In 2023, 24 states had laws or regulations in place prohibiting transgender students from participating on public school athletic teams consistent with their gender identity. These bans mean that a person whose sex assigned at birth was male but who identifies as...The post Biases behind transgender athlete bans are deeply rooted appeared first on Baptist News Global.

U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost unveiled legislation Tuesday to combat a nationwide surge in book bans.The post Florida congressman proposes federal funding to help schools fight book bans appeared first on Baptist News Global.

For months, advocates of the new law that bans almost all abortions in Texas have been telling us there is an exemption for medically necessary terminations of pregnancies. Turns out that is a big fat lie. But we should have...The post Here's the lie exposed: There are no medical exemptions to Texas abortion law appeared first on Baptist News Global.

Former president Donald Trump received pushback from prominent pro-life leaders over the weekend when he said he opposes Florida's heartbeat abortion ban and added that he wants to work toward a nationwide compromise on the issue, perhaps around 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Thousands of Christians in Uzbekistan were without anticipated Bibles and related Christian literature Sunday, July 13, as authorities have reportedly imposed a ban on Bible imports, a major Christian publishing group said.

Belarus has banned a Christian music festival, initiated by Catholics, minutes before it was due to begin, a religious rights group said Thursday, September 25.