One Small Step for Satanists, One Giant Leap for Abortion Rights?
The Satanic Temple and its member, identified as Mary Doe, celebrated a victory recently in their case challenging Missouri’s informed consent laws. Missouri Solicitor General D. John Sauer announced that ultrasounds, which are generally perceived... Read More
Medical Aid-In-Dying Must Continue and Reform
In late January, opinion writer Charles Lane wrote in the Washington Post about a medical aid-in-dying case that happened in the Netherlands in 2016. Lane notes that a Dutch woman requested a medical aid-in-dying procedure... Read More
Don’t Celebrate Black History Month without Creating Paths toward Free Black Futures Imagine a nation committed to realizing a free Black America
Today marks the official start to another twenty-eight-day cycle where the media, public schools, and a considerable chunk of the U.S. population will reach into their Black History Month chest, dust off a few totems,... Read More
If You Think Most Were as Disturbed by Trump’s SOTU as You Were, Think Again
Over 47 million Americans tuned in to watch President Trump’s State of the Union address and of those viewers, only 25 percent disapproved of his speech. So much for the opposition staying woke. Speaking to... Read More
The Arbitrary Inquisition of a Humanist Asylum Seeker
Earlier this month, the United Kingdom’s Home Office informed Hamza bin Walayat that his application for asylum was denied. Walayat, a native of Pakistan, has lived in the UK since 2011. Having rejected the traditional... Read More
On Theocrats’ Peculiar Definition of the “Sanctity of Life”
On January 19, 2018, the day of the presumptuously titled "March for Life" in Washington, DC, theocratic leader Tony Perkins, president of the highly influential Family Research Council, declared: "America is on the way to once... Read More
Germany Navigates Uncharted Legal Waters of Gender and Parenthood
A transgender woman in Berlin saved some of her sperm, prior to having gender reassignment surgery, in order to have a baby with her female partner. They intended both women to be listed as the... Read More
