<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megyn Kelly</a> spoke out Thursday against a biological adult male named Christynne Woods who cited an OB-GYN in his defense of why he should be allowed to change in a YMCA female locker room with minors.
During Sirius XM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKk2lUEEifM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, the host was speaking with conservative commentators Mary Katharine Ham and Bethany Mandel about a story involving 17-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-california-teenager-claims-she-was-exposed-to-male-genitalia-at-local-ymca-org-promotes-trans-inclusivity-and-acceptance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rebecca Phillips</a>, who spoke out against her local YMCA, saying she was &#8220;terrified&#8221; when she exited the shower and saw a fully naked adult male with genitals uncovered.
At the start of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb9mAwZS960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">segment</a>, Kelly played a clip from a recent city council meeting in which Woods defends his behavior by claiming he had a right to be in the locker room because he has a gynecologist. Kelly said that a women&#8217;s relationship with her OB-GYN is important medically as she blasted Woods for pretending to have such a relationship.
&#8220;Why is it making my blood boil that Christynne claims to have a gynecologist?&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-says-there-is-no-safe-space-now-for-girls-amid-trans-and-gender-identity-push" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelly</a> shared. &#8220;It&#8217;s making my blood boil … Part of it is, I just actually went to the gynecologist. Actual women have to go to the gynecologist once a year. When you just delivered a baby, you spend your life with your gynecologist and your OB-GYN.&#8221;
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-blasts-kim-kardashians-response-to-balenciaga-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Fox News host</a> said it&#8217;s never really pleasant going to the gynecologist: “The exam doesn&#8217;t feel particularly good. The pap smear is very uncomfortable. No one looks forward to that.”
She then listed the concerns women have when they go to see their OB-GYN, such as &#8220;ovarian cancer or other kinds of cancers,&#8221; getting a breast exam, and &#8220;constantly worrying whether they&#8217;re going to find a lump and how that could go there.&#8221;
&#8220;There are things that are particular to that exam and that relationship that no f***ing man is ever going to have,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-compares-gender-surgery-to-female-genital-mutilation-happening-in-radical-islamic-population" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelly</a> blasted. &#8220;So that guy doesn&#8217;t have a gynecologist. That guy has a hole that a surgeon created at best. I&#8217;m sorry, it&#8217;s like infuriating because there are things that make women special.&#8221;
&#8220;And there are things that we&#8217;ve overcome and that we must overcome as women in order to thrive in this life,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Whether it&#8217;s the threat of sexual violence, or, you know, being attacked as we walk home from college bars to our dorms, or the fears that you have when you go to the gynecologist or when you are pregnant with a baby.&#8221;
&#8220;All those things, they&#8217;re baked in,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/take-your-fetish-behind-a-closed-door-megyn-kelly-blows-up-at-canadian-school-for-allowing-trans-shop-teacher-with-enormous-breasts-prosthetics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the host</a> continued. &#8220;And it&#8217;s part of what makes women so incredible and strong and you can&#8217;t just become one and take all of our things because you did or did not have a surgery or you put on a dress. It doesn&#8217;t work like that…&#8221;

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‘No F***ing Man Is Ever Going To Have’: Megyn Kelly Speaks Out Against Trans Person Claiming To Have OB-GYN In YMCA Locker Room Defense

Megyn Kelly Speaks Out Against Trans Person Claiming To Have OB-GYN In YMCA Locker Room Defense

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YMCA

Do you know what we haven&#8217;t had in a while? Race riots. 
Don&#8217;t worry, though, because <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/the-greatest-lie-ever-sold" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Floyd, 2.0</a> is potentially coming to Memphis, Tennessee.
At least, that&#8217;s what it seems like after listening to Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis break down the death of Tyre Nichols. 
Nichols was involved in a traffic stop on January 7. He died three days later on January 10. As a result, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-former-memphis-police-officers-charged-in-mans-death-city-braces-for-possible-riots">five Memphis police officers</a> have been fired and charged with second-degree murder. 
Video footage of the incident hasn&#8217;t been released yet, but authorities are letting people know it&#8217;s a real doozy. It will reportedly be published Friday night.
&#8220;I expect you to feel outraged in the disregard of basic human rights as our police officers have taken an oath to do the opposite of what transpired on the video,&#8221; she explained in the video below. &#8220;I expect our citizens to exercise their First Amendment right to protest, to demand action and results. But we need to ensure our community is safe in this process. None of this is a calling card for inciting violence or destruction in our community or against our citizens.&#8221;
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So that&#8217;s the setup. She&#8217;s saying she expects you to feel “outraged” — which could be taken as a message that it’s okay for you to do whatever you want in protest. She did add a minor note at the end about safety and how violence won&#8217;t be tolerated, but that part was really glossed over. 
Worse, she is essentially saying this video is worse than you could ever imagine, conjuring all sorts of images for listeners. 
Of course, the Memphis police chief could have attempted to assuage concerns by giving you facts about the case. 
She didn&#8217;t, so I will.
Per <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/tyre-nichols-video-police-chief-warns-memphis-violently-body-cam-footage-release">Fox News</a>, &#8220;Nichols was pulled over on Jan. 7 around 8:30 p.m. for &#8216;reckless driving’ near Raines Road and Ross Road in Memphis. A &#8216;confrontation occurred&#8217; during the stop, which resulted in police chasing Nichols on foot, police said. He was later apprehended.&#8221;
“While attempting to take the suspect into custody, another confrontation occurred; however, the suspect was ultimately apprehended,” Memphis Police Department said. “Afterward the suspect complained of having shortness of breath, at which point an ambulance was called to the scene.&#8221;
Then, he was taken to a nearby hospital where he passed away three days later.
Now, based on that alone, a reasonable response would be, &#8216;I don&#8217;t know what that footage is going to show, but I think that we can already discern that had he complied with the police officers, and did not start running, thus causing a foot chase, and causing two separate confrontations with police then — perhaps he would be alive.&#8217;
Instead, though, citizens of Memphis and America are left feeling they should be infuriated before even seeing the video.
It should be noted that nowhere in that video did Davis show support for the police. She didn&#8217;t mention how things allegedly escalated because of Nichols&#8217; own actions, according to the report. 
So, in effect, she has now created a potentially very dangerous situation in Memphis. As with George Floyd, it&#8217;s highly possible violence will break out across the country like we saw in 2020 thanks to the BLM rioters.
Worse — we haven&#8217;t even seen the video yet.
What Davis did was irresponsible. It seems she didn&#8217;t want people to have the facts, she wanted people to have heightened emotions.
Ready your engines, people, because it could get very ugly in Memphis starting Friday night.
This article has been edited for clarity.

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The battle between good and evil can be likened to a messy food fight. 
God originally created food to foster health, unity, comfort, and goodness. But in the hands of the enemy, it creates the perfect opportunity for Cancel Culture to attack the dinner table and the people around it.
During the riots of 2020, Chick-fil-A was hit with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chick-fil-a-went-woke-earlier-this-year-amid-riots-that-didnt-stop-looters-from-hitting-their-store-in-philadelphia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a wave of protests</a>, even though its employees kindly serve everyone with a “my pleasure.” The owner, Dan Cathy, a Christian, didn’t want to provide financial aid to LGBTQ organizations. His company provided millions of dollars to support the homeless, poor, and hungry. But that’s not enough for Cancel Culture.
These social justice warriors, who supposedly respect diverse experiences and defend freedom of expression, did everything possible to destroy Jack Phillips, a cake decorator in Colorado. A gay couple sued Phillips for not decorating a wedding cake to celebrate their marriage because it went contrary to his Christian understanding of marriage. That gay couple went to great lengths to destroy this man’s livelihood. It took the Supreme Court to finally decide in favor of this man’s conscience and the freedom of religious expression. This group wants to force a Christian to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, but would never ask a vegan to serve a burger.
Proponents of Cancel Culture want to be recognized as agents of high morality and principle, but they are hypocrites. They make demands like spoiled children. But they have more than tears and tantrums; they have powerful politicians, popular celebrities, access to 24 hours of op-ed media posing as news stations, and billions of dollars from powerful industries to cut down anyone who disagrees with them.
The deeper reality is that militant vegans want to impose a moral culinary cult on everyone. They believe eating meat is cruel to animals. According to them, veganism will save the planet — even though the planet existed just fine for millions of years without them.
As a chef, I enjoy eating vegetables, but I am always confused as to why vegans try to mimic the taste of meat. Ethical treatment of animals is a good thing. But at the end of the day, ethical treatment only helps to make a more quality product for slaughtering. Natural food is under attack, and so is the physical and mental health of humanity.
Hypocrisy abounds in Cancel Culture. Its agents vow to be inclusive and all-embracing, but they create havoc to shut down restaurants with Christian owners and bully customers at these establishments because they vote differently. And worst of all, they want to save creation but would gladly kill an unborn child. For them, another mouth to feed would be harmful to women. Yet they cannot actually define a “woman.”
I wish that these examples were far and few between, but Cancel Culture has hit close to home.
A few breweries in Baltimore have decided to bar my food truck from serving food to their patrons. The truck is not woke enough for them because they determined that as a chef and priest, I would impose my theological and moral views on their customers. They want to cancel the truck even though we provide jobs for the formerly incarcerated and disadvantaged communities, while also providing food for the poor.
Cancel Culture wants to control who eats what and when. They believe they have the moral authority to determine if someone goes hungry or feasts like a king. Thankfully, opponents of Cancel Culture are prepared. They can take comfort in the words of St. Teresa of Avila, who said, “When it’s time to fast it’s time to fast. But, when it’s time to feast, it’s time to feast!” In time, the just will receive their reward at the heavenly banquet.
Despite this dismal dietary outlook on what we’re force-fed by Cancel Culture, we have a recipe for hope. The devil used food to destroy us, but Jesus becomes food to save us! We just have to hunger for God and the right things to put into our bodies, minds, and souls. That’s why God became food! 
We will never have the complete victory in this earthly food fight, simply because we have to hunger for the Eternal Banquet in heaven. But, to help us serve and digest the good, beautiful, and true aspects of life, I recommend a few simple ingredients:
<ol>
<li>Eat with your family, regularly. The benefits are scientifically proven. This shared act makes us “companions” — a word that describes sharing bread with others.</li>
<li>Serve those who go without, and consider eating with them. Charity and missionary work makes us value every morsel as a gift from God and recognize that life is a gift.</li>
<li>Celebrate the saints and other feast days with gusto! Go ahead, drink a beer on Saint Patty’s Day, but also say a prayer to cast out the serpentine lies from our lives. Eat a bacon-wrapped lamb chop on Easter, but make sure you’ve fasted and confessed during Lent. Feast (and fasting) days are the remedy to the monotony of life, which the devil wants to make tasteless and boring.</li>
<li>Be sure to discern what you’re putting into your bodies with healthy moderation, but also consider how a healthy mind can make you spiritual sommeliers. Be experts of what you’re consuming — because you are what you eat! Physically and spiritually.</li>
<li>Finally, pray before you eat. Live a life of gratitude and consider how every bite is a connection to God’s creation and the people who had a part in feeding you. Being grateful makes us conscious of the Divine, Who can turn leftovers into a feast for the soul.</li>
</ol>
Cancel Culture’s weaponization of food to divide and destroy will eventually backfire, because its members will eventually cancel themselves. Thankfully, real food lovers will be on hand to nurse them back to sanity and health, one meal at a time — just like Jesus did.
Bon appetit and win the war.
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Father Leo Patalinghug is an award-winning chef and author, a widely acclaimed speaker, the founder of the international food and faith movement Plating Grace, and the host of Savoring Our Faith on EWTN. A priest of the Voluntas Dei community, he lives in Baltimore. His new book, coauthored with Michael P. Foley, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dining-Saints-Sinners-Guide-Righteous/dp/1684512476/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dining+with+the+saints&amp;qid=1668792669&amp;sprefix=dining+with+the+sa%2Caps%2C71&amp;sr=8-1">Dining with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Righteous Feast</a> publishes February 28, 2023, from Regnery History.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A Spiritual Food Fight: How Cancel Culture Weaponizes Food To Bully The Faithful

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A popular video hosting platform removed a new documentary told from the perspectives of parents whose children were introduced to radical gender theory.   
The new indie film, &#8220;Dead Name,&#8221; was <a href="https://vimeo.com/784469337" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hosted</a> on Vimeo for just over a month until Monday, when its creators discovered it had been wiped from the video-sharing platform. The documentary follows the stories of three parents who struggled with their children&#8217;s newly announced transgender identity. 
&#8220;We can confirm that Vimeo removed the video in question for violating our Terms of Service prohibiting discriminatory or hateful content,&#8221; a representative of Vimeo responded to the Daily Wire&#8217;s request for comment. &#8220;We strive to enforce these policies objectively and consistently across our platform.&#8221;
Vimeo also indicated that the video may have been reported by other users, but was ultimately evaluated by their Trust and Safety team, and was found to be in violation of their terms. The member profile that uploaded the video, Broken Heart Films, was also <a href="https://vimeo.com/user190656908" target="_blank" rel="noopener">erased</a> from their platform. 
Taylor Reece, the film&#8217;s director, called Vimeo&#8217;s decision to deplatform the movie a &#8220;dumb strategy,&#8221; as it had the unintended effect of drawing more attention to it. 
&#8220;Within four hours, &#8216;Dead Name&#8217; was relocated to another <a href="https://www.deadnamedocumentary.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">platform</a> and inadvertently the attempt at &#8216;canceling&#8217; has spiked our sales,&#8221; Reece told the Daily Wire.
She found Vimeo&#8217;s characterization of the film as &#8220;hateful content,&#8221; completely unfounded.
&#8220;The film is the opposite of hate speech,&#8221; Reece said. &#8220;It&#8217;s love speech. In no way do any of these three parents, who tell the story of what it&#8217;s like when their child starts a journey toward transition, spew hate or dogma. Their stories are painstakingly personal, and at times unimaginable.&#8221; 
&#8220;Unfortunately, there are factions out there who do not want this narrative and they have perfected the playbook on getting work like this &#8216;canceled,'&#8221; she added.
The documentary, originally released on December 20, recounts the tales of three heartbroken parents who love their children but have reservations about whether they are truly transgender. 
Helen, who shares custody of a young son with her ex-wife, believes her ex-wife influenced him to adopt a transgender identity. In a shocking clip that opens the <a href="https://youtu.be/jpxDzV3Yr_Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trailer</a> of the documentary, Helen&#8217;s 4-year-old son describes the process of a penile-inversion vaginoplasty. 
&#8220;If you want girls&#8217; parts, and you don&#8217;t have them, you can do special surgery where they turn your penis inside out and there&#8217;s a vagina inside,&#8221; the 4-year-old explained. 
Helen recalled her bewilderment at picking up her son from his daycare one day and finding a female name on the entrance sheet and his cubby, and the over-enthusiastic daycare workers that recognized him as a girl.
&#8220;They would say, &#8216;Helen, you should really learn to accept this and celebrate it,&#8217; and I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Celebrate what? That my child is going to be put on hormones, and his penis will never grow and he&#8217;ll never have a normal sex life, and he&#8217;ll be on drugs for the rest of his life?&#8221; Helen said.
Amy&#8217;s story centers around her 15-year-old daughter, who out of nowhere declared that she was transgender and quickly acquired a prescription for testosterone through a Telehealth meeting with Planned Parenthood.
&#8220;There was no psychological evaluation, there was nothing,&#8221; said Amy. 
Bill, whose son battled cancer that tragically required the amputation of one of his legs, was told by a psychiatrist that he was an &#8220;unsupportive, abusive father&#8221; when he was skeptical of his son&#8217;s rapid transformation into a female identity during his first year in college. He is concerned that cross-sex hormones may have contributed to his untimely death at just 18 years old.
The 50-minute film is now available on a new <a href="https://www.deadnamedocumentary.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, where viewers can rent or purchase it.

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Vimeo Removes Documentary On Parents’ Perspectives Of Trans-Identified Children For ‘Hateful Content’

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The Arkansas Senate advanced a bill on Tuesday that would designate drag shows as &#8220;adult-oriented businesses&#8221; to protect children and block minors from attending.
The legislation also proposes a ban on drag queen performances on public property in a move that would end Drag Queen Story Hour-like events at public libraries.
“I can’t think of anything good that can come from taking children and putting them in front of a bunch of grown men who are dressed like women,” <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/3829078-bill-to-classify-drag-shows-as-adult-oriented-businesses-clears-arkansas-senate/?utm_source=hill_app&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=share-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Republican state Sen. Gary Stubblefield, who introduced the legislation earlier this month.
The bill passed 29-6 along party lines in the Republican-controlled Senate. The proposal now moves to the Arkansas House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass under the 82-18 GOP majority.
Eric Reece, director of the Human Rights Campaign in Arkansas, condemned the legislation in a <a href="https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/breaking-human-rights-campaign-condemns-arkansas-senate-for-advancing-bill-restricting-drag-performances" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
“Many drag performances – such as Drag Queen story hours at schools and libraries – are age appropriate for children and can teach important lessons like acceptance and openness,&#8221; Reece wrote.
&#8220;This is just another example of radical politicians in Arkansas spreading propaganda and creating more stigma, discrimination, and ultimately violence against transgender and non-binary people just to rile up extreme members of their base,&#8221; he added.
In addition to Arkansas, Republicans in Tennessee have <a href="https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0003.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> a similar drag queen ban that would prohibit minors from events and performances. The Volunteer State legislation also seeks to add drag performances to its list of adult-oriented businesses that would be unable to operate within 1,000 feet of schools, public parks, or houses of worship.
The Tennessee bill would allow some exceptions, focusing specifically on performances that are sexual in nature, <a href="https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-politics/tn-gop-files-bill-to-ban-drag-shows-that-are-sexual-in-nature-in-public-spaces-around-kids/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson.
Oklahoma state lawmakers are also pursuing a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oklahoma-bill-fine-jail-drag-queens-20000-performing-minors-2023-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a> against drag queen events involving minors that would fine offenders up to $20,000 and potentially jail those performing in front of children for up to two years.
West Virginia is also among the states reportedly <a href="https://www.lootpress.com/senator-proposes-bill-that-would-ban-minors-from-attending-drag-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considering</a> similar bans.
The movement to enact anti-drag queen bills to prevent minors from attending such activities follows the growing popularity of Drag Queen Story Hour events held at libraries and schools across the nation. Past readings have included strong protests from parents and community members concerned over introducing children to sexualized content.
Actor Kirk Cameron recently added to the controversy after he proposed a values-based alternative to read his &#8220;As You Grow&#8221; children&#8217;s book at public libraries. He was reportedly turned down at many of the same public libraries that had previously held Drag Queen Story Hour events.
Cameron ultimately challenged what some describe as a double standard and secured readings in multiple library locations. Earlier this month, his publisher said nearly 1,000 people packed a Southern California library for Cameron&#8217;s event.
“All the forces of darkness are no match for moms and dads who are committed to God, and to their family, and to teaching their children,” Cameron told the crowd.

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Arkansas Senate Bill Classifies Drag Shows As ‘Adult-Oriented Businesses’ In Effort To Protect Children

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney-world">Disney World</a>’s iconic Splash Mountain ride just went on its final run, and some people are not happy about it.
Fans took to social media to share a retrospective of the water ride’s decades-long past, including footage of the doors to the ride closing for the very last time. The hashtag “goodbyesplashmountain” currently has 1.7 million views on TikTok.
“I will miss you forever. Goodbye, Splash Mountain,” one video caption read. Another video noted that the line to board the ride was two hours long on its last operating day. Enterprising <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida">park visitors</a> allegedly took water from the log flume and were reselling it on Ebay (sic) for up to fifty dollars per bottle. 
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The ride opened in 1992 and has been a popular staple of Disney World’s Magic Kingdom ever since, with celebrities like Princess Diana going for a ride. But the company announced in 2020 that it would shut down Splash Mountain, which was accused of having racist themes, in favor of creating a more inclusive Princess Tiana-themed ride in its place.
“Tiana is a modern, courageous, and empowered woman, who pursues her dreams and never loses sight of what’s really important,” a blog post from Disney explained, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-world-announces-closing-date-for-iconic-ride-to-be-replaced-by-more-inclusive-princess-tiana-attraction">reported</a>. 
“And with this longstanding history of updating attractions and adding new magic, the retheming of Splash Mountain is of particular importance today. The new concept is inclusive — one that all of our guests can connect with and be inspired by, and it speaks to the diversity of the millions of people who visit our parks each year.”
Some parkgoers called Splash Mountain “extremely problematic” due to “stereotypical racist tropes.” It’s based on elements from the Disney film “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Song of the South</a>” (1946), which were included on the ride. Former executive secretary of the NAACP Walter White <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/03/bob-iger-song-of-the-south-disney-disclaimer-1202879464/">said</a> the movie “helps to perpetuate a dangerously glorified picture of slavery.&#8221;
The film is set on a plantation and features an elderly black man, Uncle Remus, telling traditional African American folk tales to white children. The movie was not included on the Disney+ streaming platform as CEO Bob Iger said it was “not appropriate in today’s world.” 
“Song of the South” is set in Reconstruction-era America during a time when slavery had been abolished following the civil war. The character Uncle Remus is not a slave but is sharing stories with a 7-year-old boy named Johnny who is visiting his grandmother’s plantation. 
Pleas to keep Splash Mountain open were ultimately unsuccessful. The change.org <a href="https://www.change.org/p/everyone-to-save-splash-mountain-and-keep-it-as-it-is-in-magic-kingdom-and-disneyland">petition</a> &#8220;To Save Splash Mountain&#8221; garnered more than 99,000 signatures, but in the end, the ride closed anyway.
&#8220;Splash Mountain has never included depictions of slaves or any racist elements and is based solely on historical African folktales that families of all ethnicities have been enjoying for nearly a century,&#8221; it said. &#8220;It is absurd to pander to a small group of ‘Disney haters’ that don&#8217;t understand the story, and re-theme such a nostalgic ride.&#8221;
Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced plans</a> for kids entertainment content.

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Fans Bid Farewell To Disney World’s Splash Mountain As It Closed After 30 Years Due To Racism Assertions

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California Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> called the Second Amendment a &#8220;suicide pact&#8221; in the wake of two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mass-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mass shootings</a> in his state.
Speaking to CBS News&#8217; Norah O&#8217;Donnell on Monday, in the wake of the mass shooting in the city of Monterey Park, Newsom attacked the constitutionally-protected right to bear arms. He repeated claims that the U.S. is unique among the countries of the world because of mass shootings. He also took aim at high-capacity gun magazines and pushed for more restrictions on them.
&#8220;The Second Amendment is becoming a suicide pact, it feels like,&#8221; said Newsom. &#8220;And that&#8217;s the only question the community wants [answered]: how are you going to — what about our kids when they&#8217;re going to school? What more can we do? And you know, again, we look at that all the time. I mean, we did another half-dozen gun safety bills last year, we&#8217;ll continue to find whatever loopholes we can, we&#8217;ll continue to lead the national conversation on gun safety reform.&#8221;
&#8220;And the data bears out,&#8221; Newsom added. &#8220;It works. It saves lives. California [has a] 37% lower gun death rate than the rest of the nation. And yet, with all that evidence, no one on the other side seems to give a d***. I can&#8217;t get anything done in Congress.&#8221;
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&#8220;This Second Amendment&#8217;s becoming a suicide pact, it feels like,&#8221; Gov. Gavin Newsom tells <a href="https://twitter.com/NorahODonnell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NorahODonnell</a> in Monterey Park. &#8220;California&#8217;s 37% lower than the death rate of the rest of the nation, and yet, with all that evidence, no one on the other side seems to give a damn.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/tSz7oawXtR">pic.twitter.com/tSz7oawXtR</a>
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1617705063295614978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
But Newsom seemed to backpedal on his remarks later in the interview, claiming that he respects lawful gun owners. &#8220;Yeah, I have great respect,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I have no ideological opposition with someone reasonably and responsibly owning firearms and getting background checks and being trained and making sure they&#8217;re locked so their kid doesn&#8217;t accidentally shoot themselves or a loved one. Absolutely not. Never suggested that. That&#8217;s what they immediately do. &#8216;He wants to take away your guns.&#8217; I just want to take away weapons of war that are illegal on the streets of California and should be illegal across the United States. I mean, literally, just use common sense.&#8221;
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Large capacity magazines do not belong on our streets. <a href="https://t.co/kvYXFQBOQs">pic.twitter.com/kvYXFQBOQs</a>
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1617738057796710400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
Newsom went on, blasting the phenomenon of mass shootings as a uniquely American problem, and took aim at high-capacity magazines. &#8220;It&#8217;s always a weapon of mass destruction, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221; Newsom quipped. &#8220;I mean, I get it. We can talk about the anomalous nature of this, and it certainly is. But what is also anomalous is the fact that there&#8217;s a pattern here in the United States of America, these mass shootings that don&#8217;t exist anywhere else in the world, at least the free world. And maybe that should be the fundamental focus: large-capacity clips. Just insane. There&#8217;s no justification. Period. Full stop. It&#8217;s just insane. These people are perpetuating lunacy and should be ashamed of themselves.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/10-dead-10-wounded-in-california-mass-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ten people were killed</a>, and another 10 were injured, in a mass shooting during a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park Saturday night. The shooting occurred in a dance studio in the predominately Asian community, located about 10 miles east of Los Angeles. The shooter was identified as a man of Asian descent between 30 and 50 years old; he was not named by local police and will not be named in accordance with Daily Wire policy against naming mass shooters. The man was reportedly also connected to a second incident in nearby Alhambra.
Around the time Newsom was filming his CBS interview on Monday, <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/peninsula/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-motive-sought/3137737/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another mass shooting</a> took place in the city of Half Moon Bay, about 30 miles south of San Francisco. The alleged gunman opened fire at a mushroom farm where he worked, killing four people and injuring one more, then reportedly drove to a second location where he killed three more people. He was arrested in the parking lot of the San Mateo County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Monday afternoon.

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Amid Two Mass Shootings In His State, CA Governor Gavin Newsom Says 'The Second Amendment Is Becoming A Suicide Pact'

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Do you remember Sha&#8217;Carri Richardson? She is a highly-talented, young athlete who qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics as a sprinter in track and field. 
Due to COVID, the Olympics were postponed for a year, so she was set to compete in the summer of 2021. She then tested positive for cannabis which led to a one-month suspension right before the games were set to start. Because of that, Sha&#8217;Carri was passed over by Team USA for a spot on the Olympic team.
Many people were outraged by her suspension. Sha&#8217;Carri&#8217;s excuse was that she was anxious and emotionally upset over the loss of her estranged biological mother.
Granted, she had a very tough childhood, raised by her grandmother, and she was understandably distraught once she found out her real mom had died. Who wouldn&#8217;t be? So, she said smoked weed to deal with the tragedy.
Of course, that situation would be upsetting to anybody. 
Yet, knowing Olympic officials are going to perform a drug test, it doesn’t seem like a viable excuse for doing drugs. Those are the rules.
Many leftists and pro-BLM pundits, however, attempted to turn the situation into a racial injustice crusade — as if she were suspended because she&#8217;s black and passed over by Team USA due to her skin color.
Now, it must be said, Sha&#8217;Carri is a tremendously gifted young woman. I want her to come back and I want her to be successful in her career. We all want her to do great things in her sport and in life.
But people don&#8217;t become successful if they are handed excuses.
Making her situation into a racial one gives her the mentality that she has black privilege. It&#8217;s giving her the idea that she doesn&#8217;t have to abide by the rules, because she can say, &#8220;I&#8217;m black, I&#8217;m suffering. I&#8217;m the victim.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-78-sha-carri-richardson-has-black-privilege-steven-crowder-needs-our-prayers-george-santos-needs-a-reality-check-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Don&#8217;t believe me</a>? 
Well, recently she was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shacarri-richardson-returns-to-the-track-finishes-last" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly ejected</a> from an American Airlines flight because she was arguing with a flight attendant who asked her to stop using her phone as they were going to take off — which is something all passengers have to do.
As the video purports to show, she began arguing not only with AA employees, but other passengers. For some reason, Sha&#8217;Carri thought she could keep recording, even though she was asked to stop — as the flight attendant would do to every other passenger in that situation.
Here&#8217;s the video, watch for yourself.
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Track star Sha&#39;Carri Richardson was kicked off a AA flight for arguing with Flight Attendant and recorded the whole incident. <a href="https://t.co/LEOhcRvyne">pic.twitter.com/LEOhcRvyne</a>
&mdash; Anthony Tilghman (@AnthonyTilghman) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnthonyTilghman/status/1616834246135488517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Now, we&#8217;ve all been on these flights before. We have all seen that one person on board, acting like a jerk, causing a scene while delaying the entire plane.
Many of us have likely been told to get off our phones or computers prior to departure. I&#8217;ve been that passenger who is trying to wrap up a phone call, only for a stewardess to request I get off the phone as we’re moving toward the runway.
So, what do I do? I hang up the phone and say, &#8220;Sorry, I will have to call you back.&#8221;
Why? Because I know I am not a special person. I have to abide by the rules. I wasn&#8217;t targeted for being black — I was asked to get off the phone because that is what the airline requires.
Instead of doing that, it seems Sha&#8217;Carri spent her time trying to paint herself as a victim, and she continued recording.
To me, this is a perfect example of black privilege. I see this sort of thing all the time.
In fact, I experienced a similar situation while living in D.C.
I was pregnant, walking across a crosswalk, when a black woman in a car almost hit me. She was totally in the wrong. I called her an idiot — she almost ran me over when I had the right of way — and she rolled down her window, yelled back, and began recording me.
At that moment, said, &#8220;Look at my skin color. I&#8217;m black. So if you&#8217;re recording to paint yourself as a victim because you just almost hit somebody, then you&#8217;ve got the wrong person.&#8221;
I think at that moment, she thought, &#8220;Why am I recording?&#8221; because she stopped filming.
Yet, recording people has become a form of protection for people who want to make themselves the victim. It&#8217;s an intimidation tactic used to send a message to those being recorded. We all know a viral clip can be taken out of context and can make you look like some evil racist.
So, when I saw Sha&#8217;Carri recording, it seemed she was setting herself up to play the victim. In reality, all she had to do was listen and it would have been over in no time. She likely would have been able to use her phone up in the air.
Maybe she would have listened had people stopped handing her “black privilege excuses” throughout life. But, not enough people have done that, so I will.
Sha’Carri, these incidents are not happening to you because you&#8217;re black or a victim in the world. Both the weed suspension as well as the incident with American Airlines happened because you did not follow the rules.
Plain and simple.
Yet, you want to create drama in your life. You may have had a very tough childhood, Sha&#8217;Carri, I don&#8217;t doubt it.
But let me tell you something, you were handed some talents the rest of us don&#8217;t have, and that gave you a literal leg up in life, OK?
And you&#8217;re not acting like it. You&#8217;re not acting like you&#8217;re grateful, you&#8217;re acting like a brat and somebody needs to tell you to button it up and behave well.
That&#8217;s it. Stop smoking pot. Stop yelling. Stop throwing tantrums. 
Listen, you&#8217;re not special. I want you to go out in the world and I want you to be successful, and to do that you need to understand you are not a special snowflake and you are not a victim.

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Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) said in a statement Sunday evening that her son was arrested over the weekend during a far-left riot against police officers.
The Boston Police Department <a href="https://bpdnews.com/news/2023/1/22/tmn87xossij9grhs7vwb79ankv7c3u">said</a> that the incident happened at approximately 9:30 PM, on Saturday, January 21, 2021, while officers were responding to a call over a &#8220;protest&#8221; at the Parkman Bandstand Monument.
&#8220;Upon arrival officers observed an individual defacing the monument with spray paint,&#8221; police said. &#8220;The tagging read &#8216;NO COP CITY&#8217; and &#8216;ACAB&#8217;. The suspect was later identified as Jared Dowell, 23, of Melrose.&#8221;
&#8220;During the arrest of Jared Dowell, a group of about 20 protesters began to surround officers while screaming profanities though megaphones on the public street causing traffic to come to a standstill,&#8221; police added. &#8220;While interfering with the arrest of Jared Dowell, an officer was hit in the face and could be seen bleeding from the nose and mouth.&#8221;
Police said that Jared Dowell was placed under arrest and charged with Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon, Destruction or Injury of Personal Property and Damage of Property by Graffiti/Tagging.
Clark released a statement saying that Jared Dowell, who she says is now her &#8220;daughter&#8221; Riley Dowell, was the person arrested.
&#8220;Last night, my daughter was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts,&#8221; Clark, who is the Democratic Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, tweeted. &#8220;I love Riley, and this is a very difficult time in the cycle of joy and pain in parenting. This will be evaluated by the legal system, and I am confident in that process.&#8221;
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Last night, my daughter was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts. I love Riley, and this is a very difficult time in the cycle of joy and pain in parenting. 
This will be evaluated by the legal system, and I am confident in that process.
&mdash; Katherine Clark (@RepKClark) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepKClark/status/1617292265738702849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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President Joe Biden will issue a presidential memorandum on Sunday to protect access to abortion pills to mark 50 years since the Supreme Court&#8217;s Roe v. Wade decision.
Vice President Kamala Harris announced the memorandum during remarks on Sunday in Florida, according to the White House.
&#8220;President Biden has emphasized the need to protect access to mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortion that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for over 20 years and accounts for the majority of all abortions in the United States,&#8221; a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/22/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-presidential-memorandum-on-ensuring-safe-access-to-medication-abortion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fact Sheet</a> from the White House states.
The FDA made a policy update earlier this month to allow retail pharmacies to become certified to distribute abortion medications, including by telehealth. The Biden administration is pushing back on efforts by some states that have attempted to discourage pharmacies from becoming certified by the FDA.
&#8220;The Presidential Memorandum directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), to consider new guidance to support patients, providers, and pharmacies who wish to legally access, prescribe, or provide mifepristone—no matter where they live,&#8221; the Fact Sheet explained.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services will reportedly collaborate with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security &#8220;to consider new actions to ensure that patients can access legal reproductive care, including medication abortion from a pharmacy, free from threats or violence.&#8221;
In addition to the memorandum, President Joe Biden released a statement on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.
&#8220;Today, instead of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, we are acknowledging that last year, the Supreme Court took away a constitutional right from the American people,&#8221; Biden said in the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/22/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-roe-v-wade-decision/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
&#8220;Republicans in Congress and across the country continue to push for a national abortion ban, to criminalize doctors and nurses, and to make contraception harder to access. It’s dangerous, extreme, and out of touch,&#8221; he added.
The efforts come following a landmark year for the pro-life movement that saw Roe v. Wade overturned and abortion laws returned to individual states in June. Numerous states have since added additional abortion limitations, including some like Oklahoma with <a href="https://www.oag.ok.gov/articles/attorney-general-o%E2%80%99connor-releases-guidance-law-enforcement-after-newest-abortion-law-takes#:~:text=%C2%A7%201%2D731.4).,in%20performing%20abortions%20in%20Oklahoma." target="_blank" rel="noopener">near-total abortion bans</a>.
Since the FDA&#8217;s policy change, a group of 22 attorneys general sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf asking the agency to reverse its decision to certify retail pharmacies to dispense abortion pills.
“The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to abandon commonsense restrictions on remotely prescribing and administering abortion-inducing drugs is both illegal and dangerous,” the <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/619779306/Letter-From-Alabama-Attorney-General-Steve-Marshall-to-FDA-about-abortion-pill-rule-change#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> read. “In direct contravention of longstanding FDA practice and congressional mandate, the FDA’s rollback of important safety restrictions ignores both women’s health and straightforward federal statutes. We urge you to reverse your decision.”

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Happy Friday, everyone. For today’s column, I am going to look at a post from Reddit and determine if somebody is in the wrong for not wearing a bra to work. 
I broke down a few other of these questions on my show and I also went over the potential dangers of fluoride. You can watch it all <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-77-friday-files-is-the-fluoride-in-our-water-poisoning-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Okay, here’s the context for today’s column courtesy of one of Reddit’s famous <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230119143451/https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/10fzdt7/aita_for_refusing_to_wear_a_bra_to_work/">Am I The A**hole? (AITA?)</a> style posts. Here’s what one person asked:
<blockquote>I (23 Non-Binary AFAB) have stopped wearing a bra to work. I work as an early years teaching assistant so I am constantly bending down to speak to children, pick up toys, etc. And my bra digs into me all day and has been causing me a lot of pain. I have decided to start wearing a tank top under my clothes instead of a bra and I wear lots of layers anyway so, despite having a bigger than average chest, it really isn&#8217;t noticeable that I&#8217;m not wearing a bra.
The other day I was playing a running game with one of the children so I took my top layer off, I still had on the tank top, a t-shirt, some overalls and a baggy jumper so I was very much covered. Despite this, I was called in to discuss my clothing choices. I had no idea what my boss (42M) was talking about until he mentioned that I really should be wearing a bra around children. I was shocked that he&#8217;d even point it out. I told him I felt that I could live without one if it wasn&#8217;t obvious and that wearing one was causing me a lot of pain. He said that work was not meant to be comfortable and that I should stick to the &#8216;unwritten dress code&#8217;. I said I would not be wearing one going forward unless the school were willing to pay for one of the comfortable sports bras they make for larger chests (they usually range in price from £70-£150). My boss said I was being unreasonable with my requests and that I would have to wear a bra going forward. If there had been complaints from parents I would understand but no one has said anything apart from him.
AITA?</blockquote>
Yes, sweetheart, I am sorry to say you are the a**hole. Truthfully, I am a little confused why this even needs to be explained.
You&#8217;re asking this question and your role is to work with children. Obviously, you have to be appropriate. Your boss has been completely reasonable. His job is not to make you comfortable. Your duty is to come presentable to work.
There is a standard, of course, that when you show up to work, you&#8217;re supposed to look professional. You can&#8217;t just walk around wearing whatever you want. Whether you work with children or not, that’s true at every company.
The idea that your employer should have to pay because you want a special bra that will make you more comfortable is even more ridiculous.
Obviously, any parent who is dropping off their child at a school, daycare, club, or athletic team thinks the adult who shows up to work is going to be appropriately dressed. 
For some reason, many people have forgotten that decency matters — especially in front of kids.
This post sort of reminds me of a woman who applied for our nannying position. I kid you not, she arrived at my house wearing booty shorts. How could she possibly have thought we were going to hire her? She was wearing short-shorts and a low-cut top.
Why on earth would I want her walking around with my child at a park dressed like that?
It would be blatantly inappropriate.
It’s confusing to me that she would need somebody to sit her down in an office and essentially say, “Hey, you need to dress appropriately in front of small children.”
If the question “What’s appropriate for children?” is a difficult one for you to answer, then you probably shouldn&#8217;t have a job around kids.
To be honest, it doesn’t sound as if this person is even mentally fit for the job at all — and not just because she doesn’t want to wear a bra. That you are calling yourself non-binary definitely should have been a red flag for your bosses. You must believe in radical gender ideology that&#8217;s not based on truth and is wreaking havoc throughout the West.
This radical gender ideology, along with the nonsense it brings, needs to be taken out of classrooms. The entire goal of this ideology is to break down boundaries so that children can consent to certain sexual things — which they definitely cannot.
This is how you end up with “nonbinary” women thinking they are in the right to let their bare-chest hang loose sans a bra in front of minors.
So yes, to answer your question, you are the a**hole. Until this person puts on a bra, she needs to stay 300 feet away from every playground, daycare, and avoid all children.
It’s that simple.

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Pro-life activists, students, and organizations will gather in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.</a>, on Friday for the annual <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/march-for-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March for Life</a> for the first time since the Supreme Court’s historic decision to strike down <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roe-v-wade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roe v. Wade</a>. 
The gathering comes just days before the 50th anniversary of Roe, in which the Supreme Court declared a constitutional right to abortion. With Roe gone, pro-life groups and legislators now see an opportunity to expand protections for life even as deep blue states further entrench abortion in their own state laws and constitutions. 
&#8220;The pro-life movement has just experienced a major victory in the fall of Roe v. Wade, but our work to build a culture of life is far from complete. This year’s march will reflect upon the Dobbs decision as a critical — and celebratory — milestone but will also be a time to look forward to the next steps, such as the need to continue marching annually in Washington, D.C., as well as expanding marches in the states, to advance legal protections for the unborn,” March for Life President Jeanne Mancini said in a statement obtained by The Daily Wire. 
Mancini added that the next steps for pro-lifers included supporting maternity homes and pregnancy resource centers for women in need of assistance. 
One such group that serves pregnancy centers in the U.S. and around the world is Heartbeat International, a network of pregnancy resource centers with over 3,000 affiliates. The group, which received a surge of phone calls in the months following the leak of the Dobbs draft decision, argued that the end of Roe is only the beginning of the pro-life movement.
“The mission has not changed for us or our centers at all. What we have seen is this shift, primarily to the growth of the abortion pill,” Andrea Trudden, communications director for Heartbeat International, told The Daily Wire in an interview. Heartbeat International manages the Abortion Pill Rescue Network, a group that provides resources to help reverse pill abortions.
Medication abortions, which <a href="https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2022/02/medication-abortion-now-accounts-more-half-all-us-abortions">now account for over 50%</a> of all abortions according to some estimates, are only expected to increase, especially with the FDA’s removal of abortion pill restrictions under President Joe Biden. 
One reason is that abortion pills, which can be mailed, are seen as a potential way for those seeking abortions to bypass state laws. In Texas, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/abortions-in-texas-plummet-nearly-99-months-after-dobbs-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">some estimates</a> show abortions down as much as 99% post-Dobbs, though activist groups are still concerned about the prevalence of the abortion pill. 
Trudden said that the rise of the abortion pill narrows the window of preventing abortions, meaning that they need to be “faster” in responding to needs and providing care. She said that Heartbeat International would be working to provide more comprehensive care to women and increase the technological reach of the organization.
“As we continue to follow what the abortion side is doing, we do need to, and are planning to, adapt a little bit more as well,” Trudden said. “We are working with technology to be able to provide similar care [remotely] as to what she would receive inside a center as well.”
While the work of pro-life organizations remains very much the same in terms of providing resources and care to women, pro-abortion and pro-life legislators have taken opposite paths to approach the post-Roe legal world. 
While some action at the congressional level has been attempted, most of the legal battles will likely be at the state level thanks to the Supreme Court.
States like California, Vermont, and Michigan have all put abortion into their state constitutions while broad abortion bans have gone into effect in states like Alabama and Tennessee. In Kansas, a pro-life amendment failed at the ballot box in August, leading many pro-abortion advocates to declare that the Dobbs decision would be a hindrance to Republicans and the future of pro-life legislation. 
State abortion bans are challenged by the overwhelming number of corporations and even cities that have offered or want to provide funding for women to travel out of state to get an abortion. Additionally, despite the Supreme Court’s decision, lower courts have still proved to be a problem for pro-life laws in states like South Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona. 
Tennessee’s ban, which was triggered by the Dobbs decision, is already facing potential challenges, even though the state is overwhelmingly Republican. The upcoming legislative session is expected to debate adding exceptions to the law, with some Republicans arguing that exceptions for rape and incest should be added. 
While some Republicans have watered down their response to abortion, others in many states are now pushing for the <a href="https://freethestates.org/get-involved/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">full abolition</a> of abortion, arguing that Republicans have no excuses now to not fully protect life. 
While legal questions remain, pro-lifers remain steadfast in their beliefs and continue to march. Noah Collazo, a Liberty University freshman, is joining about 500 other students and Morse Tan, the dean of Liberty University School of Law and former U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice, in marching in D.C. 
“We’re about to head to Washington, D.C., to stand for pro-life and for the legislators there who are standing for freedom and for the protection of the unborn,” Collazo said in a statement to The Daily Wire before getting on a bus to head to the march. “It’s definitely cool seeing all these people so early in the morning — so many of us showing up to stand for what we believe in.”

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