hundreds of life-affirming policies, from informed consent provisions to prohibitions on inhumane late-term abortions to policies that divert taxpayer resources from the abortion industry. The Women’s Health Protection Act would mandate an abortion regime far more radical that the status quo by endangering long-standing and future state and federal laws that protect unborn children’s lives, women’s health and safety, and medical providers’ consciences and religious liberty and that also protect taxpayers from being forced to fund the abortion industry.
 
Biologically Male Athletes Have Competitive Advantage Over Women, Sports Group’s Study Finds <[link removed]>
The Daily Signal
Mary Margaret Olohan, Contributor
A new study noted that even testosterone reduction or suppression in biologically male transgender women athletes “does not negate all the physiological advantages of having developed testosterone-driven strength, stamina, and physique."


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DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society
Institute for Family, Community and Opportunity
The Heritage Foundation

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