Tag: passes

Tenn. Passes ‘Baby Olivia Act’ Requiring Public Schools to Show Students Unborn Babies’ Development

In early 2023, North Dakota passed legislation that required public schools to show “a high-definition video, at least three minutes in duration, showing the development of the brain, heart, sex organs, and other vital organs in early fetal development.” State House Bill 1265 faced its share of scrutiny from leftists across the country. For example, Iowa Democratic […]

Liberia passes law to set up a long-awaited war crimes court

MONROVIA, Liberia — President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia‘s two civil wars, characterized by widespread mass killings, torture and sexual violence. Human rights groups have described how girls were subjected to gang rapes, while children were recruited […]

House passes bill bolstering ‘antisemitism’ definition amid alarm over campus protests

The House passed legislation to strengthen the definition of antisemitism in federal civil-rights law over the objections of a strange-bedfellows contingent of left-wing Democrats and right-wing Republicans. The Antisemitism Awareness Act, which would require the Education Department to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism in enforcing anti-discrimination law, was approved 320-91 on […]