Pennsylvania House approves bill banning abortions for Down syndrome

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“Pennsylvania House Speakers Mike Turzai and Judy Ward, sponsors of the bill, argued that the bill is an concerned effort to reduce the number of abortions based on the diagnosis of Down syndrome, which is at almost 90 percent. A similar bill was passed in Ohio and was temporarily blocked by a federal judge.” Jurist

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Neb., Tenn. defund Planned Parenthood

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“Nebraska and Tennessee this month joined more than a dozen states that have cut funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, a pro-life campaign that has seen mixed results.” BPNews

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US Officials Stand With Pastor at Turkish Terrorism Trial

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“For most of American pastor Andrew Brunson’s 18-month imprisonment in Turkey, the government failed to officially indict him or offer the opportunity for bail or his release. Finally, his terrorism and espionage case came to trial on Monday.” CToday

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On the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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“April 19, 1943 was … the first day of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising when entrapped Polish Jews, mostly young people, began an armed guerilla-style urban battle with crude weapons against German General Jürgen Stroop and his elite SS troops” RNS

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The Collapse of Manners

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“In college, when we studied Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, I realized my father was the disciple of a rather ancient set of values. He was a gentleman: someone who still practiced the art of manners, and as such, he was both inheritor and promulgator of the classical conservative tradition.” American Conservative

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