Planned Parenthood is facing a crisis in California. The abort-for-profit business has announced the closure of seven of its California facilities due to new restrictions on federal funding but vows abortions will continue unaffected in the far-left state.

NBC 7 San Diego reports that Planned Parenthood of Orange & San Bernardino Counties (PPOSBC) will be closing locations in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Mission Viejo, Santa Ana, Westminster, San Bernardino, and Upland effective December 10, laying off some 81 employees as a result of President Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (BBB), which contains a one-year ban on federal tax dollars going through Medicaid to entities that commits abortions for reasons other than rape, incest, or supposed threats to the mother’s life.

In a press release, PPOSBC describes the affected locations as offering “primary care services” but claims the BBB won’t impact its abortion operations since those receive funding from California’s far-left Democrat state government. “They came after abortion, but they’re taking away everything else that we do,” said PPOSBC President and Chief Executive Krista Hollinger.

Yet defunding all aspects of Planned Parenthood contributes to reducing the abortion giant’s overall profits and ability to continue operating, which in turn impacts its ability to continue abortions in the long run, as without Roe v. Wade to ensure abortion’s legality, the industry relies heavily on taxpayer funding to stay in operation.

Last year, Planned Parenthood’s most recent annual report revealed that its affiliates across the nation took in $699.3 million in government “health services” reimbursements and grants, accounting for 39 percent of its total revenue during that period. At the same time, the abortion chain committed 392,715 abortions – yet its non-abortion procedures, such as pap tests and cancer screenings, continued to decline as percentages of its overall business. 

A New York man, who admitted to murdering his parents because they “were losing their independence” as a result of old age, has called for the state to legalise assisted suicide.

Lorenz Kraus, who in September confessed on live television to murdering his parents and burying them in their garden, said “We need to widen up the law so that people can deal with these kind of problems in a humane way”. Kraus said that his parents’ old age and declining health made his decision necessary, and that he was acting out of “compassion” and “a sense of duty”. 

Kraus admitted to strangling his father and choking his mother with a rope, claiming that his “concern for their misery was paramount” to his decision to murder them. Kraus continued, “There are 40 million boomers. They’re all going to go through these kinds of [age-related] problems”. 

“I did my duty to my parents”, he said. 

Kraus’ confession comes in the midst of a debate around New York State legalising assisted suicide. The proposed legislation, which would provide the legal framework for terminally ill people to end their lives, recently passed, with 81 to 67 in the House of Representatives and 35 to 27 in the Senate.

Kraus’ comments regarding the rationale for allegedly murdering his parents echo statements made by proponents of the state’s assisted suicide Bill. The lead sponsor of the Bill, assembly member Amy Paulin, said the Bill would ease individuals’ “needless suffering”. Corinne Carey, a representative of the pro-assisted suicide campaign group Compassion & Choices, formerly known as the Hemlock Society, said those who voted in favour of the Bill are “leading with love”.

Abortion activists have called for unsafe DIY abortions to be further liberalised across the UK.

Staff from the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Reproductive Health published a study in the BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health journal, reviewing abortions of ten to twelve-week-old unborn children in NHS Lothian from April 2020 to March 2025.

Since 97 per cent of 485 women had an abortion at home or in hospital without complications, the authors claimed that England, Wales and Northern Ireland should allow home abortions up to 12 weeks in line with Scotland. This is despite four serious cases which included heavy bleeding and infection.

The Christian Institute’s Head of Communications Angus Saul highlighted that since Great Britain introduced home abortions in the coronavirus pandemic, there have been cases of women taking abortion pills beyond the limit.

“There can be severe complications with abortion pills – particularly if taken later in pregnancy – including haemorrhaging and excruciating pain, which are exacerbated by lack of medical supervision.

“We ought to be deeply troubled by this push from ideologically-driven activists to allow even easier access to abortion, which will mean more unborn children being killed, and more women being exposed to the dangers of these pills.”

Home abortions are available for women in Scotland who are under 12 weeks pregnant, while the limit is 10 weeks for England and Wales. Northern Ireland does not allow DIY abortions at any gestation.

Earlier this year, official statistics reported a “sustained and substantial” increase in abortions in Scotland in the last ten years.

Public Health Scotland published its annual report on abortion, which showed another increase from the previous year with a record high of 18,710 unborn babies killed in 2024.

The report noted that the “most common method, accounting for 57% of all terminations, involved taking both drugs at home”.

Sadly, even that isn't enough death for these ghouls!

The newly appointed Archbishop pf Canterbury - supposedly the worldwide head of the Anglican Church, is not only a woman, but also a firm supporter of abortion.

Dame Sarah Mullally, 63, who has served as Bishop of London for the past seven years, succeeds Justin Welby, who resigned in 2024 following a scandal.

Mullally has publicly described her stance on abortion as favoring abortion - the systematic killing of babies before birth.

She claims to be personally opposed to abortion, but with other people killing babies. That is a hypocritical position for a Christian. Christians wouldn’t say they are personally opposed to rape or child abuse, but fine with other people engaging in such evil and illegal behaviors. Somehow she thinks killing babies in abortions is different, despite the logical failings of the position.

In interviews and public comments, Mullally has explicitly stated, “I would suspect that I would describe my approach to this issue as pro-choice rather than pro-life.”

During her tenure as Chief Nursing Officer for England (1999–2004), she advocated for NHS provision of abortion – where the British government was literally killing babies at taxpayer expense in hospitals and clinics.

Two respected members of the House of Lords are set to table amendments to overturn the ‘abortion up to birth’ clause in the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill and to reinstate in-person medical consultations before at-home abortions.

Baroness Monckton MBE believes that allowing women to have abortions at any stage of pregnancy without sanction will lead to more women conducting dangerous late-term abortions by themselves. This is because, while women will not face criminal charges, the same does not apply to doctors who assist in an abortion post-24, weeks unless the mother’s life is at risk or the baby is deemed to have a disability.

And while an amendment to reinstate in-person appointments was rejected by the House of Commons, Baroness Stroud is seeking to outlaw the ‘pills-by-post’ scheme that has been in place since the coronavirus pandemic.

The moves follow a debate in the House of Lords on the Crime and Policing Bill, which contains Antonia Antoniazzi’s Clause 191. This clause, which allows women to abort their babies up to birth, was passed by MPs in June, with 379 in favour and 137 against. Lady Monckton’s amendment would remove it.

The baroness said: “This is an extreme social change for which there is no public pressure or demand, and could have tragic consequences for women, as well as leading to increased numbers of abortions of viable babies.

“This radical clause was added to the Bill after less than an hour of debate by MPs, and without the necessary scrutiny required for an issue of such seriousness. Whatever one’s views on abortion, this is not how responsible laws are made”.

She added: “A large number of peers have indicated that they will support my amendment to remove Clause 191″.

Lady Monckton said she was supporting Baroness Stroud’s amendment on in-person appointments, which she said would ensure “gestation, health risks and any coercion risks can be properly assessed”.

Lady Stroud said: “Supporters of decriminalising abortion up to birth cite a small number of prosecutions of women for illegal late-term abortions in recent years.

“The increase in such cases is a direct result of the ‘pills by post’ scheme, whereby women can receive abortion pills without an in-person consultation to verify their gestational age is within the legal limit”.

She added: “The solution to such cases is not to make matters worse by removing the legal deterrent against women performing their own at-home abortions up to birth, which would likely endanger women further, but to reinstate in-person consultations”.

Lady Stroud continued: “I, and many others, warned of the dangers of the ‘pills by post’ scheme when it was introduced. Sadly, those warnings have come true.”

Canada has become a killing field. Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Executive Director Alex Schadenberg has revealed that Canada has euthanized 90,000 people since 2016.

Based on government data and calculated 2025 estimates, Schadenberg estimates that around 90,000 Canadians have been euthanised since the Liberal government legalised the deadly practice in 2016.

“There were around 16,500 Canadian euthanasia deaths in 2024 representing 5% of all deaths,” he declared. “There have been around 90,000 Canadian euthanasia deaths since legalization.”

Schadenberg bases his estimate on 2024 data from Ontario, Québec, Alberta, and British Columbia.

“Since Ontario, Québec, Alberta and BC represent 87% of Canada’s population, and since there were 1056 more euthanasia deaths in those provinces in 2024, and since there were 15,343 reported euthanasia deaths in 2023, therefore it is safe to predict that there were around 16,500 reported euthanasia deaths in 2024,” he explained.

Schadenberg noted a 7.5 percent increase in euthanasia deaths across Ontario, Québec, Alberta, and British Columbia from 2023 to 2024.

Furthermore, as of December 31, 2023, the Canadian government has counted 60,301 euthanasia deaths in Canada since legalization.

“I am predicting that there were approximately 16,500 reported euthanasia deaths in 2024,” Schadenberg explained. “Therefore, as of December 31, 2024 there were around 76,800 reported euthanasia deaths since legalization.”

“Since this article is published in late September, 2025, it is likely there have been around 90,000 Canadian euthanasia deaths since legalization,” he said.

Tragically, euthanasia, or so-called “medical assistance in dying” (MAID), has become increasingly popular among Canadians as wait times to receive health care in Canada have increased to an average of 27.7 weeks, leading some Canadians to despair and opt for death instead of waiting for assistance.

Northern Ireland is seeing a clear reversal in religious decline led by the 18-24 age group, as part of what is being called the “Quiet Revival” in the United Kingdom.

Among the 1,200 adults surveyed in Northern Ireland by the Iona poll, 56 percent expressed a favorable view of religion, with Gen Z being the most likely to hold a “very positive” opinion.

The poll also indicated that the percentage of regular Catholic Mass-goers in Northern Ireland is twice as high as in the Republic of Ireland.

Gen Z is also the most likely to pray or read religious content than the 25-34 age group.

David Quinn, director of the Iona Institute, attempted to explain this phenomenon in the conclusion to their study.

“The fact that some kind of revival of interest in religion is occurring among the youngest age group surveyed should encourage all the Churches,” stated the report.

“It is not an outlier finding because polls elsewhere have seen the same thing. Maybe a growing subset of young people are concluding that secularism isn’t really giving satisfactory answers to life’s big questions.”

The religious revival among Gen Z is not a new phenomenon but part of a growing trend across the United Kingdom.

Recent data taken from a YouGov poll has indicated the religious decline in Britain has not only stopped but completely reversed course.

The polling agency reported that in 2018, only 4 percent of 18–24-year-olds attended church monthly. That number has now risen to 16 percent.

The study also revealed that Gen Z Catholics in Britain outnumbered Anglicans 2 to 1.

After observing the growing trend of religious revival in the region, Quinn made a final prediction in the report.

“In the future, there will probably be fewer ‘cultural Christians’ around, that is, people who say they are Christian but don’t practice,” stated the report.

“Instead, society could be divided between those who believe in religion and those who don’t believe, with little in between, that is between the religious and the ‘nones’.”

The report concluded, “The overall conclusion, however, is that religion is not disappearing, contrary to past predictions.”

The Pope has given a welcome surprise to traditionalists worried by some of his very untraditional positions on various key issues. During a meeting earlier this week with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Leo XIV addressed the dangerous decline in birth rates across Europe and called for greater support for traditional families and family values. 

“In recent decades, as we know, Europe has witnessed a significant decline in the birth rate,” the Pope said to Italian officials, as reported by Catholic Sat. “This requires commitment to promoting family-friendly choices at various levels, supporting their efforts, promoting their values, and protecting their needs and rights.” 

“‘Father,’ ‘mother,’ ‘son,’ ‘daughter,’ ‘grandfather,’  and ‘grandmother’ are, in the Italian tradition, words that naturally express and evoke feelings of love, respect, and dedication, sometimes heroic, to the good of the domestic community and therefore to that of society as a whole,” noted the Pope.  

“In particular, I would like to emphasize the importance of ensuring all families the essential support of dignified employment, under fair conditions and with attention to the needs of motherhood and fatherhood,” he continued. 

“Let us do everything we can to give confidence to families, especially young families, so that they can look to the future with serenity and grow in harmony,” urged the Pope. 

“There is a certain tendency, in these times, not to appreciate enough, at various levels, models and values developed over centuries that mark our cultural identity, sometimes even presuming to erase their historical and human relevance,” said Pope Leo. “Let us not disdain what our fathers lived through and what they passed down to us.”

A friend of a British couple who ended their lives at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland has shared her concerns that the husband coerced his wife into ending her life, according to media reports.

Ruth Posner, 96, and husband Michael, 97, neither of whom were terminally ill, told friends and family in an email message of their intention to end their lives at Swiss assisted suicide clinic, Pegasos, saying, “There came a point when failing senses, of sight and hearing and lack of energy was not living but existing that no care would improve”.

The couple added, “The decision was mutual and without any outside pressure”. 

However, a friend of the couple, Julia Pascal, has questioned this statement, sharing her belief that Ruth was coerced by her husband, Michael, into ending her life. 

Pascal, who had known the couple since 1990, described Ruth as being “totally under [Michael’s] control”, saying “Ruth was disempowered”.

“He was very dominant. I spoke to them and sent emails, saying ‘please don’t kill yourselves’. I tried to talk Ruth out of it, but I felt it was too far gone, that she was totally under his control”.

Pascal added, “Ruth sent the email, but I believe Michael would have dictated it to her”.

She described Michael Posner as a “dominant personality” who was “emotionally controlling”, saying, “[Ruth] was totally reliant on him”.

“They both said, ‘We have made up our minds, we don’t want to go gaga and we don’t want to go into an old people’s home’. I felt like it was not a decision of her own. She did not seem to have any resistance to him. He was the dominant personality and emotionally controlling”.

“[Michael] had influenced her over the years. She would have said ‘it was all my decision’, but really he was making it for her”.