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The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Reproductive rights take center stage at Women’s March

Reproductive rights take center stage at Women's March
Activists take to the street in protest of Texas abortion law.
Caleb Jonker, News Editor • October 4, 2021

On Oct. 2, thousands flooded the streets of Los Angeles in defense of reproductive rights during the Women’s March. Across the nation, roughly 600 demonstrations took place to protest the Texas abortion law allowed by the Supreme Court.  LOS ANGELES PROTEST As activists and protesters took to the...

State lawsuits against Trump’s Title X funding holds women’s healthcare as hostage

The new legal cases against the U.S. Department of Health reveal the debate is not about women’s healthcare, but about obtaining taxpayer-funded abortions.
Logan Zeppieri, Opinions Editor • March 18, 2019

If you throw a rock into a pack of wolves, the one that barks is the one that was hit. After the U.S. Department of Health put into effect the new funding rules in the federal Title X family planning program—covered previously—22 states, including the District of Columbia and Planned Parenthood,...

The new Title X rule is a pro-life win

The new Title X rule is a pro-life win
Stripping federal grants from programs that support abortion is a cause for celebration.
Logan Zeppieri, Opinions Editor • March 1, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 28, 2019). On Feb. 22, the Trump administration issued, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the final rule to revise the Title X family planning program. The new revision will require organizations who receive funding through...