A Pro-Abortion World Every living generation in America is more pro-abortion than the last. For instance, among Americans aged 30-49, 62% believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while only 36% believe it should be illegal in all/most cases. Contrast that with 73% (believe it should be legal in all/most cases) and…
On the morning of August 9th, at approximately 6 am, an FBI team conducted an operation at a residence near Independence High School in Provo. During the operation, the resident lost his life. He had been connected to threats on social media against government officials. Eyewitnesses reported that the FBI team approached the victim’s home…
The July 2023 issue of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, a publication of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at BYU, included an interesting review of the book Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon, written by William L. Davis and published in…
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints share concerns over the organization’s message and BYU’s decision to host Luke Hanson | June 23, 2023 With an attendance of over 12,000 women each year, the BYU Women’s Conference is the largest annual gathering of LDS women with the bulk of the conference being…
Yesterday, April 11, the Chronicle broke a story of the BYU Law School recently canceling an event with Rick Duncan who spoke at the school a year before. [READ: BYU Cancels Debate Event on Abortion: Beams before Motes] Ed Whelan, the author of the National Review article about the J. Reuben Clark Law School’s cancellation…
The BYU official policy of Political Neutrality states, “Residents of university housing may display partisan political signs in their apartment windows.” This rule means that individuals living in On-Campus housing have freedom to show support to any particular candidate or ideology without facing consequences from the University so long as the decorations are displayed from…
Southern Utah University is facing backlash after they announced the keynote speaker for the 2023 commencement ceremony. On March 16, the university announced they are welcoming Jeffrey R. Holland, an apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints, as a speaker in this year’s commencement ceremony. Almost immediately after, members of the Southern…
Elder Holland conducted what he said would be an “unusual” devotional “with a twist” on Tuesday March 21, 2023. Elder Holland began by stating the devotional was “essentially a business meeting of the BYU board of trustees.” He indicated that Russel M. Nelson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Chairman…
The Utah State Senate approved the final version of the HB476 bill on March 3. When it passed, Governor Cox shared that he intended to approve the bill. On March 15, he signed the bill into law. The bill includes regulation on abortions within the state of Utah and has a significant portion clarifying abortion…
Intermountain healthcare recently added a presentation video on cross-sex hormone therapy to its YouTube videos under the Project ECHO channel. The presenter, Rixt Luikenaar, said that cross sex testosterone therapy does not cause infertility in women who have started periods. Luikenaar also added, “[W]e don’t know why” PCOS is at a 50% rate in women…