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NYC Teachers Win Jobs Back After Refusing COVID Shot

NEW YORK CITY, NY – The New York Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that 10 New York City teachers previously fired for refusing the COVID-19 shot according to their religious convictions must be reinstated effective immediately. The Court’s order stated the city denied the teachers’ religious accommodations in an “arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable” manner awarding not just their jobs back but also all backpay, seniority, benefits, and attorney’s fees.

California School District Denies Equal Access to Bible Club

Liberty Counsel has sent a demand letter to Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) in Hayward, California and its superintendent, Dr. Jason Reimann, for discriminating against Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) by not allowing its Good News Club to meet on the Fairview Elementary School campus while allowing other clubs to meet. Since January 2023, CEF has requested three distinct times to resume holding the after-school club in an available classroom, but HUSD has denied all three requests without explanation.

Sandra Merritt Replies to Planned Parenthood in SCOTUS Request

Today, Liberty Counsel filed the reply brief for the petition for writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals against Sandra Merritt in Planned Parenthood’s multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit for her undercover investigation of the abortion giant. The implications of this civil case have far-reaching First Amendment consequences involving free speech and undercover journalism.

Scholastic Pushes Gender Confusion and LGBTQ Agenda on Children

NEW YORK CITY, NY – Even though Scholastic has been known as the largest publisher and distributor of children’s books for many years, the company is taking advantage of its platform to promote a blatant LGBTQ agenda to innocent minors.

Scholastic provides classroom teachers and students in public and private pre-K through high school access to books through book clubs and book fairs. Classroom teachers and early childhood directors actively use Scholastic Book Clubs to allow students to purchase the company’s books. Teachers are also given free books and resources delivered directly to their classrooms. Scholastic Book Fairs are weeklong in-school events where the company provides the books, planning tools, and display cases and are run by volunteer parents, teachers, and school librarians.

Texas Supreme Court Lets Medical Mutilation Ban Take Effect

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Yesterday, the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state’s new law banning harmful puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and mutilating surgeries for children to take effect during continued litigation.

Local Governments Creating Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn

GOLIAD, TX – Goliad County in Southeast Texas joined a growing movement to protect unborn babies last Monday by enacting a “Sanctuary County for the Unborn” ordinance becoming the 71st local government in the nation to adopt such a measure. These local protections have birthed out of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn (SCFTU) initiative created to keep abortion out of communities, especially in communities close to the U.S.-Mexico border often targeted by the abortion industry.

“Gender Industry” Targeting Children for Medical Mutilation

ORLANDO, FL – The Journal of the American Medical Association published a new study last week analyzing the number of people in the U.S. who underwent medical mutilation procedures––what it referred to as “gender-affirming surgeries” (GAS)––discovering that more than 48,000 people, including 3,678 patients aged 12-18 years, were surgically mutilated between 2016-2019.

Study Reveals Face Masks Contain Dangerous Amounts of Toxins

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A recent study revealed that disposable face masks, including medical-grade N95 masks, released eight times the recommended U.S. limit of toxic volatile organic compounds (TVOCs). Inhaling TVOCs has been linkedto health issues like headaches and nausea, while prolonged and repeated exposure has been linked to organ damage and even cancer.

SC Supreme Court Reverses Previous Stance and Upholds Pro-Life Law

Today, the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s new “Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act” protecting unborn babies with a detectable fetal heartbeat after striking down the state’s previous six-week abortion ban earlier this year ruling it violated the state’s constitution.

States Disassociate With American Library Association Over Radical Agenda

CHICAGO, IL – Three states, Montana, Missouri, and Texas, have withdrawn support recently from the American Library Association (ALA) since the organization now promotes Marxism and “equity, diversity and inclusion” through children’s literature and discriminates against faith-based story hours in public libraries.

As evidence of the organization’s radical agenda, the ALA elected Emily Drabinski, a self-described “Marxist lesbian,” as president for 2023-2024. After she was elected, Drabinski wrote in a now-deleted social media post, “I just cannot believe that Marxist lesbian who believes that collective power to build and can be wielded for a better world is the president-elect of @ALALibrary. I am so excited for what we will do together. Solidarity!”

Appeals Court Allows Alabama To Protect Children

MONTGOMERY, AL – The U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that Alabama can fully enforce its 2022 law banning harmful puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and mutilating surgeries for children. In May 2022, a district court had temporarily blocked the state from enforcing portions of the law pertaining to puberty blockers and hormones. However, a unanimous three-judge panel reversed that decision allowing the law to take immediate and full effect.

NC Legislators Override Governor To Protect Children

RALEIGH, NC – This week, North Carolina legislators overwhelmingly overturned Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of two bills that protect children from radical gender ideology.

Maine’s Unlawful Shot Mandate Increased Its Health Care Crisis

BANGOR, ME – Governor Janet Mills and state health officials and hospitals that denied health care employees’ religious accommodations, terminated them for refusing the COVID-19 shot, and prevented them from receiving unemployment benefits, now admit that Maine is facing an increasing ongoing shortage of health care employees.

In April 2022, Maine had the third-largest nursing shortage in the nation. A study confirmed that “38% of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in Maine are reporting nursing shortages this year – a more than 18% increase from 2020 when the pandemic began.” According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), approximately 195,400 openings are projected for registered nurses from 2021-2031. The Nurse Journal Report on the U.S. Nursing Shortage shows that as of June 27, 2023, Maine has a total of 14,380 nurses, which equates to 10.53 nurses per 1,000 residents, or one nurse per 100 residents.

Appeals Court Rejects Abortion by Mail

NEW ORLEANS, LA – The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) improperly expanded access to the chemical abortion pill mifepristone over the last seven years and reimposed restrictions that doctors only must be in person for dispensing the drug mifepristone.

Louisiana Law Puts “In God We Trust” in Public Schools

BATON ROUGE, LA – A new Louisiana law took effect last week requiring the national motto “In God We Trust” to be displayed in all public school classrooms in the state. When the upcoming school year begins, all public elementary, secondary, and higher education classrooms will need to display the motto.

Victory for Massachusetts State Troopers Suspended for Refusing COVID Shot

BOSTON, MA – Seven troopers with the Massachusetts State Police who were suspended in 2021 for refusing the COVID-19 shot for religious reasons must reinstated with retroactive pay and earned seniority. The troopers have been on unpaid leave, but an independent arbitrator, Bonnie J. McSpiritt, ruled they can return to work if they choose.

“SAFE” Act Laws Protecting Children Upheld in Two States

CINCINNATI, OH – The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled the laws of two states banning puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and medical mutilation for minors were constitutional and could remain in effect. The legislatures of Tennessee and Kentucky overwhelming voted to enact the “Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act” earlier this year and the laws, which have only minor differences, are the first of their kind to be upheld in federal court.

Fighting America’s Medical Scandal Against Children

WASHINGTON D.C. – With many states passing laws protecting youth from gender ideology, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing last week focusing on exposing the dangers associated with attempting to change a person’s gender. In the two-and-one-half-hour hearing, members of Congress from both parties heard different perspectives and powerful testimonies from witnesses about the damaging effects of puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and medical mutilation. They also heard emotional pleas for action to stop these “barbaric” procedures on children.

Victory for Christian School To Open This Fall

GREENFIELD, MA – After Liberty Counsel sent a demand letter, the Greenfield Public Schools (GPS) held a special virtual session last night and voted to approve the Providence Moldovian Baptist Church and its school, Providence Christian Academy. The vote was 4-1 with two abstentions. Now the elementary school will begin classes for Fall 2023.

FDA Approves New Anthrax Vaccine Despite Safety Concerns

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week fully approved a second-generation anthrax vaccine meant to treat adults ages 18 to 65 only after anthrax exposure, even though it must be administered together with other antibacterial drugs. The two-dose vaccine is called Cyfendus, and its ingredient list contains known toxic substances such as aluminum, formaldehyde, and benzethonium chloride, and may cause serious side effects according to the vaccine’s package insert.

The ingredient list also names CPG 7909, a largely unexplained synthetic DNA molecule. Except for this synthetic ingredient, Cyfendus contains the same ingredients as its predecessor Biothrax, which was FDA approved in 2016 and is meant to be taken before anthrax exposure.