More than 20 legal and advocacy groups, and former education officials have sent a letter (pdf) to the Biden administration’s Department of Education (DOE) requesting that the Department quash its plan to allow males to compete in women’s sports and use women’s locker rooms. The DOE proposed regulations in 2022 to amend Title IX of the…
28 Groups Ask Biden Admin to Reinforce Women’s Rights in Sports
Sanders Says ‘Medicare for All’ Won’t Happen This Congressional Term
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) claimed that due to a split Congress, a Medicare for All program “ain’t going to happen” in the next two years. During an NPR interview aired on Feb. 21, the Independent senator asserted that there was not enough support for the program, even from Democrats. The lawmaker said, however, that members…
Mississippi Senate Approves Bill to Ban Gender Alteration Procedures on Minors
The Mississippi Senate has approved a bill banning permanent medical intervention for minors who believe they are experiencing gender dysphoria. Mississippi House Bill 1125, titled the “Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures Act,” prohibits physicians in the state from prescribing pharmaceutical and surgical alterations in an attempt to change a child’s gender. The bill’s sponsor, Republican state…
Indiana Bill Would Fund Firearms Training for Teachers, School Staff
The lower chamber of the Indiana General Assembly has approved a bill allowing for state-funded handgun training for teachers and school staff. Indiana House Republicans were able to pass House Bill 1177 on Feb. 21, which would fund handgun training for teachers to protect their classrooms and students. The bill passed the House with a 71–24…
Most Baby Formula Health Claims Not Based on Evidence, Undermines Breastfeeding: Researchers
The majority of health claims on baby formula products are backed by little to no scientific evidence, an international survey found, with researchers calling for more rigorous marketing regulations. Scientists from the Imperial College London said regulations need to provide better protections against harms linked with the aggressive marketing of baby formula. They argue that…
Quest For True Dangers of Nanoplastics Boosted By Specially Designed Lab
Scientists are one step closer to uncovering the true dangers of plastics and determining the reach of the nanoplastic invasion into the human body after the development of a specialised laboratory at the University of Queensland (UQ). The development is a significant step for scientists striving to determine what regions of the body—including the brain—plastics…
Advocacy Group Tells Medical Societies to Ditch Transgender Ideology
A transgender advocacy group is calling out the medical establishment for allowing ideology, rather than science, to drive health care for people suffering from gender-related distress. The Gender Dysphoria Alliance (GDA) has released an open letter aimed at more than 30 medical organizations. “It’s institutionalized medical negligence,” the GDA said in its Feb. 18 statement….
States’ Challenge to Biden’s Withdrawal of Title 42 Border Expulsions Policy Not Dead, Supreme Court Action Suggests
The Supreme Court issued a new order on Feb. 21 suggesting it is moving forward with a case about the Title 42 policy that allows rapid expulsion of illegal aliens crossing the U.S.-Mexico border after it abruptly canceled a hearing in the case days ago. The Biden administration had asked the High Court to drop the…
Child Sexual Abuse Rescue Operation Saves 28 Children, 59 Individuals Arrested
Twenty-eight children have been rescued from abusive situations as part of a law enforcement crackdown on child porn that led to the arrests of close to 60 violators. The month-long Operation Janus was conducted by the FBI Dallas Division’s Child Exploitation Task Force and the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force between Jan….
Drunk Driver Stabs 3 Police Officers to Death in Southern China
BEIJING—Authorities in southern China said a man stopped for drunk driving and not having a license stabbed to death three police officers after apparently obtaining a knife and returning to the police station. The statement from Shangli County in Jiangxi province said the suspect, identified only by his surname, Huang, had been detained after the…
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