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![Protestors demonstrate at the March for Reproductive Rights organized by Women’s March L.A. on April 15, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0720-abortion-a-400x300.jpg)
Infant Deaths Rose by 12 Percent in Texas Amid Abortion Ban
The rise in infant deaths in 2022 reverses a 7-year long trend of a decline in infant mortality.
![A view of the exterior of a building at Hillsdale College as it welcomes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to speak on April 6, 2023 in Hillsdale, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1250858714-400x300.jpg)
Charter Schools Push Right-Wing Indoctrination at Taxpayer Expense
A “new breed” of charter schools is spreading conservative ideology and Christian nationalism.
![Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Nixon National Energy Conference at The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, on April 19, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0607-pence-400x300.jpg)
Pence Uses LGBTQ Hate and Christian Nationalism to Launch Presidential Bid
For the first time in 83 years, a former vice president and his ex-boss are running against each other for president.
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“Religious Indoctrination”: Oklahoma Officials Approve Catholic Public School
“It’s hard to think of a clearer violation of the religious freedom of Oklahoma taxpayers,” one opponent said.
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Bush-Nominated Judge Strikes Down Free HIV, Cancer Screenings in Major Ruling
The decision is a huge blow to the Affordable Care Act.
![From left, House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Julia Letlow conduct a discussion with parents and children on the Parents Bill of Rights Act, in the U.S. Capitol on March 1, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0324-parents-bill-of-rights-400x300.jpg)
AOC Slams GOP for Banning Children’s Book “Life of Rosa Parks” for Being “Woke”
House Republicans passed a bill on Friday that would open schools up to a wave of far right book bans.
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TX Lawmaker Proposes Tax Cuts for Straight Parents Who Have Never Been Divorced
Critics say the bill is an attack on families who don't adhere to right-wing Christian values.
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Following in MLK’s Footsteps Means Resisting Christian Nationalism
King’s life gives us a blueprint to fight the religious right.
![Police officers stand between LGBTQ rights supporters and supporters of web designer Lorie Smith in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on December 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1227-scotus-lgbtq-400x300.jpg)
2022 Quietly Set the Stage for a Massive Rollback of LGBTQ Rights
From statehouses to the Supreme Court, LGBTQ rights were under steady attack by Christian nationalists this year.
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LGBTQ Equality Is on the Ballot — Just Not in the Way You Think
Attacks on LGBTQ rights are hiding in plain sight in the 2022 midterm elections.