The Story: “World’s First Surviving Septuplets Turn 16,” as reported by Lydia Warren at the DailyMail.co.uk The Lead: Bobbi and her husband Kenny famously declined selective reduction after learning they were pregnant with seven children following fertility treatment, saying it was ‘in God’s hands’. Why it Matters:  Am I the only one that remembers this?  I...

The Story: “Appeals Court Blocks Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate,” by Andrew Harris and Joel Rosenblatt writing at InsuranceJournal.com. The Lead: The government focuses on the wrong thing – the employee’s use of contraception – and addresses the wrong question – how many steps separate the employer’s act of paying for contraception coverage and an employee’s decision...

The Story:  “Judge Upholds Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy,” by Katie Zezima writing for the Associated Press. The Lead: A federal judge on Friday upheld a New Jersey law barring therapists from trying to turn gay youth straight. Judge Freda L. Wolfson said in the ruling that the law does not violate free speech or...

The Story: “ENDA a Ploy to Use Gays to Saddle Business with More Bureaurqcracy,” by the editors of Investors Business Daily. The Lead: But ENDA isn’t about changing attitudes, or ensuring flourishing businesses. Everything about it is a chaos agent that’s likely to trample first freedoms and trash business efficiency through new bureaucratic and tort...

The Story:  “‘Abortion should be mandatory for 30 years’ for ‘population control’: Gay activist,” as reported by Ben Johnson at LifeSiteNews.com The Lead: Audience member Lisa Malouf closed the program by asking, “Which so-called ‘dangerous idea’ do you each think would have the greatest potential to change the world for the better if it were...

  The Story:  “Federal appeals court reinstates most of Texas’ abortion restrictions,” as reported by FoxNews.com The Lead: A federal appeals court issued a ruling Thursday reinstating most of Texas’ controversial new abortions restrictions, just three days after a federal judge ruled they were unconstitutional. The decision by the panel of judges at the 5th...