DEMS POUNCE AFTER ALABAMA IVF RULING;SCOTUS HEARS BIG TECH CASES AGAINST ANTI-CENSORSHIP LAWS; ADMIN ‘OPERATIVE’ INVOLVED IN FULTON CASE?STUDY: ‘TRANS’ SURGERIES DO NOT SOLVE YOUTH SUICIDE

 

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 DEMS POUNCE AFTER ALABAMA IVF RULING  Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-IL, in January proposed a federal bill that would create a “right” to in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Duckworth is now pushing the bill in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that recognized the humanity of frozen human embryos. CatholicVote’s Tom McClusky said the bill would let the “IVF industry wantonly destroy human embryos with no repercussions.”  READ WHITE HOUSE RESPONDS TO UGA STUDENT MURDER  A spokesperson for the Biden White House on Monday offered sympathies to the friends and family of University of Georgia (UGA) nursing student Laken Riley, who was murdered Thursday morning. Critics slammed the Biden administration for policies that enabled Riley’s suspected killer to illegally enter the country.  READ SCOTUS HEARS BIG TECH CASES AGAINST ANTI-CENSORSHIP LAWS  The Supreme Court on Monday heard a pair of cases in which Big Tech companies are challenging anti-censorship laws in Texas and Florida. The tech lobby has argued that both of the 2021 laws violate Big Tech platforms’ First Amendment rights.  READ ADMIN ‘OPERATIVE’ INVOLVED IN FULTON CASE?  Breitbart News is reporting that the Biden administration planted a Democrat operative inside a Fulton County office to target former President Donald Trump. “If the Biden administration planted the operative, as the sources say, it would present a strong argument that the administration interfered in the 2024 presidential election,” wrote Breitbart’s Wendell Husebø.  READ STUDY: ‘TRANS’ SURGERIES DO NOT SOLVE YOUTH SUICIDE  A new Finnish study contradicted the central pro-LGBTQ talking point that subjecting children to so-called “gender-affirming care” reduces suicide rates. “Clinical gender dysphoria does not appear to be predictive of all-cause nor suicide mortality when psychiatric treatment history is accounted for,” the study concluded.  READ GOOGLE AI BOT: CRITIC OF ‘TRANS’ AS BAD AS MAO Google’s new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini has come under increased scrutiny after it appeared to suggest there is a moral equivalence between murderous dictators and critics of gender ideology. READ MOM WHO STRUGGLED WITH INFERTILITY: IVF NOT THE ANSWER  Catholic writer and mother of three Emily Zanotti took on the ethical concerns of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in an article Friday. “Although the pro-life movement has focused almost exclusively on abortion, IVF presents some of the same moral concerns that abortion does,” Zanotti wrote.  READ PRAY WITH CATHOLICVOTE  America is suffering spiritually, and Our Lady can help. Join CV staff to pray the rosary live THIS FRIDAY and ask Mary to intercede for our beloved country. Subscribe to CatholicVote’s YouTube channel to get notified!  SUBSCRIBE ALABAMA RULING SPURS SCRUTINY OF IVF  In the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling recognizing the humanity of embryonic unborn children, some Alabama clinics have paused IVF. Here’s what the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, former President Donald Trump, and President Joe Biden are saying about IVF.  READ PERSECUTION IN THE HOLY LAND  Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International reports that Christians in Jerusalem and the West Bank are facing both discrimination for their faith and unprecedented rates of unemployment. The overall unemployment rate in the Holy Land has risen to a record 72% amid a total paralysis of the tourism sector, mass layoffs, and severe restrictions on freedom of movement.  READ YOUR FUNNY KIDS’ QUESTIONS  Kids say the darndest things, and sometimes their questions about God and the Church can leave us scratching our heads! We asked you for the craziest catechetical questions you’ve heard from your youngsters – and you did not disappoint.  READ CATHOLIC 101  How long, O Lord? Who hasn’t asked that before? You may be asking that question right now! Like children, we want what we want when we want it. It’s so hard to let the Lord be in charge! Professor John Cuddeback invites us to think more about the Lord’s timing, embracing it and cooperating with it.  READ SAINT OF THE DAY  Bl. Maria Caridad Brader was born to a pious family in Switzerland in 1860. Against her mother’s wishes, Maria entered a convent and later received permission to work as a missionary. She served in Ecuador and Colombia, going on to found a new religious community of missionaries: the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate. She died in Colombia serving the people she loved.  READ DAILY PSALM  “To the upright I will show the saving power of God.” (Psalm 50:23)  READ DAILY READINGS  Today's Mass readings  READ MUSIC  A religious sister wows passersby in a train station with a few minutes of impromptu piano performance.  WATCH Paid for by CatholicVote Civic Action, a 501(c)(4) organization. CATHOLICVOTE  |  PO Box 3310  |  Carmel, IN 46082  |  (317) 669-6127