Valerie Richardson

Planned Parenthood annual report: More abortions, more taxpayer cash, fewer patients

Planned Parenthood saw fewer patients but performed more abortions -- and raked in more taxpayer funding -- in the fiscal year that saw the fall of Roe v. Wade.

April 18, 2024

House Republicans grill Columbia University president over rampant campus antisemitism

Columbia President Minouche Shafik aced the biggest test at Wednesday's House hearing on campus antisemitism, but she was no match for House Republicans who caught her in multiple contradictions related to the school's reaction to hate against Jewish people.

April 17, 2024

What is a woman? Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes biological definition of ‘woman’ in state law

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill to codify the meaning of "woman" in state law, becoming the second female Democratic governor to nix such legislation over concerns about transgender rights.

April 17, 2024

Operation Rescue endorses Trump: ‘He hit it out of the park’ with Supreme Court picks

Pro-life groups were dismayed when former President Donald Trump declined to support federal limits on abortion access, but one leading organization says that shouldn't stop abortion foes from voting for him.

April 16, 2024

Transgender athlete scores as court blocks West Virginia’s ban on biological males in female sports

A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a West Virginia law requiring scholastic athletes to participate based on biological sex, handing a victory to a male-to-female transgender teen who competes against girls in track and field.

April 16, 2024

Bill Maher stuns pro-lifers, admits abortion is ‘kind of’ murder: ‘We won’t miss you’

Liberal comedian Bill Maher stoked the abortion battle by declaring the procedure is pretty much murder, but that he's "OK with that."

April 16, 2024

Definition of ‘antisemitism’ under attack by pro-Palestinian groups

Pro-Palestinian groups are chipping away at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism, which has been the global standard for years.

April 16, 2024

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce law banning gender-transition drugs, surgeries for minors

The Supreme Court agreed to let Idaho enforce its ban on gender-transition drugs and surgeries for minors, overruling a lower-court injunction except in the cases of the two transgender teenagers who sued to halt the 2023 state law.

April 15, 2024

Biden crams abortion into Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

The Biden administration inserted abortion-related accommodations Monday into regulations governing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, even though lawmakers said the law specifically excluded any reference to abortion at its passage in 2022.

April 15, 2024

Abortion firebomber’s lenient sentence angers pro-life group

An Obama-appointed judge's decision to give a relatively lenient sentence to an abortion-rights activist who firebombed a Wisconsin pro-life group's office isn't sitting well with conservatives.

April 13, 2024

Rep. Rashida Tlaib ripped for refusing to condemn ‘death to America’ chants at Michigan rally

A slew of elected officials blasted "death to America" chants at a pro-Palestinian rally last week in Dearborn, Michigan, but Rep. Rashida Tlaib wasn't one of them.

April 12, 2024

Bombshell British review finds ‘weak evidence’ to justify transgender drugs, surgeries for minors

The booming "gender-affirming care" industry suffered a devastating hit with the release of a long-awaited British review that found "remarkably weak evidence" to support treating children and young adults with gender-transition drugs and surgeries.

April 10, 2024

What is a woman? Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs bill defining ‘woman’ in state law

Biden administration officials are still unclear on the definition of "woman" and may want to check in with Idaho.

April 10, 2024

NAIA puts pressure on NCAA by banning male-born athletes from women’s sports

The NAIA voted unanimously to require athletes to compete based on birth sex, becoming the first national collegiate sports body to ban male-born athletes from the women's field.

April 8, 2024

Most kids grow out of gender confusion, long-term Dutch study indicates

A landmark Dutch study found that most adolescents ultimately outgrow their gender confusion, fueling the growing unease over the advisability of treating those under 18 with gender-transition drugs and surgeries.

April 8, 2024

Republicans rip ‘weaponized’ DOJ after four pro-life activists convicted in abortion-clinic protest

Four pro-life activists were found guilty of violating federal law for a protest outside an abortion clinic, bringing the number of such convictions under the Biden administration to 10 and renewing GOP charges of "weaponized" justice.

April 4, 2024

Colorado schools superintendent complains about ‘privileged White people’ during training session

A Colorado schools superintendent has had enough of certain White people.

April 4, 2024

Trump takes swipe at Biden by declaring Election Day will be ‘Christian Visibility Day’

Former President Donald Trump declared that Nov. 5 will be "Christian Visibility Day," a reference to his anticipated support among religious voters and a dig at President Biden's Transgender Day of Visibility proclamation.

April 3, 2024

Wisconsin governor vetoes ban on biological males in female sports

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed legislation barring biological males from competing in female scholastic sports, saying he refused to align with states passing "radical policies targeting LGBTQ individuals."

April 2, 2024

‘Faux outrage’: Biden admin transgender official dismisses Transgender Day of Visibility uproar

A transgender Biden administration official dismissed the outcry over the White House proclamation marking Transgender Day of Visibility on the same day as Easter, rejecting the pushback as "manufactured."

April 2, 2024