Sales of bulletproof backpacks soar

Bullet Blocker is an American company specializing in products intended for self-protection. They offer bulletproof clothing, backpacks, briefcases, and other items. Unsurprisingly, their sales of backpacks have soared after the shooting in Parkland, Florida.

In other news, Switzerland has made it illegal to boil a live lobster. The Swiss say this method of killing lobsters is cruel since the crustaceans can sense pain. Authorities recommend electrocution or sedating the lobster by dipping it into saltwater and then thrusting a knife into its brain.

The new law also gives domestic pets further protections. For instance, dogs can no longer be punished for barking.

Consider that abortion is legal in Switzerland and is covered by the country’s mandatory health insurance. While their abortion rate is less than half that of the US, one in five women in Switzerland will have an abortion at some point in their lives.

Any pregnancy in Switzerland can be aborted before twelve weeks. After this time, a woman can have an abortion if her doctor believes her “physical integrity” is threatened or she will face “profound distress” should the pregnancy be allowed to continue to term.

Neurologists report that at twenty weeks, unborn babies probably feel pain more intensely than adults. Babies born at twenty-one weeks can survive. The good news is that most Americans want abortions to be banned after twenty weeks; the tragic news is that they aren’t.

And in Switzerland, the government has acted in response to the pain of lobsters but has left its abortion laws intact.

“Learn how to discern the truth”

Janet Denison has written a blog for Christian Parenting discussing the Disney show, Andi Mack. The program was voted 2017’s Top Rated Show for tween girls. LGBTQ proponents are applauding its portrayal of a boy who realized he was attracted to the same boy a girl had a crush on.

Janet notes that in 1970, 29 percent of American adults believed…