Jacob Comello

Georgia has just added itself to the list of states that aim to protect unborn life once a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Historically, it is a policy that is completely at the mercy of whichever party currently controls the White House.

On March 21, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, signed into law S.B. 2116, a "heartbeat bill" which will prohibit abortions in the state after the point a fetal heartbeat is detected.

A new piece of legislation endorsed by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos could put Catholic or other religious schools within reach of many families who would otherwise not be able to afford them.

One of the commissioners of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission called Jack Phillips' religious freedom a sham, a "despicable piece of rhetoric" simply meant to conceal prejudices.

"Today we made the painful announcement that seven of our beloved Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York are not going to reopen next fall," Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York said.