This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:13 - 07:24)
A Drama With Life and Death Hanging in the Balance: Vermont Pushes to Become First State to Present Constitutional Amendment Establishing Abortion Rights

• Vermont Moves Forward on Becoming First State to Guarantee the Right to Abortion in Its Constitution by Washington Post (Caroline Kitchener)

Part II (07:24 - 08:53)
Culture of Death Comes with an Industry: California Declares Itself Sanctuary State for Abortion with Roe v. Wade in the Crosshairs

Part III (08:53 - 18:04)
The Consequence of Creation Unraveled by Human Sin: China Faces Catastrophic Birth Rate and All of a Sudden Wants to Limit Abortion

• China Tries to Dial Back Its High Abortion Rate by Wall Street Journal (Liyan Qi)

Part IV (18:04 - 26:24)
Once Information Exists, It Will Be Used: The Surveillance State Is Rising, and the Threats Are Real

• IRS Retreats From Facial Recognition to Verify Taxpayers’ Identities by Wall Street Journal (Richard Rubin and Laura Saunders)
• Where a Thousand Digital Eyes Keep Watch Over the Elderly by New York Times (Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno)
• Texas Sues Meta Over Facebook’s Facial-Recognition Practices by Wall Street Journal (John D. McKinnon)

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