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Christopher Vondracek

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Christopher Vondracek was a reporter on The Washington Times' National desk.

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David Daleiden, left, and Sandra Merritt, foreground, wait outside of a courtroom in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. Planned Parenthood has made an unusual legal demand to join California's criminal prosecution of two anti-abortion activists charged with invasion of privacy for secretly making videos as they tried to buy fetal material from the organization.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

David Daleiden-Sandra Merritt Planned Parenthood case resumes in California Supreme Court

California's highest court has allowed the prosecution of two undercover, pro-life activists to resume, lifting its stay on the proceedings. The California Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a petition to halt legal action against anti-abortion activists David Daleiden and Sandra Susan Merritt, according to an official of the Thomas More Society, a conservative pro-life law firm representing the defendants.

May 19, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by internet entrepreneur Marc Benioff, right, arrives for the vote on The Equality Act of 2019, sweeping anti-discrimination legislation that would extend civil rights protections to LGBT people by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Equality Act, LGBTQ rights bill, passed by House

The Equality Act passed the U.S. House on Friday, with eight Republicans breaking rank to vote with Democratic colleagues for legislation supporters say will add needed federal protections in housing, employment and health care to millions of LGBTQ Americans.

May 17, 2019
Angelie Reyes, 4, joins her family from Anaheim Hills to protest proposed changes to sex education guidance for teachers, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. The California State Board of Education is set to vote Wednesday on new guidance for teaching sex education in public schools. The guidance is not mandatory but it gives teachers ideas about how to teach a wide range of health topics including speaking to children about gender identity. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) **FILE**

California kindergarten gender identity talks in sex education slammed

A new California sex education guidance encourages teachers to talk to kindergartners about gender identity and middle-schoolers about masturbation, worrying some education leaders who say the nation's largest school system is pulling them into conversations they don't want to have with children in their classrooms.

May 9, 2019
Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, center, signs legislation, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Atlanta, banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks before many women know they’re pregnant. Kemp said he was signing the bill “to ensure that all Georgians have the opportunity to live, grow, learn and prosper in our great state.” (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Brian Kemp signs fetal heartbeat abortion ban in Georgia

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed a ban on abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, a move that virtually ends the practice in the state and ensures a legal challenge that could make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

May 7, 2019
Teachers and their supporters marched on the state capitol in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, to demand better funding in schools, increased salaries, the expansion of Medicaid, and better mental health services in schools, among other things. (AP Photo/Amanda Morris)

Red4Ed movement politicizes North Carolina teacher protests

About 20,000 North Carolina teachers and their supporters marched on the state Capitol on International Workers' Day as part of the Red4Ed movement, which is backed by the nation's largest teachers union and has drawn criticism from Republican leaders across the country.

May 1, 2019