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Last week, the ERLC joined public comments with other faith-based organizations in response to two Department of State proposed rules that would undermine the vital work being done by faith-based international aid providers. These rules would place new restrictions on foreign aid contractors and foreign aid grant recipients, requiring them to adhere to hiring standards

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This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two combined cases—FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and Danco Laboratories, LLC v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. These cases are significant legal battles challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone (i.e., the “abortion pill”), a drug commonly used in chemical abortion

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Nearly six months after the beginning of fiscal year 2024, the U.S. Congress has finally fully funded the federal government through Sept. 30. Following four continuing resolutions (CRs), Congress passed two minibus packages that included all twelve federal appropriations bills that fund the various parts of the government.  The first minibus, passed on March 8,

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Nashville, Tenn., March 27, 2024 —The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, has donated an ultrasound machine to The Life Center in Big Spring, Texas, funded by the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. A dedication ceremony will be held April 2 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. CST at

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On Super Tuesday, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump officially secured the number of delegates needed to clinch their parties’ presidential nomination. This ensures that they will be facing one another ​in a rematch, the first to feature two U.S. presidents since 1956. Despite reaching this milestone, the candidates still face a long

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Healthy engagement in the public square can feel like a fond memory of past decades, but we believe that Christians can still engage the public square today in ways that bring hope where it is desperately needed. In 2019, the ERLC, the Fetzer Institute, and LifeWay Research conducted a study on civility in the public

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Today, we’re talking about how Christians can wisely and compassionately think about in vitro fertilization. The reproductive medical technology known as in vitro fertilization, or IVF, has been in the news lately because of a crucial decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that clearly affirmed the personhood of human embryos. IVF is the procedure through

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Politics in America is ailing. On either side of the political aisle, the business of United States politics is conducted in an exceedingly unhealthy and unproductive way. Instead of “the art of the possible,” as it’s commonly understood, politics today is more akin to the art of war. And many of us have accepted this

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