KCIS Newsmakers

Iowa passes 6-week abortion ban...lawsuit field against Idaho abortion law...and the impact of A.I. on bible translation.

Minnesota court rules in favor of Amish in religious freedom case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court...and reaction to the latest in Swedish Quran burning.

A judicial order limiting Biden administration officials contacts with social media companies remains in place...Kansas judge has orders state to temporarily stop allowing people to change the gender listed on their drivers’ licenses...and an appeals court strkes down a block on a Tennessee law banning gender-transition treatments for minors.

Iowa governor calls for special legislative sesson on abortion...1 in 5 United Methodist churches in U.S. receive permission to leave the denomination...and faith-based film reportedly tops at box office on July 4th.

Nearly double the needed petitions for an Ohio constitutional amendment on abortion have been turned in...Israel has ended its West Bank raid...and a recent Quaran burning has Sweden torn between its commitment to free speech and respect for religious minorities.

Major Israeli Military operation in West Bank...another deadly week for Christians in Nigeria...and Pope appoints controverial Archbishop to Vatican office.

The U-S Supreme Court has ruled on a major religious freedom / free speech case...and a large North Carolina church leaves the Souther Baptist Convention.

Supreme Court decision on religious accommodation in the workplace...and a new Gallup poll on U-S religious worship attendance.

Oral arguments scheduled over HHS Pharmacy Mandate on abortion drugs...draft amendments being worked on to allow blasphemy charges under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws...and 1.8 million Muslims attending the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

More Christians attacked in Nigeria...embryo models created...and Mike Kellogg passes away.

Death penalty phase gets underway in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting...and U-S Supreme Court getting ready to release rulings in two religious rights cases.

Top Republican presidential candidates calling for imposing federal limits on abortion...President Biden gets endorsements from 3 abortion groups...and judge blocks Wyoming’s first-in-the-nation ban on abortion pills.

Oregon legislature passes amended abortion and gender-transition bill...Wyoming Judge takes up state abortion pill ban...and Christian Reformed Church in North America reaffirms earlier ruling on a deacon in a same-sex marriage.

More unrest in the West Bank...judge rules on Arkansas gender transition law...and Utah school district puts BIble back on the shelf.

Supreme vacates South Carolina abortion clinic order while refusing to hear case of Christian college over Biden Administration directive...and the Vatican releases working document on promoting women to decision-making roles and inclustion of the LGBTQ+ community.

President Biden decries state laws on transgenderism...new study suggests absent fathers and collapsed marriages might be two of the best explanations for why Christianity is declining in the United States..and Pope Francis continues to recover.

Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has died...parents and lawmakers protest removal of Bible from Utah school district libraries...and Pope Francis surgery recovery update.

Pope Francis undergoes survey...former Vice President Pence opens bid for President...and two Transgender-related bills signed by Missouri Governor.

Church and preschool file suit over title IX...former Vice President Pence make presidential candidacy official...and Franklin Graham preaches to overflow crowd in Korea.

Another massacre in a Christian village in Nigeria...and Chinese authorities reportedly raid a Christian Educaion Center and arrest its workers.

Suit filed over Idaho Transgender treatment law....Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for Blasphemy...and U.S. birth rate stayed flat in 2022.

Oklahoma Supreme Court rules on two new state laws banning abortion...Nevada Governor signs abortion bill...and arrest made in death of New Jersey Christian councilwoman.

Suspect in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre went on trial today...Christian worship services reportedly stopped in progress in two Indonesian cities...and Ugandan President signs bill on homosexuality.

Whatcom County votes to give $750,000 to a Christian charity that's building a homeless shelter...judge temporarily halts South Carolina abortion law...and kidnapped Austrailian missionary doctor released after 7 years.