Dozens of people, including students, reportedly kidnapped in Nigeria....abortion and immigration at the forefront of State of the Union address...and legislation protecting in-vitro fertilization providers from legal liability signed into law in Alabama.

16 state Attorneys General demand YouTube remove what they call dangerous and misleading information labels attached to videos discussing abortion pills...Nebraska Supreme Court hears arguments about overturning the state's restrictions on abortion and gender transition treatments..and lingering respitory and mobility problems continue to take their toll on Pope Francis.

Gaza cease-fire talks end without agreement...Alabama lawmakers advance IVF legislation....and Liberty University fined by U.S. Department of Education.

France first country in the world to make abortion a constitutional right...federal court rules Biden administration can't force religious employers and healthcare providers to pay for and perform “gender transition” treatments...and the U.S. Senate takes step forward in global fight for religious freedom.

Seattle being called least religious big city in the U-S...North Dakota passes bill to create video on state's abortion laws...and judge rules against three Montana abortion laws.

Alabama lawmakers votng to proect in vitro fertilization services... U-S Senate Republicans block IVF bill...and Missouri’s Attorney General files lawuit accusing Planned Parenthood Great Plains of illegally transporting minors to Kansas for abortions.

A ceasefire in Gaza may not be imminent...the abortion rate in the U-S reportedly the same since the overturning of Roe...and the France Senate votes to enshrine the right to an abortion in its constituion.

Talks continue for a pause in the Israel-Hamas war...Republican legislation introduced in Kentucky to add limited exceptions to the state's abortion ban...and The government of Saskatchewan says it's planning to appeal a ruling that an L-G-B-T-Q group can continue its fight against the Canadian province's school pronoun law.

11 YWAM missionaries die in accident in Tanzania...15 Catholic worshippers killed in attack in Burkina Faso...and U-S Supreme Court hears arguments on regulating social media.

More IVF providers in Alabama have paused parts of their treatment after the state Supreme Court ruling on frozen embryos...President Biden slams the ruling while GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley agrees with but doesn't endorse it...and Southern Baptist Convention releases first "State Public Policy Agenda.