Indiana’s medical licensing board decided late Thursday to discipline a doctor who made headlines last year for performing an abortion for a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim. The board gave the doctor a letter of reprimand and ordered her to pay a $3,000 fine for violating ethical standards and state laws by discussing the case with a reporter. (Bellware & Rosenzweig-Ziff, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe U.S. Attorney's Office for Arizona now accuses Bateman, the self-proclaimed prophet of a splinter group of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and 10 others of causing sexual harm to nine girls whose ages ranged from 9 to 17 at the time the alleged offenses took place. (Torres, USA Today)
Read MoreA push to inject religion into public schools across Texas faltered on Tuesday after the State House failed to pass a contentious bill that would have required the Ten Commandments to be displayed prominently in every classroom. (Goodman, The New York Times)
Read MoreNearly 2,000 children across Illinois were sexually abused by 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers over the past seven decades, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced in an investigation report released Tuesday. The number of accused abusers is significantly larger than the 103 the Catholic dioceses of Illinois had publicly listed in 2018, when the investigation was first launched. (Rosenzweig-Ziff, The Washington Post)
Read MoreA gap exists between churchgoers who say they want to take part in a charity effort and those who actually do so, according to a new report by Lifeway Christian Resources. In a report published Tuesday, Lifeway found that 86% of surveyed churchgoers said they want to serve people, including those outside of the church, in order to advance the Gospel. (Gryboski, Christian Post)
Read MoreAmericans in same-sex marriages and partnerships account for about 1% of households, according to newly released figures from the decennial census that show the changing composition of U.S. families. (Overberg & DeBarros, The Wall Street Journal)
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