States Fight to Stop Medicaid Payments for Abortion, Designer Babies, and the Sports Gambling Crisis

Authors: John Stonestreet | Maria Baer

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday on South Carolina’s attempt to stop Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. Geneticists are promoting frightening plans to create babies to specifications. And gambling on sports continues to grow, leaving problems in its wake.

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NYT: This baby was carefully selected as an embryo.

ADF: Supreme Court to Hear Case About States’ Funding of Abortion Facilities

Segment 1 - States Try to Stop Medicaid Payments for Abortion

FOX: Who is Stephanie Turner? Women's fencer who knelt to protest trans opponent and ignited global awareness

ADF: Planned Parenthood Does Not Deserve Your Tax Dollars

Segment 2 - Designer Babies

NYT: This baby was carefully selected as an embryo.

CBS: "What kind of society do you want to live in?": Inside the country where Down syndrome is disappearing

First Things: Who Owns the Embryos?

CNN: Gosnell horror fuels fight for abortion laws

Breakpoint: Inventors of CRISPR Win Nobel Prize, but Should We “Rewrite the Code of Life?”

Segment 3 - The Sports Gambling Crisis

WORLD: Gambling scandals hover over college and pro basketball

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