Fresh Embryos as Good as Frozen Ones for In Vitro Fertilization

Fresh Embryos as Good as Frozen Ones for In Vitro Fertilization

Researchers found using fresh or frozen embryos makes no difference for the majority of women who do not have polycystic ovary syndrome. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/well/family/fresh-embryos-as-good-as-frozen-ones-for-in-vitro-fertilization.html?partner=rss

Parole Condition Barring Church Attendance Is Enjoined

In Manning v. Powers, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 213749 (CD CA, Dec. 13, 2017), a California federal district court granted a preliminary injunction banning the government from enforcing two parole conditions imposed on Sherman Manning, a Baptist minister who had served 25 years in prison for sexual...

USCIRF Praises US Sanctions Against Burmese General

In a Dec. 21 press release, the U.S. Treasury Department announced the first sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.  this week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a press release focusing particularly on sanctions imposed on a Burmese army...

FEMA Policy Change: Houses of Worship Now Eligible For Disaster Relief

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced yesterday that:private nonprofit houses of worship are now eligible for disaster assistance as community centers, without regard to their secular or religious nature.  These changes are effective for disasters declared on or after August 23, 2017...