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It’s a major victory in our fight to defund the taxpayer-funded abortion industry, and a painful blow to Planned Parenthood. In fact, Planned Parenthood said “ This is devastating .” Despite the legal action of Planned Parenthood and a group of pro-abortion states to stop it, the new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule that will in effect block millions of tax dollars under Title X from abortion providers goes into effect immediately . The HHS Center for Faith and Opportunity... read more
The ACLJ’s international affiliate, the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), has achieved another victory in the fight against bonded labor in Pakistan. On June 21, 2019, the ECLJ’s affiliate in Pakistan, the Organization for Legal Aid, obtained the freedom of a Pakistani Christian family after two years of forced labor. Babar Masih, his wife, and their four young children – were forced to perform farm labor on behalf of a Muslim man, Muhammad Asif. When Asif hired Babar Masih, he loaned... read more
Today, by a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Bladensburg Peace Cross. Speaking for the majority of the Court, Justice Alito eloquently wrote: The cross is undoubtedly a Christian symbol, but that fact should not blind us to everything else that the Bladensburg Cross has come to represent. For some, that monument is a symbolic resting place for ancestors who never returned home. For others, it is a place for the community to gather and honor all veterans and their... read more
It’s bad enough that the abortion industry receives taxpayer support, but the fact that it can then earn additional profit by selling aborted babies’ body parts for medical research is infuriating. We’ve been demanding an end to this disgusting practice, and now the federal government has agreed. In a monumental win for life, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President Trump just ended a disturbing contract between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a California... read more
There is nothing more innocent than a baby still growing in the mother’s womb. They don’t know anger. They don’t know hate. They don’t know Republican from Democrat. They only know love. Yet more and more states are considering legislation that would allow those innocent lives to be taken, even up to the moment of birth. But in another historic victory for defenseless, unborn babies, Louisiana has just become the latest state to take a bold stand to protect these precious unborn lives. And by... read more
Our European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) affiliate in Pakistan, the Organization for Legal Aid, has secured another victory. This time, a Christian bonded laborer was falsely accused by his Muslim employer of stealing money. The Christian man’s real “crime” was asking to be paid according to the labor laws of Pakistan. Ghafar Masih, the Christian man who was falsely accused of theft by his employer, Shahid Sharif, had been working at Shahid’s brick kiln as a bonded laborer for about five... read more
Early in the morning of May 20th, without waiting for his family to kiss him goodbye one last time, Dr Sanchez sedated Vincent Lambert to profoundly anaesthetize him, and simultaneously removed his hydration and nutrition to provoke his death. His agony, and the distress of his parents, followed live by the French, were to last the whole week. Yet, last May 3rd, the U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which had received an application by the Lambert parents at the... read more
Last year, as we explained in more detail here , the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) proposed an administrative rule designed to enforce federal statutory rights of conscience. These laws , in different contexts and various ways, protect the rights of medical personnel from being coerced into violating their moral or religious beliefs in the delivery of healthcare services. Though many of these conscience laws have been on the books for decades, they unfortunately have been... read more
Today marks a huge victory for a Christian woman and for religious freedom, as after suffering a 10-year nightmare ordeal, Asia Bibi is finally, officially, safe and free. According to reports from multiple news outlets, Asia Bibi’s attorney confirms that she is now out of Pakistan and safely in Canada. Nine years ago, the Christian mother of five was sentenced to hang because she offered a Muslim coworker a cup of water. As a Christian she was considered unclean, and as a result of her... read more
On Friday, April 12th, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber assigned to monitor the ongoing situation in Afghanistan denied the ICC Prosecutor’s request to begin a formal investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Taliban, Afghan government, and NATO forces (including U.S. forces) during the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. This a wonderful, albeit temporary , victory for our men and women serving in Afghanistan. Yet, no Americans should ever have been investigated in... read more