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Dunleavy picks liberal justice for AK Supreme Court after Judicial Council blocks conservatives

AbortionJuly 7, 2021

On July 7, Gov. Mike Dunleavy appointed a justice with close ties to abortion supporters to serve on the Alaska Supreme Court. Judge Henderson was selected from a group of just three individuals forwarded to the governor by the Alaska Judicial Council to fill

Planned Parenthood uses teen recruits to reach Alaska youth with sexual agenda

AbortionJune 19, 2021

Planned Parenthood is training and using local teens to disseminate its sexual agenda in Alaska classrooms. In a June 16 announcement lauding its Anchorage Teen Council, the Planned Parent affiliate in Alaska said its youth activists are actively infusing

U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka addresses abortion, women’s sports, religious freedom

AbortionJune 19, 2021

Kelly Tshibaka, who is attempting to unseat 20-year U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski in the 2022 midterms, addressed a number of hot-button issues during a June 16 appearance on a faith-based Alaska radio show. Speaking to host Jim Minnery, Tshibaka reaffirmed her

Fairbanks pro-life group changing leadership, seeking new direction

AbortionJune 14, 2021

The Fairbanks-based Right to Life Interior Alaska will be holding an important meeting later this month to reorganize under new leadership. Lance Roberts serves as chair of the organization, but he is stepping down this summer to run for the Fairbanks

Alaska Archbishop tried to delay discussion on denying Communion to pro-abortion politicians

AbortionJune 10, 2021

Archbishop Andrew Bellisario, who oversees some 32,000 Alaska Catholics in the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau, is among a minority block of U.S. bishops who wish to delay a conversation on whether pro-abortion politicians such as President Joe Biden and U.S.

Special Olympics announces Alaska athletes headed to 2022 USA Games

CultureJune 3, 2021

Special Olympics Alaska announced that it will send a 69-member delegation to represent Alaska at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, being held next summer in Orlando. Team Alaska is comprised of 29 Special Olympics athletes, 11 Unified partners, 13

5.22 > Engaging our Seniors

CultureMay 22, 2021

The number of Alaskan seniors has grown by more than 5% each year for the past decade. That’s faster than any other state in the union. Right now, we have about 100,000 Alaskans age 65 or older. By 2034 – just 14 years from now – the state estimates

Six Alaska legislators will decide whether to explicitly prohibit state funding of abortion

AbortionMay 21, 2021

Should Alaska use public funds to compensate abortionists for killing unborn babies? This is one key matter that a committee of six state legislators will hash out in the coming days. At issue is whether a specific pro-life amendment should be included in the

Alaska on board as U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging Roe v. Wade

AbortionMay 17, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court announced May 17 that it will hear a case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, regarding a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Both pro-life and pro-abortion activists see the case as an

Legislators reintroduce bill aimed at banning abortions in Alaska

AbortionMay 10, 2021

Alaska Representatives Christopher Kurka and David Eastman, both from Wasilla, have reintroduced a Life at Conception Act with the goal of directly challenging the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade which declared a right to abortion. Closely

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