New Bills Target Red Tape in Employee Benefits
Two bills that would cut red tape and make it easier for employers to provide child care and elder care benefits and educational opportunities for their employees have advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The House Committee on Education and Workforce moved the two bills forward on April 9—the Empowering Employer Child and Elder […]
OB-GYNs Not Fleeing Pro-Life States, New Study Confirms
A new study by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health and other major universities has put a damper on the claim that obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) are systematically fleeing pro-life states or ones with more liberal abortion laws. To the contrary, the cohort study measured data collected from Jan. 1, 2018, […]
RFK Jr. Presses Ahead on Ban on Artificial Food Dyes
As promised, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services is going on the offensive against artificial food dyes, one of the most high-profile “Make America healthy again” initiatives of the new administration. Getting rid of food dyes “is just a no-brainer,” Kennedy said on Tuesday after announcing an agreement with major food […]
Trump Admin is ‘All Hands on Deck’ for Making Food Safer
The Trump administration is “all hands on deck” to ensure the food in the supply chain is “safe and healthy,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told The Daily Signal. “The bottom line is this: we have to make sure that the food that we’re putting into the supply chain is safe, and it is healthy for […]
Young Americans Embracing ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Mantra
Young people have rejected the “trust the science” mentality of older generations, paving the way for acceptance of the concept of “Make America Healthy Again,” according to a holistic doctor in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “I grew up in an era of thinking if it was that bad for us, it really shouldn’t be put in […]
Media Ignoring ‘Tragedy’ of Autism ‘Epidemic,’ RFK Jr. Says
The mainstream media has ignored the autism “epidemic,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday at his first press conference. “This epidemic denial has become a feature in the mainstream media,” Kennedy said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest study found that the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnoses […]
Medicaid’s Cut of Child Sex Change Coverage Will Save Millions
The Trump administration’s decision to prohibit Medicaid coverage of child sex change procedures will save taxpayers at least $18.5 million. Between 2019 and 2023, the total submitted charges for child sex change surgeries in the U.S. amounted to $108,516,134, of which $18,476,978 were submitted to Medicaid, including traditional Medicaid and managed Medicaid, according to data […]
Lawmakers, Pro-Lifers Renew Call to Defund Planned Parenthood
When Toni McFadden was a senior in high school, she walked through the doors of a Planned Parenthood clinic hoping to escape her unplanned pregnancy and return to life as normal. But the abortion pills they gave her didn’t work. One month later, she experienced severe hemorrhaging owing to complications and received no help […]
GOP Bill Would Protect Pro-Life Pregnancy Resource Centers
Republican lawmakers announced a bill Monday to prohibit federal and state governments from discriminating against pro-life pregnancy resource centers by requiring them to perform or encourage abortions. The Let Pregnancy Care Centers Serve Act, cosponsored by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and four of his Republican colleagues, would amend the Public Health Service Act to “prohibit […]
US Maternal Mortality Rate Down but Still Too High
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a striking 17% decline in maternal mortality after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, defying alarmist predictions. The decline tells us two things. First, it proves that protecting preborn children does not trigger a maternal health catastrophe, as critics often warned. The evidence is now clear: […]