The defunding of Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers has begun. 

With the green light from two federal courts, the Trump administration this week officially began enforcing a new rule that could result in Planned Parenthood losing up to $60 million in annual funds from Title X, a family-planning program, The Hill reported.    

The Department of Health and Human Services told The Hill the rule would take effect immediately following a Thursday decision from an 11-judge panel from the U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals, which refused to block the rule while a lawsuit proceeds. Earlier, a three-judge Ninth Circuit panel also said it could go into effect. 

The new HHS rule prohibits Title X funds from being used to “perform, promote, refer for, or support abortion as a method of family planning.” It also requires Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers to financially and physically separate their abortion services from their non-abortion services.   

Planned Parenthood said it would pull money from an emergency fund to make up for the shortage, The Hill reported. It previously said it would not follow the new rule.  

“While we are incredibly concerned by this harmful rule, our doors are still open,” said Planned Parenthood President Leana Wen.

Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers call it the “gag rule.” 

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Esteemed advocate for persons with disabilities, Joni Eareckson Tada announced on Facebook that she is once again, cancer-free.

Tada shared a photo of herself ecstatically holding up a note pad with the words “ALL CLEAR” scrawled across it. 

She captioned the photo with a bible verse and thanked her followers for their prayers. The post reads, “Proverbs 25:25 says, ‘Good news from far away is like cold water to a thirsty soul.’ That perfectly describes Ken and me today.

“We were prepared to gladly take whatever from the hand of God, even if it were from his left hand. But the Lord was gracious and heard the desire of our hearts – last Friday’s PET scan shows that my second tumor that was removed last November… did not metastasize!” 

Tada emphasized the miraculous nature of this finding “given the aggressive nature of that reoccurring cancer.”

She continued, “So, THANK you for lifting us up before the Lord Jesus. For now, we have been spared of more cancer battles.

“We humbly realize that may well change in the future; but for today, for now, we are rejoicing in those wonderful words from my medical oncologist: ‘all clear!’ Onward and upward…,” she concluded.

Tada’s organization Joni and Friends shared the same sentiments on their Facebook page.  

The group wrote, “Last Friday Joni Eareckson Tada went…

There are some people that resonate beauty and grace with a simple, “hello”.  Pam Tebow, the mother of Tim Tebow, is one of those people. It is clear in Pam’s tone and manner that she loves both Jesus and her family. 

In her new book titled Ripple Effects: Discover the Miraculous Motivating Power of a Woman’s Influence, Pam highlights the important roles mothers and women play in influencing their families and their communities.

The book is centered around Pam’s belief that everyone can be a positive influence, as long as they make the conscious choice to follow God every day. It also notes that the desire to be a positive influence on their kids and in their communities is deep within a woman’s heart.

“I always had a heart to write a book, but I wanted the Lord to orchestrate when I was ready and not myself,” Pam told Christian Headlines. “Being an author was a direct answer to my prayers,” she added.

The mother of five always knew that God was going to use her children’s lives, so she sought out the power of God to help her impact her children and their community in a positive way. 

In 1985, God presented his power to Pam, when he called her, her husband Bob, and their kids to serve in the Philippines as missionaries. 

“It was during that time in my life that God made it clear to me that nothing is too difficult or hard for…