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Advice and Aid: Sharing hope, life and forgiveness

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The Spring of 2020 forced “the normal” for all of us to change drastically through the impact of COVID-19. For us at Advice and Aid, concern for both our loved ones and ...

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Christian Family Services: Continuing to Serve in 2020

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2020 has brought many changes to all of our lives, but one thing remains the same. Christian Family Services (CFS) exists to be the hands and feet of Jesus in service to ...

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$100 million anti-trafficking effort announced by Ivanka Trump, AG Barr

The Trump White house is continuing its aggressive take-down of human trafficking rings across the nation. Now, Ivanka Trump and Attorney General William Barr have announced $100 million to combat human trafficking ...

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Religious freedom under attack, Attorney General William Barr says

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The connection between freedom and religion is under assault, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said this week. “That crucial link between religion and liberty, so well understood at the founding, is all ...

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Focus on the Family will share powerful pro-life event on Saturday

The issue of abortion is front and center as the presidential race heats up and President Donald Trump appoints the successor to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “See Life 2020,” on online event ...

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Woman gains right to be euthanized for depression, autism

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Amy de Schutter is a physically healthy woman suffering from depression and autism. She claims that the right to be euthanized saves lives after she was granted the right to assisted suicide. ...

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Catholics mobilize with $10 million to defeat Joe Biden

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is courting voters of faith despite policies that go against key teachings of his fellow Catholics. Now a Catholic group is launching a multimillion-dollar effort to educate ...

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U.S. to tighten Mexico City Policy restrictions on taxpayer funds for overseas abortions

The Trump administration this week moved to tighten restrictions on the use of U.S. tax money to promote or perform abortions overseas. Those restrictions will be part of the Mexico City Policy. ...

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Vitae Foundation event features former Congressman Jason Chaffetz

Former congressman Jason Chaffetz will be the keynote speaker at the Vitae Foundation’s Annual Kansas City Pro-Life Event on Wednesday, September 16, at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel, 6100 College Blvd., in ...

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Pro-life ‘rock stars’ fill list of Supreme Court nominees

President Donald Trump on Sept. 9 released an expanded list of individuals he is considering for the next vacancy on the Supreme Court. Court watchers and pro-life leaders say the list includes ...

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Actor Jim Caviezel speaks out on abortion and persecuted church

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Jim Caviezel, who starred in “The Passion of the Christ,” is one of the rare Hollywood actors who is outspoken about his Christian faith. “The way God sees us is who we ...

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Don’t ‘advance abortions,’ Christian leaders tell voters

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Protestant and Catholic leaders are unifying their message to Christian voters for the upcoming election. “Embrace the Gospel of Life,” Archbishop Samuel Aquila is urging Americans. He made the comments after the ...

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Dustin Colquitt speaks out against abortion

Former Kansas City Chiefs punter and Super Bowl champion Dustin Colquitt recently spoke out against abortion in a Live Action video. In the video, the longest-tenured Chiefs player in history urges his ...

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Family Research Council documents state funding of abortion industry

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A new study by the Family Research Council gives Missouri and Kansas credit for attempting to defund the abortion industry but also points out where work remains to be done. Missouri has ...

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New Nebraska law bans grisly dismemberment abortion

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Several states are stepping up their efforts to protect the unborn. A new Nebraska law bans dismemberment abortion. LB814, passed and signed into law last week, prohibits dilation-and-evacuation abortions except a life-threatening ...

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Democrats for Life leader says Biden is ignoring their votes

Joe Biden is ignoring the votes of pro-life Democrats, Kristen Day, executive director of Democrats for Life, wrote in a “Wall Street Journal” op-ed piece this week. “Joe Biden would be the ...

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Pro-life activists point out Kamala Harris’s extreme position on abortion

Kamala Harris, whom Joe Biden selected as his running mate, has a long history of supporting abortion, pro-life leaders say. Harris has faced criticism from pro-life advocates over her ties to abortion ...

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Vitae Foundation event features former congressman Jason Chaffetz

Former congressman Jason Chaffetz will be the keynote speaker at the Vitae Foundation’s Annual Kansas City Pro-Life Event on Wednesday, September 16, at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel, 6100 College Blvd., in ...

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NARAL endorses Biden saying he will stop the pro-life ‘agenda’

NARAL Pro-Choice America has endorsed Joe Biden for president. The organization, considered the most radical pro-abortion organization in the United States, said he will “expand access to abortion” and stop the “anti-choice” ...

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Kansans for Life warns about mailer falsely claiming Roger Marshall performed an abortion

The Kansans for Life Political Action Committee is warning voters about a mailer falsely claiming that Senate candidate Dr. Roger Marshall once performed an abortion. The mailer was sent by a Super ...

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Congressman asks Smithsonian to remove statue of Planned Parenthood founder Sanger

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A collection of statues in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery includes Margaret Sanger, a racist and proponent of eugenics who founded Planned Parenthood. Rep. Russ Fulcher, a Republican from Idaho, is reviving ...

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Vitae Foundation golf tournament July 20

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Vitae Foundation is hosting the Jerry and Kaye Meiners 26th Annual Pro-Life Golf Classic July 20 at the Shadow Glen Golf Club in Olathe, Kan.   It raises funds to promote a ...

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Supreme Court protects religious freedom from Obamacare contraceptive mandate

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In another win for the Trump administration and religious liberty advocates, the Supreme Court today ruled 7-2 that the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause exempts religious organizations from employment discrimination lawsuits. It also ...

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Missouri Supreme Court rules that state must reimburse Planned Parenthood for services

Missouri must reimburse Planned Parenthood for medical services, the state Supreme Court ruled this week. At issue is House Bill 2011, which is the Department of Social Services appropriations bill for the ...

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Justice Clarence Thomas criticizes faulty reasoning in Roe v. Wade abortion decision

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas believes the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion was incorrectly decided. “Roe is grievously wrong for many reasons, but the most fundamental is that its core holding ...

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