Everyday thousands of children are being sexually abused. You can stop the abuse of at least one child by simply praying. You can possibly stop the abuse of thousands of children by forwarding the link in First Time Visitor? by email, Twitter or Facebook to every Christian you know. Save a child or lots of children!!!! Do Something, please!

3:15 PM prayer in brief:
Pray for God to stop 1 child from being molested today.
Pray for God to stop 1 child molestation happening now.
Pray for God to rescue 1 child from sexual slavery.
Pray for God to save 1 girl from genital circumcision.
Pray for God to stop 1 girl from becoming a child-bride.
If you have the faith pray for 100 children rather than one.
Give Thanks. There is more to this prayer here

Please note: All my writings and comments appear in bold italics in this colour

Sunday 31 October 2021

Today's USA Pervs and Pedos List > Teacher of the Year Arrested; Several More Perverted Stories

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Lake Co., Fla. sex offender accused of using 13-year-old in

child sex abuse video

October 31, 2021

Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann has announced the filing of a criminal complaint charging 60-year-old Perry Cleothas Gentry of Sorrento, with using a minor child to produce a video that depicted sexually explicit conduct. Gentry faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 25 years, and up to 50 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release. Gentry is a registered sex offender, having been convicted of a prior child sex offense in 1991.

According to court documents, Gentry was arrested on May 5, 2021, by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office for violating the requirements of his sex offender registration. A subsequent search of his cellphone revealed that he had created a video recording using an internal camera security system in his home. This video depicts Gentry exposing the genitalia of a 13-year-old boy in view of a camera located in Gentry’s bedroom that is aimed at his bed. After creating the video, Gentry uploaded a copy to his cellphone. Agents with the Department of Homeland Security were subsequently able to identify the child.

A complaint is merely a charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael P. Felicetta.        

This is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

Any person who was, or knows of someone who may have been, a possible child victim is urged to contact HSI at 1-866-DHS-2423 or the online tip form.




Angelina Co., Tx. Sex Offender Registry

Oct 30, 2021 

The Texas Department of Public Safety’s sex offender registry is free to access by anyone online. There, mugshots of those registered, their address, threat level and charges are among the information that can be gathered. Those outside of city limits have the nearest city included in their address.

Just one county in Texas!


Additionally, DPS has an interactive map that pinpoints approximately where those on the registry are located, according to the listed address.

The following list includes those who were on the registry as of Oct. 29, listed in alphabetical order by last name. Also included is each individual’s age, location, charge and registration end date, if applicable.

Those who wish to view the registry or to search for nearby offenders may visit the DPS Sex Offender Registry website at https://publicsite.dps.texas.gov/SexOffenderRegistry.

Or, you may see the list mentioned above at Lufkin Daily News.

Angelina Co., Tx



Senator Marsha Blackburn introduces bipartisan bill

to remove sex abuse lawsuit barriers

by: Ben Gilliam
Posted: Oct 30, 2021 / 09:00 AM EDT

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJHL)U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn has paired with Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to widen the scope of possible lawsuits against sex abusers through the new “Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims” Act.

According to a release from Blackburn’s office, the new bill aims to remove statutes of limitations in federal civil suit cases raised by victims of sex abuse.

“Finally eliminating civil child sexual abuse statutes of limitations will allow survivors to have their day in court and a moment of healing,” Durbin said.  “This is commonsense, bipartisan legislation and I encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support.”

As it stands, victims of sex abuse have 10 years from the date the abuse occurred or the date they turned 18, according to 18 U.S. Code § 2255.

One common aspect of many sex abuse cases is delayed disclosure, where victims are unable or unwilling to report the abuse for years after the fact. Blackburn says the 10-year statute of limitations doesn’t account for this delay.

No kidding, I was abused at 3 and 4 years of age and didn't become aware of it until I was 36. 

“The statute of limitations for sexual abuse offenses should never prohibit young survivors from getting the justice they deserve,” said Blackburn. “The bipartisan effort to eliminate the civil child sexual abuse statute of limitations is a critical step to guarantee survivors their day in court.”

The last expansion of federal civil statutes of limitation took place in 2018, raising to the current 28-year-old or 10-year limit.




Humboldt DA: Mark Dare sentenced to 46 years to life in prison

for child sex abuse crimes

by MICHAEL PATTERSON
Friday, October 29th 2021

Then 55-year-old Mark Dare when he was arrested for several child sexual abuse charges in Jan. of 2018.


EUREKA, Calif. — Mark Alan Dare will likely never be a free man again after the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office says he was sentenced to the maximum term for his crimes.

Humboldt County Judge Christopher Wilson reportedly sentenced the 56-year-old Dare to the maximum term of 46 years to life in prison.

The sentence comes after Dare was convicted by a jury in Oct. of 2020 for sexually abusing multiple children between 2007 and 2012, according to the district attorney's office.

In a press release from the DA, two of Dare's victims spoke during his sentencing hearing and requested the maximum sentence. The district attorney's office requested the maximum sentence as well.




MCSO volunteer arrested on child sex abuse charges

POSTED ON OCT 29, 2021 

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA)- Investigators said a man who spent some time volunteering inside the Mobile County Sheriff's office found himself next door, inside Metro Jail.

According to court documents, Jimmy Darrel Green, who is 74 years old, was charged with sexually abusing a child under 12 years old between 2014 and 2019.

Investigators said Green was a volunteer for the Mobile County Sheriff's Office and helped deputies out with administrative work.

Deputies said the volunteer work included doing clerical work, like sorting paperwork and calling people that filed reports with the sheriff's office.

Green is free on bond.

According to investigators, there could be another child sex abuse arrest involving another person within the sheriff's office, soon.

FOX10 News will keep you updated.




‘Child molesters and sexual offenders don’t have fangs,’ judge says

during sentencing of St. George man

Written by Cody Blowers
October 29, 2021

Composite image with background photo of 5th District Court in St. George, Utah. Inset photo of
Clinton Douglas Gibson taken during sentencing hearing via video in St. George, Utah, Oct. 27, 2021
Photo by Ron Chaffin, St. George News


ST. GEORGE — A St. George man who pleaded guilty to forcible sexual abuse charges appeared in 5th District Court for a sentencing hearing, during which the judge showed frustration while delivering the ruling in the case.

On Wednesday, 44-year-old Clinton Douglas Gibson appeared before District Judge G. Michael Westfall for sentencing on two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse.

Gibson was originally charged with three second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse and two third-degree felony counts of tampering with a witness, but one count of sexual abuse and both counts of tampering with a witness were dismissed under the terms of a plea agreement.

The charges stem from an investigation that began in April when authorities received a report accusing Gibson of sexually abusing an underaged family member, abuse that continued over the course of six months, according to charging documents filed with the courts.

Through the course of the investigation, detectives learned of a second youth who was also allegedly abused by the suspect, and when interviewed by detectives, the juvenile disclosed similar instances of inappropriate touching and sexual contact, abuse that police say began very recently.

When officers scheduled the interview with Gibson for the following day, April 13, the defendant was ordered to not have any contact with the youths. Within hours of the order, Gibson reportedly went to the juveniles’ home and attempted to pressure them into retracting their statements, and then spoke to them a second time after following the girls to school.

Later that same day, he turned himself into police and was transported to Purgatory Correctional Facility where he has remained since his arrest. He was subsequently charged with two counts of tampering with a witness.

During Wednesday’s hearing, Prosecutor Zachary Weiland said what made this case particularly tragic is that one of the youths was adopted out of the foster care system. After suffering abuse from the adolescent’s family of origin, she was removed from the home and placed in the home of someone who was entrusted to protect her.

The defendant chose not to do that, the prosecutor said.

Instead, Gibson preyed upon the young girl, Weiland said, and then he blamed the child for the abuse – saying it was her fault. Worse still, he said, there was a second victim who came forward and described similar abuse suffered at the hands of the defendant.

“It truly disgusts me,” he added.

The prosecutor closed by saying that as a society, the message is that no child should be preyed upon, and if it happens, then society demands a lengthy jail sentence. He then asked the court to sentence Gibson to two years in jail – one year for each child abused, to be served consecutively.

What does one year in jail have to do with "society demands a lengthy jail sentence"?

Gibson’s defense attorney, Edward Flint, also spoke during the hearing, and opened by referring to the two victim impact letters filed with the court prior to the hearing. He described the letters as being very helpful and instructive to the court, both in showing the progress of the victims as well as the defendant.

Both letters also described Gibson as a good parent, even though he has some problems, Flint said, adding that “it looks like both of them are concluding that (Gibson) shouldn’t be locked up for a long, long time.”

Flint argued that the progress his client has made is an element that makes the him a good candidate for probation – in lieu of prison. He also mentioned a doctor’s report that stated Gibson is 98.99%  likely to successfully complete treatment and to never reoffend.

Yeah, right! Would you want him around your daughter?

Flint described his client as a good father, and with treatment can become the father he has always wanted to be, rather than the type of father that causes harm. The attorney also said Gibson’s progress should be the main factor in determining his appropriate sentence, which, he argued, should be probation – not prison.

With that, Flint asked the court to sentence his client to 210 days in jail and 48-months’ probation, as well as all other sentencing recommendations as set forth in the presentence report. 

The defendant also addressed the court by saying he has always cared deeply for his children, and he has spent a great deal of time thinking about the lies he told himself, including that his actions would not cause anyone pain.

“But I knew better,” he said.

He said he was ashamed of his actions and that he wanted his family to know that none of what happened is their fault, and said he was committed to having a positive effect on the healing process his family is undergoing, a process he said will continue for the next several years.

Most of all, he said he wanted his family and the court to know how much he cares for his children. 

Westfall opened by saying, “What most people don’t understand is that child molesters and sexual offenders don’t have fangs and walk around in trench coats.”

Instead, Westfall said, they are people who have done good things with their lives. That does not, however, excuse the type of conduct that happened here, he said.

“It absolutely does not,” the judge said. “Your background prepared you to not do this.” Westfall added that the defendant’s whole life has progressed toward not committing these crimes, but he “did it anyway.”

He also said despite the state’s recommendation of jail time, he was considering a prison sentence. “I seriously am considering it all right,” Westfall added.

When it came down to the ruling, the judge followed the guidelines set forth in the presentence report, and he suspended the prison term of 1-15 years for each charge; one for each of the victims. He then sentenced Gibson to serve one year in jail on each charge to run consecutively, for a total of two years. Gibson was also given credit for the 198 days he already served.

Upon his release, the defendant would be placed on 48 months’ probation and ordered to comply with Level 1 sex offender requirements, one of which requires the defendant to register as a sex offender for 10 years.




Michigan sex offender convicted on 5 counts of child pornography

by Mid-Michigan NOW newsroom
Friday, October 29th 2021

BAY CITY, Mich., - In Roscommon County, Scott Lantzy, 49, has been convicted on charges of possessing, receiving, and transporting child pornography, according to Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.

Officials say, Lantzy, a previous convicted felon with multiple prior criminal sexual conduct convictions, impersonated an EMT worker to befriend an injured high school student and even accompanied him to the hospital.

A few months before the football game, prosecutors say Lantzy befriended another high school student who testified at the trial that while housesitting for Lantzy, the student was called him and told that he had left him a camera and condoms and that the student was urged to send pictures of what he and his friend were doing while house sitting.

When Lantzy returned to the house, the student testified that he saw pictures of child pornography on Lantzy’s personal cell phone.

Roscommon County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant on Lantzy’s home.

The trial last 4-daays and took jurors only 45-minutes to deliberate in which ultimately Lantzy was found guilty of two counts of possession/ access with intent to view child pornography; one count of possession of child pornography; one count of transportation of child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography.

Lantzy is facing a maximum sentence of 40 years in a federal prison and will learn of his sentence, February 3, 2022.




Salinas man found guilty of 19 counts of child molestation


SALINAS, Calif. (KION) A jury found Luis Cejas Nunez, 44, guilty of molesting two victims on 19 counts. All the counts are considered violent felonies and "strikes" under California's Three Strike law.

One victim said Nunez sexually abused him from when he was around 7 years old until he was 14 years old. The victim's sister, also reported that Nunez sexually assaulted her from when she was 5 years old until she was 12 years old. Both victims said they waited many years to report the crimes because they were embarrassed about what happened to them. They also said they loved Nunez.

An expert in the psychological effects of child sexual abuse testified that it's common for victims to not say anything for many years after the crime was committed because of several factors. Among them are power imbalance between the perpetrator and the victim, threats to not say anything, fear, and even affection for the perpetrator if they're a close family member, friend, or authority figure.

Nunez will be sentenced on Dec. 1 and will be facing up to 258 years to life in state prison and will be required to register as a sex offender for life.




Darnell-Cookman Teacher of the Year arrested

and charged with abusing student

Emily Bloch
Florida Times-Union

A Duval Schools English teacher who was just named Teacher of the Year at Darnell-Cookman Middle/High has been charged with a count of child abuse against a student at the school. 

Caroline Melanie Lee, 60, was arrested Friday. 

The arrest came after a student said Lee called her into her classroom to speak privately and allegedly struck her on the face causing a bloody nose, according to a Duval Schools Police report.

Lee, the student — who is a minor and is not named in the report — and other witnesses told the responding police officer that the incident began with a conversation about an Instagram post earlier this week. 

On Wednesday, the Duval County Public Schools Instagram account posted a photo of Lee, congratulating her for being named the school's Teacher of the Year. But several comments on the post questioned the win, asking if Lee was the same teacher who used the 'n' word during instruction and alleging other microaggressions committed against students, according to the police report. The original Instagram post and comments has since been deleted. 

Lee responded to one of the comments and also explained to a police officer Friday that she used the 'n' word when reading the novel 'Of Mice and Men' in class. Teachings of the book have previously come under fire across the country, raising the question of how to ethically teach readings with terms and phrases that are no longer acceptable. 

While the N word is completely unacceptable to use today, avoiding the use in historical literature fails to teach students how black people were humiliated for hundreds of years. 

Friday, Lee asked to speak with that student privately in her classroom, despite the student not being in any of her classes this year, according to the police report.

The student told police when she got in the classroom that Lee reached across the table and struck her several times, according to the police report, causing her nose to bleed. 

In the arrest report, the officer wrote that Lee acknowledged the conflict was the student's word against her own. Lee denied doing physical harm to the student. She said she wanted to talk to the student, after seeing a message on Instagram she thought was "a threat to kill her." But, she added, she was "not afraid" and "did not feel the need" to report the message to staff. 

The responding officer said school surveillance footage shows Lee "walking at an aggressive pace" to her classroom before the incident and the student, about four minutes later, leaving the classroom holding her face and walking with a "low demeanor" to a guidance counselor's office, where she reported the incident. 

Lee told police, according to the report, that she left her door open when the student was in her classroom. But police said another student, who was decorating Lee's classroom door that morning, said Lee asked him to leave and she closed the door behind him. The student reported hearing the teacher raise her voice as he was standing in the hallway.

Lee was arrested that morning after the officer spoke with the student victim, Lee and four witnesses — though no one else was inside the classroom with Lee and the student. 

Following the arrest, the school's Principal Tyrus Lyles called students' families with the news. 

"It is very disappointing, but I am compelled to share with you that one of our teachers was arrested today on campus for child abuse," he said. "Even more disappointing, the teacher arrested is our recent teacher of the year nominee."

Lyles said he is in contact with the student's family. 

Duval Schools says the situation is 'beyond disturbing'

In response to the incident, Duval Schools Superintendent Diana Greene released a statement calling the situation "beyond disturbing." 

"What is alleged should never occur—ever—especially in a school setting," she said. "I have no tolerance for adults who harm children, especially adults in a position of trust. We will cooperate with all investigations, and pending those results, we will take the actions necessary to stand up for and protect our students.”

Lee has been removed from the classroom and will not return, pending judicial and internal procedures, the principal said. 



Saturday 30 October 2021

Today's Global Pervs and Paedos List > Paedo Uses Neighbour's WiFi; Another Met Officer Charged with Rape; Rape Culture in UK Universities

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Paedophile used unsuspecting neighbour's Wifi to download

30,000 videos and images of children

By Fatima Aziz Trainee reporter
05:00, 22 OCT 2021
Lancs Live

39 year old Christopher Meade from Burnley jailed for three years


A man found with more than 30,000 videos of children has been jailed.

Christopher Meade, 39, from Burnley was sentenced to three years imprisonment after police found thousands of images and videos involving children being sexually abused.

Preston Crown Court heard today that the defendant was discovered after the police traced the address of a neighbour living opposite to Meade.

On June 20 2019, police officers arrived at Spencer Street in Burnley and were greeted by a man who denied any involvement in the allegations made. When investigating further, officers asked the individual if anyone other than himself had access to his internet which led to the discovery of the defendant.

The court heard that Meade had admitted to using a router and had access to the internet of the house opposite. After getting access into the property from the defendant, officers explained the nature of their investigation which was when “the defendant became evasive” to which he then said he wished to speak to his solicitor.

Meade confirmed he had a computer in his bedroom but refused to provide a password which resulted in him being arrested and taken to the police station. During the search of a USB and desktop, 30,265 videos were discovered of which 530 category A (most serious) were found and 1015 category B were found. A further 28,720 category C images were found along with 65 extreme pornographic images, involving animals.

Officers who examined the content identified children aged between seven-nine, eight-10 and 10-12The court heard that the defendant had collated all of the indecent images and videos over a span of seven years from November 2012 to June 2019.

Mr Toale, defending, stated that the defendant made no objections to the allegations and never planned to share, network or contact like-minded individuals.

He said: “The defendant was isolated in his own room accessing these types of images for his own personal consumption. He struggled to get his own head around the number of images over time and (was) shocked at what the experts found during the investigation.”

The defence explained how Meade now wanted to move on, away from the offence.

Passing sentencing, Judge Simon Medland QC recapped the number of images and videos that were discovered during the search.

He said: “These are real children who are really being abused by other people and it often stays with them for the rest of their lives.

“You showed little remorse and liability and denied sexual attraction to children which I completely reject. I have considered the reports in the case. The seriousness of this case greatly outweighs the mitigation. My public duty is clear to me - you must go to prison.”

The judge handed Meade a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and made him subject to notification requirements for life.




Serving Met Police officer charged with rape

over alleged incident while off-duty

27 Oct, 2021 15:37

The sign outside New Scotland Yard is reflected outside the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police
in central London, March 6, 2014. © REUTERS / Andrew Winning


An officer who served in the Metropolitan Police’s East Area Command Unit was charged by the City of London Police on Wednesday with rape over an alleged incident that took place at the weekend.

A spokesperson for the Met Police confirmed that the officer, 28-year-old PC Adam Zaman, has now been suspended from duty, following the decision to charge him with rape.

“I recognise that the public will be concerned to hear that a serving police officer has been charged with such a serious offence,” said Detective Chief Superintendent Paul Trevers, Policing Commander for the East Area Command Unit. Trevers added that authorities “acted swiftly when this allegation was reported to us.”

The police service has informed the Directorate of Professional Standards of the incident and the situation has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. This is the latest scandal to hit the Met Police service. Earlier in October, the force’s commissioner, Cressida Dick, said she was “deeply concerned” after 46-year-old police officer David Carrick was charged with rape over an alleged assault that reportedly took place while he was off duty on September 4, 2020.

Some 771 Met Police officers and staff have faced sexual misconduct allegations over the past 11 years, with only 83 individuals being fired from the service, according to data obtained by iNews under a Freedom of Information request. During that time, 163 officers from the Met were arrested for sexual offences, with 38 of those later convicted.

The latest allegation comes in the wake of the rape and murder of Sarah Everard by serving police officer Wayne Couzens, who used his official police ID while off duty to fake an arrest to abduct the 33-year-old. Couzens was later handed a rare whole-life sentence for the crime that sent shockwaves through the UK.

The Met Police has appointed social welfare expert Baroness Louise Casey to conduct a review of the culture and standards within the service in an effort to rebuild the public’s trust in the force following the recent revelations.




Study says male students at British universities admit to rapes,

sexual aggression

By UPI Staff

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A new study is shining a light on attitudes about rape, sexual harassment and misogyny among male British students after it found that several admitted to such behaviors at more than 100 universities across the country.



The assessment, which was published this week by SAGE Journals, comprised of two different surveys -- one which surveyed about 300 students at about 100 British universities and one that polled roughly 250 students at a university in southeastern Britain.

The 27-page report, believed to be the first of its kind, found that 63 of the students said that they'd committed more than 250 sexual assaults, rapes or other aggressive incidents over the past two years.

That would be aggregate, not each! Most aggressors reported 2 or 3 acts in the past two years, even though the average would seem to be more than 4.

This is the Culture of Rape that abounds in western universities, and, I believe, has its roots in adolescent access to pornography.

For the surveys, the students were asked about their views on a range of sexual scenarios and their perception of women and romantic relationships.

The report, titled "Understanding Sexual Aggression in U.K. Male University Students," links toxic masculinity and sexual violence.

"Results highlighted that one in nine participants (11.4%) self-reported recent sexual aggression," the report states.

"These participants could be statistically differentiated from their non-offending peers on various established indicators of general sexual offending, of which logistic regression analyses highlighted atypical sexual fantasies, general aggression, hostility toward women and rape myth acceptance as being the most reliable predictors."

According to the study, many students who confessed to sexual crimes also admitted to holding misogynistic views, such as having fantasies about rape and sexual torture and believing that intoxicated women are responsible if they are assaulted.

According to the research,it's estimated that about one in five women in universities across developed nations will become targets of sexual violence. It recommends more prevention work on campuses to prevent sexual harm, such as using staffers to work with sexually aggressive students.

"Male sexual aggression is an international public health issue that plagues universities," the report says.

"Whole-university sexual violence campaigns have shown [great] promise -- particularly at reducing rape myth acceptance and increasing awareness of sexual violence among students -- and may also offer promising avenues for reducing rates of university-based sexual aggression."



Friday 29 October 2021

Approaching Sodom > Forced Conversion Therapy to be Banned in B.C.; Sussex U. Out of Stock; "Forced" Conversions to be Outlawed in UK; El School Goes to Gay Bar; Italy Kills Gay Rights Bill

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Legislation to ban conversion practices tabled in B.C. Legislature

CBC News · 
Posted: Oct 28, 2021 2:23 PM PT

Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau pictured in 2020. Furstenau on Thursday tabled legislation that would, if passed, ban conversion practices across the province. (Michael McArthur/CBC)


The B.C. Green Party has tabled legislation that would ban conversion practices across the province.

The legislation introduced Thursday would prohibit any attempts to forcibly change another person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, penalizing anybody who tries it.

"Many conversion practices are targeted to young people and have devastating and lasting effects on their mental well-being. This bill would protect the LGBTQIA2S+ community from the harms of these false treatments," Leader Sonia Furstenau wrote on Twitter after tabling the legislation herself.

Conversion therapy is the discredited practice of forcing people to undergo any treatment aimed at altering sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. It is also known as "reparative therapy" or "aversion therapy."

The B.C. Ministry of Health has described it as an unethical, "terrible, abusive practice" not supported by science.

What, in the world of gender identity, is supported by science?

The Greens brought forward the first iteration of the bill in 2019, but it only applied to people under the age of 19. It did not reach second reading.

A statement from the party Thursday said the new legislation includes both adults and minors and "updates language by request of the community to better capture conversion practices and the harm they cause."

If the legislation passes, B.C. would become the sixth province or territory in the country to ban the practice. It is already prohibited in Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, the Yukon and Quebec.

"We are delighted to see this historic legislation introduced in British Columbia," Nick Schiavo, the founder of No Conversion Canada, a non-profit dedicated to ending the practice, said in a statement.

"Across the country, provinces and territories have stepped up to fight this abuse, and now it's time for B.C. to do the same."

The federal government also plans to "reintroduce" stalled legislation to criminalize the practice at the national level.

Bill C-6 was passed by the House of Commons in June, but did not make it to a vote in the Senate before the summer break and ultimately died when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the election.

Surprisingly, I am OK with this legislation as long as it only bans forced conversions. It must not get to the point of banning willing conversions.




It appears that there is no place for intelligent, articulate discourse in British Universities anymore, but bullying is OK.


‘Very difficult years’: Renowned philosophy professor Kathleen Stock

quits Sussex University after harassment by trans activists

29 Oct, 2021 13:47 

© Instagram / antiterfsussex


Kathleen Stock, an acclaimed UK philosophy professor, has decided to leave the University of Sussex after transgender activists demanded that she be fired for “transphobic” statements.

“This has been an absolutely horrible time for me and my family. I’m putting it behind me now,” the academic tweeted, announcing her departure after “a very difficult few years.” Stock thanked the university for stating that bullying and harassment for legally held beliefs is unacceptable.

In a letter published on the university’s website, Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell called Stock’s departure “a loss to us all,” thanking the professor for her tenure at Sussex.

“The University has been consistent and clear that everyone in our community has the right to work and learn, free from bullying and harassment of any kind, which has not been the case for Professor Stock,” Tickell said. He added that it is unlawful to discriminate against anyone “on the grounds of sex and of philosophical belief.”

Stock, who describes herself as a feminist, has written books about various culture topics, including feminism, sexual objectification, and aesthetics. In December 2020, she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to higher education.

Trans activists have accused Stock of being a transphobe and waged a largely anonymous campaign to get her fired. The calls intensified this month when flyers were posted around the campus and several people in masks were photographed holding signs that read: “Stock Out.” 

An online group calling itself Anti Terf Sussex described Stock as “one of this wretched island’s most prominent transphobes, espousing a bastardised variation of radical feminism.” Trans activists use the term ‘terf’ to describe anyone they regard as a “trans exclusionary radical feminist.”

Stock denied the allegations of transphobia, but she has in the past criticised some ideas championed by transgender rights groups.

In a 2018 op-ed for the Economist, she argued that changing the concept of ‘woman’ to include anyone identifying as transgender will “cause unintended harms” to biological women. “I think we should also ask whether self-declaration alone could reasonably be the only criterion of being trans,” she wrote.

The professor wrote on her personal website this month that the toxic gender identity debate “has allowed a few students with totalitarian tendencies to have a disproportionate chilling effect on the rest.” She told the Guardian in May that the environment has made academics afraid that their careers will suffer if they speak their mind about transgender issues.

God bless you, Dr. Stock. You deserve a long and comfortable retirement, though I fear this present darkness will follow you.




Victory for common sense? UK govt plans to BAN

conversion therapies for children & vulnerable adults

29 Oct, 2021 13:40

Reclaim Pride march in London. July 24, 2021. © Reuters / Beresford Hodge


A UK government plan to criminalise non-consensual sexuality conversion therapy has drawn a mixed response; critics claim it could be “weaponised” against trans groups, while supporters have termed it a “victory for common sense.”

The proposed plan will make it illegal to try to coerce unwilling individuals – particularly children and vulnerable adults unable to properly consent – to change their sexual preferences or gender identity. But it will permit consenting adults to choose to undergo controversial conversion therapy programmes – while also placing “robust and stringent” requirements on informed consent.

While violent forms of conversion therapy are already punishable under separate offences, the new plan will reportedly make all forms of such therapies punishable by a maximum five-year prison term. The proposal also notes that sentencing for violent offences found to be motivated by conversion therapy must consider it a “potential aggravating factor.”

Announcing a six-week public consultation until December 10 to determine how to legislate the ban, the Government Equalities Office (GEO) stated on Friday that it would explore appropriate sentencing for “physical conversion therapy acts” and introduce ‘Conversion Therapy Protection Orders’ to protect potential victims – which would include seizing the passports of those deemed at risk of being taken overseas for conversion therapy.

Following the consultation period, Women and Equalities Minister Liz Truss will tailor the proposal according to the responses, with the aim of preparing and drawing up legislation by spring 2022. The GEO said it had developed a “practical package of interventions” after discussions with key stakeholders and victims of conversion therapy – many of whom detailed the negative impacts on their mental health.

“There should be no place for the abhorrent practice of coercive conversion therapy in our society,” Truss said, adding that the government was committed to banning an “archaic practice that has no place in modern life” to “make sure LGBT people can live their lives free from the threat of harm or abuse.”

Under the proposals, the work done by regulated medical professionals like psychiatrists and doctors will be protected. But unidentified government sources told The Times that organisations such as Mermaids – a non-profit that counsels children with so-called gender dysphoria – could be outlawed.

The announcement prompted a mixture of responses from social media users, with several commenters applauding the move as a “victory for common sense” that would “save thousands from irreversible harm.” But critics viewed the proposal with suspicion. One person said it “completely [misunderstands] the power dynamics” in conversion therapy and claimed it would be “weaponised” against trans charities.

Noting that “love” was “not a pathology” that needed “treating,” Conservative MP Alicia Kearns tweeted that the “robust” proposals would “protect LGBTQ+ people from bigotry and quackery packaged up by sinister charlatans to snare and profit off the vulnerable.”

But a number of people, including Kearns, raised concerns about the “legal definition” of coercion and the informed consent requirements – with some calling it a possible “loophole”. The government’s former LGBT adviser, Jayne Ozanne, criticised the plan for exempting religious practices. According to the GEO, religious teachings and private prayer would not be construed as conversion therapy.

“If LGBT+ people are being shamed & pressured to go straight by family, religious leaders or their peers, they cannot give genuine consent,” LGBT activist Peter Tatchell tweeted.




‘Inappropriate’ Florida elementary school trip to gay bar angers parents

29 Oct, 2021 11:54

© Twitter / @bcpsleonardi


A Florida school board member received backlash this week after she took an elementary school class on a field trip to a gay bar with suggestive menu items.

Broward school board member Sarah Leonardi posted photos of the school trip on Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday which showed the masked children sitting inside the rainbow-themed bar.

“I was SO honored to be invited to chaperone Wilton Manors Elementary’s field trip to the incredible Rosie’s! The students and I had a fun walk over and learned a lot about our community!” Leonardi wrote, before thanking the bar “for hosting this special field trip every year” – an indication that it was not the first time such a trip took place.

Leonardi’s post angered many people on social media, who questioned why children were being taken to an adult, alcohol-oriented venue for a school trip instead of a more appropriate location like a museum or the zoo.

“What was educational about this? Like really, what the hell did they actually do?” asked one man on Facebook, while another person quipped, “Next, they’ll be ordering tequila & vodka shooters with Jell-O shots on the side, for the kiddies. Dumb move on the Board Member and teacher.”

Others called for the board member to be fired and even arrested, protesting, “How can you be allowed to take children to a place like this?!”

The menu at Rosie’s Bar and Grill – which describes itself as a venue for those who are “LBGTQ+ or an ally” and was the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s ‘Best Gay Bar’ of 2015 – features such items as ‘Ivana Hooker’, ‘Miley Highclub’, ‘Rhoda Cowboy’, and ‘Young Ranch Hand’, however the children were provided with a more child-friendly menu during their trip.

Some members of the community attempted to defend the board member, arguing that the trip helps children gain life skills, such as how to order food and pay a bill.

“My family and I go to Rosie’s often and our child believes that the mac and cheese is magic,” one man said, calling on critics to “get a life.”

Good grief! Your poor children.




Protests hit Italy after Senate kills bill broadening

LGBT community’s rights

29 Oct, 2021 10:52


Demonstrators took to the streets in Rome and Milan, following Italy’s Senate vote on an anti-homophobia bill. It proposed to equate anti-LGBT discrimination with racism, and raise sex orientation and gender topics at schools.

The controversial document, known as the ‘Zan bill’ after its initiator, Italy’s center-left MP and LGBT rights activist Alessandro Zan, was rejected by 154 votes in the Senate on Wednesday, while 131 members voted in favor. First introduced in the lower house of parliament in May 2018, it passed the House of Representatives last year in November, but faced challenges in the Senate. Parliament will now be unable to reopen discussions on the proposed law for the next six months, which leaves little time for it to be approved at all before the legislation expires. “The bill is dead,” senator Dario Parrini told Reuters.

“They talked about us for two years and then as if nothing had happened they threw us in the bin,” a protester in the streets of Rome told RT’s video agency Ruptly on Thursday. “But it is always better than having to accept a watered-down text,” she added.

With the bill having sparked heated arguments between liberals and conservatives, its opponents suggested amendments to the initial document. Italy’s Lega Nord leader and former interior minister Matteo Salvini said the pro-bill politicians’ refusal to dialogue turned the legislation into “years of useless discussions.” Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and Labor Minister Andrea Orlando called the Senate’s decision a “disgrace.”

“We understood that there was a scam,” a protester in the Italian capital told Ruptly, adding that her companions will “fight to get to our rights.”

If passed, the bill would have added new categories to Italy’s penal code section that specifically outlaws hate crimes and discrimination. The current ‘Mancino law’ from 1993 provides for punishment of discrimination acts on racial, ethnic, national and religious grounds. The new bill would have added acts of discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity, sex and disability to the list of offences legally punishable with prison sentences and fines.

“Three years ago I was attacked in broad daylight because of my hair color. I spent a month in hospital, it was a brutal homophobic act,” the bill’s supporter in Milan told Ruptly, adding that Italian forces decrying such acts of violence don’t get enough support from other political parties.

Largely seen as a bill aiming to fight homophobia and legally ban anti-LGBT violence, the legislation has also been criticized for its apparent interference with freedom of expression, and possible gay propaganda in Catholic schools.

Proposing to raise awareness of sex and gender-related issues within public institutions, including ones for minors, and officially recognize the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the bill became especially unpopular with right-wing politicians and the Vatican. The latter even lodged a formal diplomatic complaint against it, suggesting it might breach the freedom of thought of Catholics, and provide for prosecution of those who express opinions in favor of traditional heterosexual families. 



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Vatican enjoys diplomatic immunity, European human rights court says,

dismissing alleged child-abuse victims

12 Oct, 2021 14:58



The Vatican enjoys sovereign immunity that protects it from sexual-abuse lawsuits in local courts, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled, after a case was put forward by 24 people who claim to be victims.

On Tuesday, the top court dismissed a case submitted by two dozen people who claim to be survivors of child sexual abuse at the hands of the Catholic clergy from France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

The alleged survivors had initially filed a class action in the Ghent Court of First Instance against the Holy See and several high figures in the clergy in 2011, demanding €10,000 ($11,600) in compensation for each victim because of the Church’s “policy of silence on the issue of sexual abuse.”

The lawsuit complained, “of the structurally deficient way in which the Church had dealt with the known problem of sexual abuse within it.”

Just over two years later, however, the Ghent Court said that it did not have jurisdiction over the Holy See, prompting the individuals to escalate their case to the top European court.

The ECHR on Tuesday sided with the Belgian court in a 6-1 ruling, which concluded that it agreed with its findings that the Holy See enjoyed “diplomatic immunity” and “was recognized internationally as having the common attributes of a foreign sovereign, with the same rights and obligations as a state.”

Last week, a bombshell missive unveiled that up to 330,000 children were sexually abused by clergy and lay members of France’s Catholic Church over a period of seven decades. Between 2,900 to 3,200 priests and clergy were accused of assault during this time.

Olivier Savignac, head of victims’ association ‘Parler et Revivre’ (‘Speak Out and Live Again’), said the startling figures equate to “one aggressor for 70 victims,” which he said is “terrifying for the French society, for the Catholic Church.”

In the wake of the damning report, Pope Francis expressed his regret at the findings of the expose, remarking that “it is also my shame, our shame, my shame, for the incapacity of the Church for too long to put them at the center of its concerns,” and implored French bishops to “continue to make every effort so that similar tragedies will not be repeated.”

It's not just shame for its incredible abuse of children but it's sin against God. When is the Pope going to call the church to a massive repentance?




Holy Name Province releases list of Franciscan friars

credibly accused of child sex abuse


Many of the friars named have ties to the Diocese of Buffalo


By: Sean Mickey
Posted at 11:25 AM, Oct 14, 2021

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW)For the first time, Holy Name Province published a list of Franciscan friars with substantiated child sexual abuse and misconduct claims following a review of its files by an advisory firm.

Holy Name Province is not a place but a fraternity of Franciscan friars.

The newly released list contains the names of 23 friars, many of which have ties to the Diocese of Buffalo.

Among the clergy Holy Name Province has deemed to be credibly accused of child sexual abuse is Fr. Kevin J. Downey, O.F.M. Downey was a priest in the Diocese of Raleigh and an alumnus and former trustee of St. Bonaventure University.

Downey previously served as pastor at St. Bonaventure Parish in Allegany, N.Y.

He was placed on administrative leave by Holy Name Province in May 2016, just months after being named to the St. Bonaventure University Board of Trustees, following an allegation that he had committed sexual abuse of a minor in 1990.

An independent investigation found the claim credible, and Downey was removed from “all public ministries” in April 2017.

According to a university spokesperson, St. Bonaventure was not aware of any allegation against Downey when he was named a trustee. He then resigned before the allegation became public.

Despite the investigation's findings, Downey remains a friar, living at St. Anthony Friary in St. Petersburg, Fla., in the Diocese of St. Petersburg.

Fr. Kevin Downey O.F.M

According to its website, friars living at St. Anthony “are engaged in serving the community as teachers, campus ministers, parish associates, parish missionaries, week-end helpers, confessors, chaplains and spiritual directors.”

The friary houses retired and active friars “living the Gospel values according to the Rule of St. Francis of Assisi.”

In a written statement issued to the 7 Eyewitness News I-Team, a Holy Name Province spokesperson said, “Fr. Kevin Downey is technically still a priest, but he was permanently removed from all public ministries and ministerial environments more than four years ago.”

The friary where Downey resides is within short walking distance to two public parks and Tampa Bay.

Despite being accused several years ago, Downey remains listed in the Official Catholic Directory without designation or annotation that he was found to have committed sexual misconduct against a child.

Anchin, Block and Anchin LLP reviewed files of every Holy Name friar dating back to 1950, according to the province. Many of the names published based on Anchin’s review, findings, and recommendations had previously been made public.

Holy Name Province sent the list to the bishops of archdioceses and dioceses where the friars had been stationed in ministry.

"It is our humble view that Holy Name has successfully addressed the scourge of sexual abuse of minors and is now a model for training, safe environment policies and procedures, preventive practices and education, oversight, and outreach to abuse survivors," wrote Fr. Kevin Mullen, O.F.M Provincial Minister in a letter on the province's website.

Except for Fr Downey, of course. He can still call himself a priest, which is a danger to any child he may encounter.

Some Franciscan friars, under the purview of Holy Name Province, with previously reported allegations were not included on the list.

The list of 23 friars with substantiated allegations include:

Eusebius Arundel (Deceased)
Severin Brady (Deceased)
Jordan Charbonneau (Deceased)
Joseph Collier (Deceased)
Adrian Donachie (Deceased)
John Dority (Deceased)
Kevin Downey (Removed from ministry)
Aidan Duffy (Deceased)
Matthew Gaskin (Deceased)
Louis Hamm (Deceased)
Linus Hennessy (Deceased)
Placid Hennessy (Deceased)
Rene Maynard (Separated from Province)
Jogues McVeigh (Separated from Province)
Roger McQuarrie (Deceased)
Paul Oligny (Deceased)
Raymond O'Reilly (Deceased)
John Rudy (Removed from ministry)
Bernard Splawski (Removed from ministry)
Richard Trezza (Removed from ministry)
Joseph Trunk (Deceased)
Donatus Walsh (Deceased)
Leonard Walsh (Deceased)

I wonder how many of those marked (Deceased) are residing in Hell right now?

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Fayette County Priest Andrew Kawecki Pleads No Contest

To Charges Of Repeatedly Sexually Assaulting Altar Boy

By Chris Hoffman
October 25, 2021 at 2:46 pm

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) — A Fayette County priest accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old altar boy in the back room of a church where they prepared Mass has pleaded no contest to indecent assault charges.


Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Father Andrew Kawecki was charged with indecent assault. His office charged the priest in August of last year. He was not named in the scathing grand jury report in 2018.

“It was identified following a surge of over 2,100 tips we received to our hotline since that report came out,” Attorney General Shapiro said Monday.

According to Shapiro, Kawecki started abusing Skyler Moncheck in 2004 when he was 11 years old. The assaults happened for three years at St. Cyril and Methodius Church in Fayette County. Kawecki abused the altar boy in a back room as they prepared for Mass.

That's not how I prepare for church! it's not exactly drawing closer to God before going to the altar.

“I would like to urge anybody who’s been in the same situation as me to come forward,” Moncheck said outside the Fayette County Courthouse.

Moncheck spoke at the press conference on Monday. He thanked the attorney general’s office for listening to him and getting justice. “If it wasn’t for their diligence, we wouldn’t be here today,” Moncheck said.

There was a second victim who came forward, but they were outside the statute of limitations. Shapiro said Kawecki will be registered as a sex offender for 10 years under Megan’s Law.

“Every single tip is acted upon, whether it’s by our law enforcement agency or another jurisdiction,” Shapiro said.

Kawecki served 15 different parishes in the Diocese of Greensburg from May 1980 to 2019. The diocese said it’s in the process of permanently removing Kawecki from the priesthood.

“The allegation against Fr. Kawecki came through the Comprehensive Reconciliation Fund in May of 2019. The Diocese of Greensburg immediately removed him from the parish and reported the allegation to ChildLine. The Diocese fully cooperated with the investigation. Bishop Kulick is spending time today in prayer for all victims of child sexual abuse, in particular those hurt by anyone associated with the Church. He is undertaking the process of permanently removing Fr. Kawecki from the priesthood. We ask that if anyone suspects that a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been abused by any person at any time, the person should call PA ChildLine at 1-800-932-0313, no matter when or where the suspected incident might have occurred. Today, we remind you that if you or someone you know has suffered abuse at the hands of anyone related to the Church, the Diocese is here for you to offer support, counseling, spiritual guidance and pastoral care,” the diocese said in a statement.

Kawecki will be sentenced on Jan. 14. Moncheck is expected to speak at the sentencing.




Monroe County priest charged with child sex abuse after

falling for 'predator catcher' set up

Hannah Phillips
Pocono Record

The priest arrived at a Tobyhanna Wawa to have sex with two teenage boys, police said.



Instead, he was confronted by a self-avowed "predator catcher" — a man who'd posed as a 15-year-old boy in sexually explicit text messages to Gregory Loughney, priest at Most Holy Trinity Catholic parish in Cresco. 

"I made a mistake, and I need to report myself," Loughney said in a call to police immediately after the confrontation. "I messed up."

"I made a mistake", sounds like he regrets having been caught, rather than having attempted to sin against man and God. How is it so many Catholic pedophile priests don't understand sin?

Pocono Mountain Regional Police arrested Loughney, 42, Friday evening on charges related to attempted sexual assault of minors. In interviews with officers, the priest described the intimate text relationship he shared with "Cyrus," the person he believed was a teenage boy.

They met on a dating app and began to share sexually explicit messages and photographs over text, Loughney said. He continued to pursue a relationship with Cyrus despite believing the boy was a minor, he told police.

"I went down the rabbit hole," Loughney said.

The hole is deeper than a rabbit hole!

Cyrus, whose real name is Nicholas Goodlauage, belongs to a Facebook group known as 507 Predator Catchers. Members of the group pose online as teenagers or children and then film encounters with adults they say try to engage them sexually.

"The worst kind of bully is an adult that preys on children," their online bio says.

Loughney arranged to meet with Cyrus and his 16-year-old friend Billy at Wawa on the night of his arrest. No longer posing as a teenager, Goodlauage filmed their encounter.

"Why are you here to meet little boys?" Goodlauage said while standing in the aisles at Wawa. Loughney held up his hand to block his face from the camera. "You were going to take them back to your house, man?"

Loughney initially denied the accusation before he conceded in conversation with Goodlauage outside.

"I was wrong. I was reckless. I was foolish," he said.

Loughney "was going to have a three-way" with the boys, he told one of the officers who arrived first on the scene. Later, he told police that he wanted to bring Cyrus and Billy back to his home for dinner and cookies because Cyrus "was having a rough time in life," and the priest wanted to help him.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police Chief Chris Wagner called incidents like Friday's a "double-edged sword."

"We appreciate any help we can get from the public with bringing child predators to the justice system," he said. "On the other hand, we have to be cautious. Posing as a fictitious person online can become problematic if there's an enticement element."

A predator catcher who entices someone to commit a crime they normally wouldn't commit is considered entrapment, Wagner said. Amateur investigators run the risk of violating rules of criminal procedure that law enforcement has to abide when investigating cases like these. Whether entrapment will play a role in Loughney's prosecution is a legal decision that will be made "down the road.

The Diocese of Scranton announced on Saturday that Loughney was removed from active ministry "pending the outcome of the investigation."

“Learning the details of the behavior with which Father Loughney has been charged is extremely upsetting,” said Bishop Joseph C. Bambera. “In no way is this alleged behavior to be tolerated in the life and ministry of a priest.”

Loughney was charged with attempted statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, indecent assault and criminal use of a cell phone. He is being held at the Monroe County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 4 at 9:45 a.m. under judge Danielle Travagline.




The most abortion-loving President in the history of the USA is considered a good Catholic by the Pope! God help us!

Biden says Pope told him he's a ‘good Catholic’ & to keep taking communion

as conservatives outraged abortion ‘didn't come up’

29 Oct, 2021 17:23

US President Joe Biden, left, talks to Pope Francis as they meet at the Vatican, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 © AP


US President Joe Biden claimed on Friday that Pope Francis told him he was a “good Catholic” and should keep taking communion – outraging conservatives who pointed out Biden’s pro-choice stance on abortion.

Following a meeting between Biden and Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday, Biden answered “no” when reporters asked if the two had discussed abortion.

“We just talked about the fact he was happy I was a good Catholic and I should keep receiving communion,” he said.

Conservative Americans expressed outrage over the Pope’s alleged statement, arguing that “a good Catholic doesn’t support baby murder” and that Biden should not be allowed to take communion.

One social media user called for both Biden and the Pope to be “ex-communicated from the Church,” while others were skeptical that the Pope really had made such comments.

“Yeah, will need to hear from the Pope for this one. Considering his views on abortion, it is highly improbable he said that,” one Catholic traditionalist weighed in. Another proposed that Biden’s quote was “probably a grave distortion of what the pope said.”

Since his inauguration in January, Biden – the second Catholic US president in history following President John F. Kennedy – has reversed anti-abortion policies of the previous administration and attempted to stop Texas from implementing a controversial law banning abortions once a heartbeat has been detected in the womb.

Though 67% of American Catholics think Biden should not be disqualified from communion over his views on abortion, 55% of Republican Catholics do, according to a Pew Research poll this week.

Catholic bishops in the US have also repeatedly debated whether Biden should be allowed to receive communion, with Archbishop Joseph Naumann, who chairs the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, calling the president’s position a “grave moral evil.” Naumann has questioned how the president could call himself a “devout Catholic” while supporting things “contrary to the Church’s teaching.”

Pope Francis has stood against calls to deny Biden communion, saying in September that “communion is not a prize for the perfect...communion is a gift, the presence of Jesus and his Church.”

The Pope also stressed, however, that “abortion is murder” and that “those who carry out abortions kill.”

Biden’s views on abortion have changed over time. In the 1970s and ‘80s, Biden supported a ban on federal funding for abortion and even opposed federal funding for abortions in cases of rape and incest. In recent years, Biden’s views on the subject have become more liberal, opposing abortion personally but supporting the right for women to choose.