New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law Tuesday a bill that goes beyond Roe v. Wade by making abortion a “fundamental right” up to the day of birth and banning limitations on abortion that the Supreme Court has permitted.

The new law, known as S240 in the state Senate and A21 in the Assembly, passed both houses and was signed by the governor all on the same day — the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The Senate passed it by a vote of 38-24, the Assembly 92-47. Both are controlled by Democrats. 

It was called the “Reproductive Health Act.”

“May almighty God have mercy on the state of New York,” someone from the public gallery shouted after it passed the Senate.

New York State Right to Life and other pro-life groups called the law “extreme.” 

“Supporters of RHA claim it merely seeks to update New York’s laws to make them consistent with Roe v. Wade. This claim is false,” the New York group said. “The changes this bill would make instead would authorize abortion through all nine months, for any reason, with no restrictions, up until birth, and even after birth if a child is born during the course of an abortion (i.e. infanticide).”

The new law prohibits limitations on abortion that the Supreme Court has permitted, such as waiting periods, parental involvement…

The authors of a major new medical journal article say children wanting to change their gender can begin taking puberty blockers as early as age 10, although the authors urge doctors to avoid “influencing” the child down a particular path.

The peer-reviewed article appeared in a special edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal spotlighting transgender health. It was co-authored by Joey Bonifacio, an adolescent medicine specialist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. 

Children can begin taking hormone or puberty blockers when puberty starts, which is, on average, age 10.5 for girls and 11.5 for boys, the authors say. The drugs suppress the body’s production of estrogen or testosterone and block common changes that accompany puberty, such as facial hair growth, voice-changing, breast growth and periods. 

Puberty, the authors write, often solidifies the diagnosis of gender dysphoria. It also can lessen a child’s desire to change gender. 

“Some youth find that their dysphoria abates as puberty starts, making it important to allow initial pubertal changes to occur,” the authors write. “On the other hand, some youth may find their gender dysphoria increases with puberty, corroborating their need for further care.”

The next step for children and youth would be cross-sex hormones, in which biological girls are given…

Two girls, one 12 and the other nine, were buried under a heap of snow after a snow fort collapsed on them outside of a Chicago church, killing the 12-year-old.

Over the weekend, Chicago was hit by a snowstorm that left several inches of snow on the ground. 

According to Faithwire, 12-year-old Esther Jung, the daughter of the Rothem Church pastor where the girls were found, went outside during a church service Sunday morning to play in the snow with her friend. An hour after going outside, the girls’ parents noticed that their daughters had not yet come in from the cold and began to worry. Together, the parents decided to go outside to look for their children.

Faithwire reports that when the two were discovered, Jung was in cardiac arrest and her nine-year-old friend was suffering from hypothermia.

According to Jung’s neighbor Peg Gradl, Jung loved to play in the snow and regularly built snow forts. Sadly, the fun went deadly wrong, this time, when the fort collapsed, trapping Jung and her friend underneath it.

According to ABC-7, Jung’s great -uncle Jae said the pre-teen yelled out for help, but no one heard her. He said, “She cried out, ‘Help me. Help me,’ but nobody heard it.”

Police were called to the scene and the girls were transported to a nearby hospital. Upon investigating the incident, Police have ruled…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5^thCircuit handed a victory to pro-life advocates who want to see Planned Parenthood defunded. The Court overturned a ruling by U.S. district judge Samuel Sparks which prevented Texas from kicking Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid.

The Lone Star State’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood came after undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress appeared to show officials from the nation’s largest abortion provider negotiating to sell tissue from aborted babies. Planned Parenthood argued that the videos were “deceptively edited.”

In his ruling, Sparks said the case read like a “best-selling novel” and dismissed both the videos and a report written by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s Office of Inspector General. He said the report was too flimsy to be used to “expel a group of health care providers from a social health care program for families and individuals with limited resources.”

The Court of Appeals disagreed with Judge Sparks. They vacated his injunction with blocked Texas from booting Planned Parenthood from Medicaid and remanded the case back to the lower court for further review. If Sparks reinstates his injunction, he will have to do so using a different legal standard.

Planned Parenthood blasted the decision. Their spokesperson, Erica Sackin, said, “it is completely…