The Assemblee Nationale voted unanimously on Thursday to set the age of consent at 15, classifying sex with children under that age – as well as incestuous sex with anyone under 18 – as rape, punishable by up to 20 years in prison. “This is an historic law for our …
Read More »Green mayor tells French children to give up on their dreams of aviation as Air France accepts a €4 billion state rescue package
A provincial French mayor has ignited a nationwide controversy by trashing the dreams of children who long to fly because of aviation’s use of fossil fuels, just as a €4 billion ($4.7 billion) rescue plan has been approved for Air France by the EU and President Emmanuel Macron’s government. On …
Read More »NASA staff now asked to help care for migrant children amid surge at US-Mexico border
An internal email sent to NASA employees on Tuesday – leaked to The Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein – asks the space agency’s employees to volunteer to care for “children without legal immigration status.” The greatest need is in the area of “youth care” and “conducting and translating intake information.” The four …
Read More »UK pauses AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study on children as drug regulator investigates blood clot risk among adults
The vaccine, which was developed in partnership with Oxford University, is awaiting approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for use among children. It was greenlit by British regulators for use in adults at the end of 2020. “Whilst there are no safety concerns in the paediatric …
Read More »No, it’s NOT ‘tantamount to murder.’ It’s about protecting children. Celebrity whining over a new trans surgery ban is plain wrong
The state of Arkansas recently passed a law that forbids trans surgery for minors. Like any other new law that flies in the face of progressives, celebrities have decided to put their two cents in as if it were asked for in the first place. Actors Sophia Bush and Rahul Kohli, …
Read More »THOUSANDS of migrant children, some with Covid-19, crowded into Texas facility designed for 250 – reporters on US-Mexico border
After weeks of refusing all media access, the Biden administration finally allowed two AP journalists and a CBS crew to visit the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) detention facility in Donna, Texas on Tuesday. Photos from this very facility were leaked over a week ago – both by a …
Read More »Unvaccinated children must wear masks when playing together, Fauci warns
“When the children go out into the community, you want them to continue to wear masks when they’re interacting with groups or multiple households,” Fauci told CBS on Sunday, warning that “children can clearly wind up getting infected” even if the various households have been vaccinated against the virus. Fauci …
Read More »Pentagon green-lights request to hold detained migrant children at two Texas military bases
Defense spokesman John Kirby announced the move in a statement on Wednesday night, noting that the military would fulfill a request from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “temporarily house” migrant youths at military installations. One of the facilities set to hold the migrants is a “vacant …
Read More »Pentagon asked to house migrant children on MILITARY BASES. When Trump mulled the idea it was decried as ‘CONCENTRATION CAMPS’
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday that the Department of Health and Human Services requested to use facilities at Joint Base San Antonio and Fort Bliss, both in Texas, to house an unspecified number of minors apprehended after crossing the border from Mexico. “We have just received this …
Read More »‘Terrible conditions for the children’: New photos show life in Biden’s border detention facilities
More than 15,000 unaccompanied migrant children are currently in custody at the US’ southern border with Mexico, with more than 5,000 held in temporary Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities deemed“unacceptable and inhumane,” in the words of Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Border crossings almost tripled in February compared to one …
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