Samantha Kamman

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  Feb 15, 2023

  JK Rowling says critics 'profoundly misunderstood' her criticism of transgender ideology

  Author J.K. Rowling says critics accusing her of being "transphobic" over her past comments on the push to allow trans-identified individuals into sex-segregated spaces for women "profoundly" misunderstand her viewpoint. 

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  Feb 15, 2023

  Artificial womb technology treats human life like a 'commodity,' bioethicist warns

  A viral video promoting the potential future of artificial womb technology that would allow parents to gene edit their babies as they grow inside a portable incubator is cause for concern, according to bioethicists. 

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  Feb 15, 2023

  Samaritan's Purse opens field hospital in Turkey as earthquake death toll surpasses 40K

  Samaritan's Purse deployed a 52-bed Emergency Field Hospital near Antakya in southern Turkey to help fill the void after a major hospital in the region was damaged by the Feb. 6 earthquake. Over 40,000 people were killed, and tens of thousands need medical care.

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  Feb 15, 2023

  Dead baby found in drainage pipe by tenant working on plumbing at apartment complex

  Police officers in south Texas near the Mexico border said an investigation is underway after a tenant in an apartment complex discovered the remains of a baby inside a drainage pipe. 

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  Feb 14, 2023

  Students walkout after school district covers up urinals amid backlash to trans bathroom policy

  Hundreds of students at a New Hampshire school district staged a walkout following the school board’s decision to restrict bathroom access due to parents’ outrage about a policy allowing trans-identifying students to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity.

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  Feb 14, 2023

  Missouri AG investigates transgender clinic accused of harming hundreds of children

  A Missouri-based pediatric clinic received a letter from the state’s attorney general calling for a moratorium on the clinic prescribing puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones due to an investigation following a whistleblower’s claims that the clinic is “permanently harming the vulnerable patients in our care."

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  Feb 13, 2023

  Only a quarter of Gen Z attends church at least once a month, survey finds

  Only 28% of Generation Z Americans say they're committed to attending religious services at least once a month, as 14% identify as atheist or agnostic, according to a recent poll that suggests the younger generation is also much more likely to identify as LGBT. 

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  Feb 10, 2023

  3 highlights from House hearing on Biden DOJ 'weaponization'

  The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives held its first hearing of a new subcommittee dedicated to investigating the alleged "weaponization" of federal government agencies against conservatives.

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  Feb 10, 2023

  Birth rates rose in 2021 after reaching historic lows during COVID-19 pandemic: CDC

  Birth rates increased among women ages 25 and up and those in their mid-to-late 30s during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic as data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a bucking of the historic decline.

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  Feb 10, 2023

  13th Amendment may contain 'right' to abortion despite Dobbs ruling, federal judge says

  A federal judge handling the criminal case of a pro-life activist has suggested that other provisions in the U.S. Constitution — specifically the 13th Amendment — may confer a right to abortion after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last year.