WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Dec. 4 in a case concerning a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical …
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Supreme Court gets set for oral arguments over state’s gender transition ban for minors
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dec. 4 a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures …
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Q: These days we hear so much about “trans people.” I expect our church is against the practice but I really have never heard anything “official” about the church’s position. …
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(OSV News) — Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, issued binding diocesan policies Sept. 12 on the “formation of young people in Catholic Christian anthropology and pastoral …
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Federal appeals court upholds Title IX exemption for religious schools
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — A federal appeals court recently upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of granting a Title IX exemption for religious post-secondary institutions that receive federal funding. A …
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(OSV News) — A group of Catholic medical professionals is hailing recent remarks by U.S. plastic surgeons questioning surgical interventions for teens experiencing gender dysphoria. The physician-led Catholic Medical Association …
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(OSV News) — People often avoid talking about the quintessential hot topics — evolution, gender and artificial intelligence, to name a few. But not Bishop Robert E. Barron and his …
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Nebraska’s high court upholds law restricting abortion, transgender interventions for minors
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — The Nebraska Supreme Court July 26 upheld a law that combined a 12-week abortion ban with a measure banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment …
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Washington Roundup: Global religious freedom watchdog nears reapproval; Biden-Trump race still even
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Legislation to reauthorize a U.S. government body monitoring international religious freedom took a procedural step forward in the U.S. House July 10. The same week in …
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Idaho, West Virginia ask Supreme Court to uphold their transgender sports bans
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The attorneys general of Idaho and West Virginia asked the Supreme Court on July 11 to uphold their states’ laws requiring student athletes to compete on …