Saturday, January 7, 2023

Crosstalk News Roundup - Weekend Edition

Synopsis: Here’s a sample of stories from the early portion of this week’s program:

• In 2022, abortion was the leading cause of death around the world.

• The Biden administration just gave it’s OK for the U.S. Postal Service to ignore state abortion bans and send abortion drugs through the mail in all 50 states.

• Walgreens and CVS will sell abortion drugs.

• The South Carolina Supreme Court narrowly decided that the state’s ban on most abortions after six weeks violates the state’s constitution.

• The Minnesota House Finance and Policy committee approved the Protect Reproductive Options Act. The bill would enshrine into state law a fundamental right to abort any baby until birth.

• Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen wants the legislature to pass an abortion ban.

• The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the state’s near total abortion ban marking the latest legal success for state trigger laws after a federal right to abortion was dismantled last year. 

• The 50th annual March for Life will take place on January 20th in Washington, D.C.

• Former President Trump claims that the GOP’s underwhelming mid-term showing wasn’t his fault. He blames it on the abortion issue, especially by those that insisted on no exceptions.

• 6 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and several months after the leak of the Dobbs decision that prompted a wave of pro-abortion violence across America, the FBI has yet to arrest a single person for attacking over 230 churches and pregnancy centers.

• Vice President Kamala Harris took to Twitter and said she’ll fight for more abortions in 2023.

• Hungary took another action to support mothers and save unborn babies from abortion, enacting a new, family-friendly tax policy this January that exempts mothers under 30 and mothers with at least 4 children from paying income taxes for the rest of their lives.  

• The 13th ballot fell short for Kevin McCarthy for the position of Speaker of the House. Jim provided audio from Congressman Matt Gaetz.

• Senator Mitch McConnell became the longest serving party leader in Senate history on Tuesday.

• Metal detectors, first installed in the House chamber after the January 6th protest, were removed Tuesday as Republicans took control of the lower chamber.

These news items and many more.