KCIS Newsmakers

U.S. Supreme delays decsion on abortion pill...U.S. House passes bill on transgender athletes...and North Dakota restricts gender-transition treatments for minors.

U-S Supreme Court poised to rule on abortion pill restrictions...High Court hears case on religious accommodation in the workplace...and Florida approves ban on classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades.

Abortion and Religion at the U-S Supreme Court...another attack on Christians in Nigeria...and Dr. Charles Stanley passes away.

Orhodox Easter in Ukraine and Russia..Founder of Operation Mobilization passes away...and new study on effect of mega-churches on worship music.

The U-S Supreme Court being asked to step into legal fight over an abortion drug...Florida's governor signs 6-week abortion ban into law...and NHL team reaches agreement with historic Black church.

A federal appeals court has ruled an abortion drug can still be used, but with restrictions...acts of church vandalism are up...and a report says Catholicism among Latinos in the U-S continues to steadily decline.

U.S. Department of Health proposes rule to prohibit use or disclosure of protected health information to investigate, or prosecute patients, providers, and others involved in an abortion...North Dakota’s governor signs two transgender athlete bans into law...and Arizona Supreme Court rules the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under a...

U-S House subpoena's FBI Director over memo on white supremacists’ interaction with local Catholic churches...thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers marched to an evacuated West Bank settlement...and Idaho murder trial with alleged apocalyptic motives is underway.

U-s Justice Department appeals Texas judge ruling on abortion pill...Pope's Easter message...and Orthodox Palm Sunday service held in Ukraine's most revered Orthodox site.

Idaho's governor signs bill making it a crime to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent...Michigan's governor signs legislation repealing Michigan's abortion ban...tensions ramp-up in Israel...and despite being recently hospitalized, Pope Francis presides over Holy Week service today.

Violence at a Jerusalem mosque...Washington State buys abortion pills...and bills banning gender-transition treatments for minors signed in Idaho and Indiana.

Lawsuit filed against Oregon officials for denying a woman's application to adopt siblings from foster care due to her religious beliefs...the Commissioner of the NHL rethinking "Pride Nights"...and Wisconsin voters deciding a judicial race today that could determine the fate of abortion access in the state.

Palm Suniday reaction to Nashville school shooting...more Christians killed in Nigeria...and exiled members of Chinese Christian church in custody in Thailand.

U-S House pass parents’ rights” bill...Utah taking aim at social media access for minors...and Israeli P-M says government will not pass a bill that would criminalize Christian evangelism.

Abortion is legal again in Wyoming for now...Hawaii expands access to abortion...the Nebraska Legislature has advanced a bill that would ban gender-transition treatment for minors,,,and track and field has banned transgender athletes from international competition.

Kansas House approves “Born Alive” abortion bill ...Oklahoma Supreme Court overturns portion of the state's abortion ban...and Arkansas governor signs public school bathroom bill.

Wyoming institutes the nation's first explicit ban on abortion pills...an Oregon bill that would greatly expand access to abortion and gender-transition treatment was debated yesterday at a packed public hearing...adn Missouri will limit access to gender-transition treatment for minors.

American aid worker kidnapped in 2016 released in Niger...Russia condemned by European Court of Human Rights for violating the right to religious freedom and discriminating against a Christian pastor...and Christian theology lecturer dismissed by Methodist-run college in England for tweeting “homosexuality is invading the church”.

Transgender school bathroom bill sent to Iowa governor...six-week abortion ban bill moves foward in Florida...and American missionary pilot released from prison.

North Dakota Supreme Court upholds temporary block state's abortion ban...deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022...and a new survey on sharing diverse views in the workplace.

Arkansas effectively reinstates locked ban on gender-transition treatment for children...YWAM founder Loren Cunningham undergoing treatment for Stage 4 cancer...and research released on the seven cornerstones of a biblical worldview.

Former Bremerton football coach reinstated...Virginia school system removing test question equating liberals and conservatives with specific racial and gender demographics...and Nigerian pastor's family attacked and abducted.

Shooting at Jehovah Witness building in Germany...an Australian commission investigating Hillsong Church...and ChinaAid releases report on monitoring of religions in China's Henan province.

Apparant shift by some GOP-led states in Medicaid support...federal court reinstates Florida law strippng taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood...and a basketball coach resigns after being suspended by school officials stating he cited a Bible passage referencing slaves serving their masters.

U-S Senate trying again to codify a federal right to an abortion...another lawsuit filed against Texas abortion law...and more United Methodist churches leaving the denomination.