The 3 - May 23, 2021

This week's edition of The 3, featuring three stories of relevance to the Christian community, includes the announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court will take the case of a pro-life law out of Mississippi.  Also, pro-life legislation has continued to advance, with at least two bills moving forward this past week. And, a federal judge has turned back a request by a Christian college which may be forced to allow biological males and females to share areas that previously have been separated by gender.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Mississippi pro-life law

There has been anticipation for quite some time that the U.S. Supreme Court would accept a case that would weaken or overturn the drastic decision, Roe v. Wade, resulting in legalized abortion in America. There is speculation that a case out of Mississippi could affect the scope of that ruling.

Live Action News reports that:

The Supreme Court of the United States announced on Monday that it will hear the case surrounding Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban known as the “Gestational Age Act,” HB 1510. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, gives SCOTUS the opportunity to reconsider Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in the United States in 1973, as well as Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 Supreme Court case that affirmed Roe v. Wade and set viability as the standard for when abortion can and cannot be restricted.

But what was considered "viability" even in 1992 is not how the term should necessarily be regarded today. Lila Rose, Founder and President of Live Action, stated: "The Supreme Court must acknowledge what science has long revealed: that a unique and individual human life beings at the moment of fertilization. They must recognize that the arbitrary line of viability is an ever-changing goalpost as science and technology advance, and a child’s ability to survive outside the womb should not determine his or her humanity or right not be murdered in a violent abortion.”

A federal district court and appeals court had ruled against the law, according to the article, which says that the justices could hear the case this fall, paving the way for a decision next year.

(More) pro-life victories in the states

The Supreme Court decision to accept the Mississippi law comes as the result of a set of lawmakers in one state to pass solid pro-life legislation.  That has been occurring in states all across the union.  Alabama, in addition to passing a strong pro-life bill in 2019, preceded by a constitutional amendment affirming life in 2018, completed the passage of another pro-life bill in the waning hours of the recent regular session.

Yellowhammer News reported that last Monday night, "Alabama Senate on Monday unanimously gave final passage to HB 237, which now heads to Governor Kay Ivey’s desk after passing the House earlier in the session." The article said that the bill would "... purport to safeguard against infanticide by requiring a doctor to administer the same level of medical care to a child born alive after an abortion attempt as they would any other child.

The Susan B. Anthony List reported that there have been over 530 pro-life bills proposed to state legislatures this year alone. Over 60 have become law, including a Texas bill, the Heartbeat Bill, that SBA List describes as "legislation to ban abortion in the state as early as a fetal heartbeat can be detected." The article on the organization's website points out, "A growing body of literature and emerging science continually affirms the humanity of unborn children."

Judge allows Administration to force college to force restrooms and locker rooms to be open to members of opposite sex

The federal government is intent on forcing schools to adopt radical policies that force biological men and women to share what has traditionally been gender-specific, such as a restroom or locker room. And, it's even more insidious when Christian schools are being forced to violate their principles in order to comply.

ChristianHeadlines.com reports that a federal district judge has denied a petition by College of the Ozarks in Missouri " to block enforcement of a new Biden administration rule that the school says will force it to open dorms and showers to students who identify as the opposite sex."

The article stated:

At issue is a new directive by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in entities covered by the Fair Housing Act.

It added, "The directive was issued in accordance with an LGBT-themed executive order by President Biden."