Parents who object to their daughter’s abortion would be required to pay for it and could be held liable under a pro-choice bill that passed the Illinois House Wednesday.

The bill, H.B. 25, liberalizes the state’s abortion laws and declares abortion a “fundamental right, as Christian Headlines previously reported.

But the bill also repeals language that explicitly protected parents from being forced to pay for their daughter’s abortion if they didn’t give consent.

Current law states: “No parent shall be liable for any expense incurred by his or her minor child when an abortion is performed on such minor child without the consent of both parents of such child.” The bill – which passed, 64-50 – deletes that section of law.

Republican Rep. Avery Bourne, who voted against the bill, said during floor debate the bill targets parental rights.

“It takes out measures that we have legislated over the years, because we think it’s important to stand up for the people who are impacted,” she said.  

Bourne asked the bill’s sponsor, Democratic Rep. Kelly Cassidy, why the language was removed. 

“Currently under statute,” Bourne said, “a minor child goes [and] gets an abortion – her parents if they did not consent to that cannot be held liable for the expenses of that abortion. Under this piece of legislation, the parents could have to…

A Greenville, SC couple is suing both the state and the Trump Administration after a Christian foster care agency rejected their application to become foster parents. Eden Rogers and Brandy Welch, who have been married for three years and have two children of their own, applied to become foster parents through Miracle Hill Ministries, but the agency turned down their application because they feel “a religious obligation to partner with foster parents who share our beliefs and who are active in a Christian church.”

In January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a waiver that allowed foster care agencies who receive federal funds in South Carolina to refuse to offer services that come into conflict with their religious convictions. The lawsuit alleges that the HHS and South Carolina are guilty of “unlawfully authorizing state-contracted, government-funded foster care agencies to use religious eligibility criteria to exclude qualified families from fostering children in the public child welfare system.” They further claim the waivers violate the establishment, equal protection, and due process clauses of the United States Constitution.

Rogers and Welch expressed their disbelief that they would be rejected on religious grounds, citing their commitment to family and membership in Greenville’s Unitarian Universalist Church. Welch…

A leading Christian abolitionist has said that the number one way to effectively battle the modern-day sex trafficking trade is to stop watching pornography.

Christine Caine, an international evangelist, leads global anti-trafficking organization A21, which helps police prosecute traffickers and offers care to the victims of sex slavery.

As the organization notes on its website, there are more people enslaved in the world today than “ever before in human history.” Now, through its global network of anti-slavery campaigns, A21 hopes to change that for good. The first step? Stop watching porn.

In a talk at Bethel Church’s “Heaven Come” conference in Los Angeles last weekend, Caine insisted that the pornography industry is being fueled by human trafficking and urged Christians to flee from the sordid material.

“I’ll tell you how to stop human trafficking, sex trafficking overnight… if people stop watching porn…Just stop it,” Caine implored, according to Fox News. 

Nothing is free,” she said of the adult industry, noting that many women and children are trafficked into the business. “Porn costs somebody.”

The gifted speaker also took aim at sexually explicit television shows such as Game of Thrones. 

“Here I am trying to put traffickers in jail and you’re watching Game of Thrones,” she said, highlighting the hypocrisy of many…

Famed hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper has said that he is trusting God after revealing that his aunt is in “dire need” of a kidney transplant.

The “Ultralight Beam” singer announced the concerning news on Twitter May 23 and pleaded with his 8.2 million followers for assistance. “I really need help,” he wrote. “My Auntie Toni is one of the strongest forces in my life, and she is in dire need of a #kidney. We have exhausted all options and have been wait listed for years.”

I really need help. My Auntie Toni is one of the strongest forces in my life, and she is in dire need of a #kidney. We have exhausted all options and have been wait listed for years. My family believes in the power of prayer and we give this problem up to God.

— Chance The Rapper Album in July (@chancetherapper) May 23, 2019

Though obviously troubled by the grave health situation of his family member, Chance added that those closest to him have a lot of faith for her recovery. “My family believes in the power of prayer and we give this problem up to God,” he declared, noting that “a prayer really goes a long way.”

A prayer really goes a long way.

— Chance The Rapper Album in July (@chancetherapper) May 23, 2019

Taking a practical step toward finding a match for his beloved aunt, Chance revealed her blood type in hope of…

A record-setting baby girl born at 23 weeks of gestation and weighing barely half a pound left a San Diego hospital this month – and just might lead a few people to rethink their position on abortion. 

Nicknamed Saybie, she went home five months after being born weighing only 8.6 ounces. It is believed to be a record for the smallest-ever surviving baby. 

“For comparison, at birth she was roughly the same weight as a large apple or a child’s juice box,” said Trisha Khaleghi, the senior vice president and chief executive at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns, where Saybie was born. The parents chose not to reveal Saybie’s real name. 

Saybie was born in December 2018 and discharged in early May as a “healthy 5-pound infant,” according to a press release.

She was born at 23 weeks, 3 days gestation. A pregnancy typically lasts 40 weeks. (The record for earliest baby to survive is 21 weeks, 4 days.) 

Saybie was delivered after the mother developed preeclampsia. 

The survival rate for babies born at 23 weeks is about 20 percent, a doctor told the Washington Post. 

“She’s a miracle,” Kim Norby, a nurse who cared for Saybie, said in a video released by the hospital.

Rachel Campos-Duffy, an author and Fox News contributor, said stories like Saybie’s should impact the abortion debate. 

“23 week old premature baby is…

A gospel singer who visited the variety TV show “Steve” brought host Steve Harvey to tears as she sang a prophecy over him.

According to CBN News, Duranice Pace was visiting the show to tell her story of how God healed her vocal cords. Pace was abused as a child and given rat poison that damaged her voice.

“I believe the Lord gave me a touch when they fed me rat poison in Rochester, New York, and they had to cut out half of my vocal cords. And they said I would never talk again, but the man upstairs said, ‘You gonna sing again’,” Pace said.

She was also diagnosed with thyroid cancer and told she had three years to live.

“March 28 made that 11 years ago,” Pace said.

“I didn’t know if I was going to be alive but God done kept me alive to see you, sir,” she told Harvey.

She sang: “This is Steve Harvey, he’s a good man. He loves the Lord and he’ll give you a helping hand. God’s going to bless Steve Harvey,” she sang. “Keep on, keep on, you helped me to live, sir, keep on … you special.”

Harvey shared on the show that he hoped his late mother was watching the moment. His mother was a devout Christian and died in 1997.

“The only reason I straightened up and started doing right was ’cause I just wanna see her. Other than that, I’d still be going to Hell like I was,” Harvey said.

He told Pace that she had touched…