March 20, 2018
Good morning from Washington, as the Supreme Court hears a case that could determine whether a California law can require pro-life pregnancy centers to promote abortion. Rachel del Guidice talks with a CEO whose clinic’s survival may depend on the outcome. President Trump talks tough on drug dealers and prescription drug costs, Fred Lucas reports. Utah’s attorney general, in an interview with del Guidice, touts an app that warns of potential violence in schools. Plus: Alexis Mrachek on Vladimir Putin’s renewed hold on Russia, Lindsey Burke on school choice for children in military families, and Sen. Mike Lee on the trouble with bailing out Obamacare. Look it up: The spring equinox is here.
“Each of us as individuals has to make a decision about whether we’re comfortable working in a center [where the law] is forcing us … to speak a message that is contrary to our … deeply held beliefs,” says Christine Vatuone, CEO and president of Informed Choices.
Health insurance companies already enjoy record high profits. But congressional leadership appears committed to giving them billions more in taxpayer dollars.
According to the University of Utah, the app has reached 75 percent of Utah’s students and receives an average of 819 tips and other texts a month.
“It was not a true election because it was not free and fair,” says The Heritage Foundation’s Alexis Mrachek. “Russians can submit multiple ballots … People in Russia can also bribe election officials.”
The Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018 would allow military families to choose education options that are the right fit for their children instead of having to attend the public schools nearest to base.
“Every day, 116 Americans die from an opioid-related overdose,” says President Donald Trump.
“This is the portrait of a so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked. Monstrous!” tweets Jim Carrey.
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