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New Guidance on Women-Only Spaces Comes Into Force Across Britain Family Watch International Wed, Aug 5 at 9:28 PM August 5, 2026 Family Watch Newswire The Family Watch Newswire is a service of Family Watch International that highlights important news items and useful analysis on the family and family-related issues from around the world. Read Online https://familywatch.org/newswire/?inf_contact_key=0c17fd13dccf3f08c77d1d0a250a082409c74070ac2bf3cfa7869e3cfd4ff832 LIFE ABORTION KILLS 35-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN INDIA. Malkapuram Sravani, a native of Kannayipalli village in Raghunathpalli mandal who lived with her husband in Peerzadiguda in Hyderabad, was pregnant with her third child, but she died after an illegal abortion performed following a sex-determination test that confirmed she was carrying a female baby, police said. Read more here. WYOMING ABORTIONS DROP 28% AS BABIES ARE SAVED. Wyoming’s 2025 abortion report was published online by the Wyoming Department of Health in June 2026 showing that abortions decreased from the previous year. Read more here. CSF PROMOTES ABORTION RESEARCH, TRAINING, ADVOCACY PROGRAMS. The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco summarizes its resources on a page titled “Reproductive Health & Rights,” which advertises programs seeking to advance pro-abortion policies. Read more here. Read Online https://familywatch.org/newswire/?inf_contact_key=0c17fd13dccf3f08c77d1d0a250a082409c74070ac2bf3cfa7869e3cfd4ff832 MARYLAND UNIVERSITY ABORTION TRAINING OFFERS CLINICIANS $4K STIPENDS AND ‘ABORTION SIMULATION.’ The fellowship offers a “comprehensive curriculum on abortion and reproductive health care,” a $4,000 stipend, an abortion simulation and post-completion support “to actively deepen your knowledge in reproductive health and abortion care.” Read more here. AMENDMENT 6 IN NEVADA WOULD ALLOW ABORTIONS UP TO BIRTH. Nevada voters will decide in November whether to approve Question 6, a proposed constitutional amendment that would create an unlimited right to kill babies in abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy, including healthy mothers with healthy babies. Read more here. KANSAS JUDGE PERMANENTLY ELIMINATES INFORMED CONSENT LAWS. A Kansas judge placed a permanent injunction on several informed consent laws surrounding abortion, some of which have been in place since 1997. Read more here. Read Online https://familywatch.org/newswire/?inf_contact_key=0c17fd13dccf3f08c77d1d0a250a082409c74070ac2bf3cfa7869e3cfd4ff832 GENDER NEW GUIDANCE ON WOMEN-ONLY SPACES COMES INTO FORCE ACROSS BRITAIN. Official rules requiring women-only spaces to be organized according to biological sex have come into force across England, Scotland and Wales, giving campaigners long-awaited clarity after years of institutional confusion. Read more here. 'THEY HAVE BEEN WARNED': 4 STATES GET CAUTIONED THEIR ABSURD GENDER IDEOLOGIES PUT THEM IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW. Liberty Justice Center confirmed this week it has sent letters to officials, the attorneys general, for New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Washington, where there still are school districts "violating the U.S. Constitution and federal law by hiding students' gender transitions from their parents." Read more here. SCHOOL OFFICIALS FACING CRIMINAL COUNTS FOR REFUSING TO REPORT CHARGE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. Two school officials in Washington state have been charged with gross misdemeanors for allegedly refusing to report to authorities a claim by a girl wrestler of an alleged sexual assault at the hands of a male wrestler against whom she was forced to compete. Read more here. Read Online https://familywatch.org/newswire/?inf_contact_key=0c17fd13dccf3f08c77d1d0a250a082409c74070ac2bf3cfa7869e3cfd4ff832 FLORIDA LAW PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM DRAG SHOWS UPHELD ON APPEAL. The full U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-5 that Florida’s “Protection of Children Act” banning the admittance of minors to “adult live performances” is constitutional. Read more here. TRUMP DOJ TO MARYLAND SCHOOLS: END SECRET 'GENDER TRANSITION' OF STUDENTS OR FACE FEDS IN COURT. The Trump administration has given a Maryland school district just seven days to end a policy that allows students to socially "transition" at school without their parents' knowledge, warning that failure to comply could result in a federal lawsuit and the potential loss of federal funding. Read more here. ESPN PRAISES WNBA COACH REEVE FOR SUPPORTING MALE ATHLETES IN FEMALE SPORTS. Cheryl Reeve, the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx WNBA team, was praised by ESPN on Sunday for wearing a shirt that stated “trans kids belong.” Read more here. Read Online https://familywatch.org/newswire/?inf_contact_key=0c17fd13dccf3f08c77d1d0a250a082409c74070ac2bf3cfa7869e3cfd4ff832 UCLA DAILY BRUIN EDITORIAL BOARD ADOPTS POLICY CLASSIFYING 'DEADNAMING' AS PROHIBITED SPEECH. The Daily Bruin editorial board at the University of California, Los Angeles endorsed a university system-wide policy classifying “misgendering” or “deadnaming” transgender individuals as prohibited conduct. Read more here. MARRIAGE THE SIX COUNTRIES WHERE MARRIAGE RATES ARE RISING AGAIN. For years, the story about marriage in most wealthy nations has been one of steady retreat, but a handful of countries have started bending the curve in the opposite direction, namely South Korea, China, Spain, Finland, Sweden and the United States. Read more here. HUMAN SEXUALITY MICHIGAN AGREES NOT TO ENFORCE ‘CONVERSION THERAPY’ BAN AFTER SUPREME COURT RULING. The state of Michigan is backing down from enforcing a law that bans Christian counselors from helping children overcome gender confusion or homosexual inclinations, as part of a settlement with religious objectors. Read more here. Read Online https://familywatch.org/newswire/?inf_contact_key=0c17fd13dccf3f08c77d1d0a250a082409c74070ac2bf3cfa7869e3cfd4ff832 NATION'S LARGEST CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY CONTINUES LGBTQ STUDIES AS CRITICS QUESTION ITS MISSION. DePaul University, the largest Catholic university in the U.S., is marking 22 years of its LGBTQ Studies minor while continuing to expand LGBT programming that critics say conflicts with Catholic teaching. Read more here. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY CANADIAN POLITICIAN MUST PAY CHRISTIAN GROUP $30K FOR CANCELING THEIR EVENT. Three years after illegally cancelling a Christian group’s event for its pro-life views, Quebec’s former tourism minister Caroline Proulx has been ordered to personally pay Harvest Ministries International $30,000 by a Quebec judge for violating their right to freedom of speech. Read more here. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES DENIES SERVICE TO CHRISTIAN TRAVELER. Pacific Justice Institute reported that it has filed suit against Southwest Airlines on behalf of one of its employees, claiming Southwest violated California’s public accommodations law by refusing service because of the customer’s Christian beliefs. Read more here. Read Online https://familywatch.org/newswire/?inf_contact_key=0c17fd13dccf3f08c77d1d0a250a082409c74070ac2bf3cfa7869e3cfd4ff832 SEX EDUCATION LEFTISTS COMPLAIN ABOUT TRUMP ADMIN REQUIRING ‘SEX ED’ PROGRAMS TO FOCUS ON ABSTINENCE. The Trump administration continues to work to redirect federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program funds away from programs that promote sexual promiscuity in favor of lessons that affirm marriage and family, to the chagrin of left-wing activists and their allies in the media. Read more here. OPINION & ANALYSIS ANOTHER TOP FEMALE ATHLETE FOLLOWS SOPHIE’S LEAD — DEMANDS TESTING TO KEEP MEN OUT OF HER SPORT, by Rusty Weiss. "Aryna Sabalenka, the current No. 1 women's tennis player in the world and a four-time major champion, is endorsing the Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) newly implemented genetic testing requirements for its athletes. Speaking at a press conference during the Canadian Open, the Belarusian star discussed the need to preserve fairness on the women’s tour." Read more here. SOFTBALL HALL OF FAMER ON THE FUTURE OF MEN IN WOMEN'S SPORTS - 'GIRLS ARE GOING TO GE WIPED OUT,' by Becky Noble. “As the ridiculous battle over biological men playing in women's sports inexplicably rages on, the most inexplicable thing that has come from it is actual women who either really cannot see the implications, both physical and otherwise, or are too afraid to admit to the alphabet mafia that they really do and won't speak up." Read more here. Read Online https://familywatch.org/newswire/?inf_contact_key=0c17fd13dccf3f08c77d1d0a250a082409c74070ac2bf3cfa7869e3cfd4ff832 I WILL NEVER FORGET WHEN THIS ABORTION CENTER WAS FINALLY DEMOLISHED, by Maria Gallagher. “If you drove through Harrisburg, heading west toward the state Capitol building, you couldn’t miss Ed Snell’s house. It was the abode with a sign out front protesting abortion and the politicians who supported it. Protest day was every day for Ed. While abortion remains a hidden tragedy much of the time, the military veteran was determined to showcase the horror of little lives lost in abortion facilities.” Read more here. FRENCH TRANS PHENOM JULIE TÉTART LOOKS WNBA-READY — SO WHY HASN’T THE ‘INCLUSIVE’ LEAGUE CALLED?, by Joe Kinsey. “French trans basketball player Julie Tétart is waiting for a call from one of the inclusive WNBA teams who needs a 6'3 scoring and rebounding machine. During the 2025-26 season for a club team in Monaco, Tétart dominated the second-tier French women's basketball Ligue 2 by dropping 21 points per game while grabbing 20 rebounds. The biological male, who came out as trans in October 2021, led the league in both categories. ...With those numbers, the WNBA should be knocking down Tétart's door, right?” Read more here. Read Online https://familywatch.org/newswire/?inf_contact_key=0c17fd13dccf3f08c77d1d0a250a082409c74070ac2bf3cfa7869e3cfd4ff832 4TH CIRCUIT DUCKED THE REAL QUESTION IN PRONOUN CASE, by Jay Rogers. “A Maryland school district can order a substitute teacher to use a student’s chosen pronouns and, according to the same policy, forbid her from telling that student’s parents. Kimberly Polk sued Montgomery County Public Schools over that combination, and in January the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against her, 2-1.” Read more here. LITTLE-KNOWN BUREAUCRATIC PROCEDURE PUSHED MEDICAL INSURANCE TO BE MORE PRO-TRANS, by Chris Bray. “Cultural shifts sometimes happen in ways you can’t help but notice, like the sudden growth of transgender themes on television. But there are also a bunch of quiet maneuvers you don’t see, producing change through obscure bureaucratic procedures.” Read more here. Miss a Family Watch Newswire? 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