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As Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen remains embroiled in a legislative knife fight with the hive of scum and villainy known as Planned Parenthood- the apex predator of the baby-killing world who are seeking to stop a raft of pro-life laws coming into effect, a Montana District Court judge has gone off on a limb and ruled that the grisly practice of abortion is no longer a task relegated to licensed doctors but rather certain midwives and nurse practitioners may perform them as well.

The case, Helen Weems vs The State of Montana was initially brought forward over 4 years ago. Weems is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who owns All Families Healthcare, which is a sexual and reproductive health clinic in Whitefish. A radical pro-choice activist, she argued that because she has advanced medical training, she has the same level of skill, knowledge, and competence to perform an abortion as a trained physician would, and that Montanan women have the right to obtain medical procedures from whomever they wish. Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Mike Menahan agreed, writing in his motion:

Knudsen spokesperson Emilee Cantrell said that they planned to appeal, noting:

“Once again abortionists sued to lower the standard of care for Montana women in order to further their financial interests in performing as many abortions as possible.”

With nurses and clever midwives now able to perform abortions, and the state currently battling Planned Parenthood on implementing three other anti-abortion laws that were previously passed but blocked after being sued by the bloodthirsty giant, this is a difficult but critical time. Abortion in the state is a dirty business, with few standing up who are completely committed to seeing the slaughter of babies in the womb end. Knudsen has been a phenomenal ally, but that’s more than we can say for many so-called Republican pro-life politicians.

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Editor’s Note. This post originally appeared at the Montana Daily Gazette. Republished with modifications with permission.

After it was revealed that esteemed apologist Ravi Zacharias was a sexual predator and that his organization RZIM, run by his family and an anonymous board helped cover it up, the board commissioned a report to investigate and detail how they as an organization failed to properly handle the allegations. After holding on to it for 7 months, RZIM finally made it public. This 80-page document has been openly questioned by RZIM executives, however, who note that while they don’t agree with much of their findings, they are releasing it anyway for transparency:

Although we are releasing this report, we do not agree with everything in it. We believe there are inaccurate accounts or pieces of information that were either overlooked or omitted by Guidepost and we disagree with some characterizations therein. Regardless, we believe this report provides an important assessment of our organization’s actions to investigate Zacharias and the steps we sadly failed to take. 

Of course, we absolutely led the way in investigating and shouting this from the rooftops. We were excoriated for it but eventually vindicated. Back in in 2018 we published his emails showing that he threatened to kill himself if Lori Anne Thompson told her husband about their interactions, which Ravi claimed were innocent and pure as the driven snow. We were also the first news organization to break the story of the abuse of the Spa workers, which kick-started all this back on September 9th 2020, nearly 3 weeks before Christianity Today or anyone else did their piece and gave it national attention.

That aside, one startling bit of information that came out is how much money Ravi spent in order to try to take Lori Anne out, and who paid for it. The report explains:

“RZIM’s Executive Committee of its Board of Directors approved the use of almost $1,000,000 of ministry money to pay for Zacharias’s legal battle with Thompson, even to the point of paying for the tax liability on the money Zacharias used to settle the litigation with the Thompsons, thus ensuring that Zacharias himself did not pay a single penny, even though RZIM was not a party to the legal action. Zacharias and RZIM falsely represented to the public and the ministry itself that “no ministry funds were used” in the Thompson litigation.”

At the time the RZIM board strenuously insisted that they never gave him a dime, but now admit:

“As the report highlights, the ministry did provide money to Zacharias, which was used to pay the settlement and expenses. While the payments were legal and properly accounted for, we were wrong to let this misstatement stand.”

They also recount that there were allegations in 2008-2011 about Ravi being seen holding hands of a woman who was not his wife, as well as a suggestion that he acted inappropriately with a massage therapist. The report further reveals that RZIM, for all their claims of transparency and willingness to be open, has not been particularly helpful or forthcoming in providing them with information

For the most part, those leaders we interviewed were generally cooperative. However, we are not confident that RZIM has provided us with all information relevant to our investigation. In other words, we fear that if we did not specifically request an exact piece of information – for example, if we were not aware of its existence, but its relevance to our work would be apparent – RZIM would not have provided it proactively, even if RZIM knew that it would provide clarity.

Ultimately they surmise:

RZIM’s leadership structure and the failings of its leaders themselves enabled Zacharias to act with impunity. While not knowledgeable at the time, when serious allegations were raised about Zacharias’s improper conduct, those leaders defended Zacharias without question, relied upon his explanations, ignored red flags, and failed to push for further investigation. This automatic loyalty at the top of the organization created a culture in which RZIM employees were encouraged to flatly reject the allegations against Zacharias without question or doubt, and those who did question or doubt felt as if they could not speak up.

In response to the report, Lori Anne Thompson, the object of the million dollar spend, wrote:

(Christian Headlines) According to new data from Barna Research Group, less than half of American adults, including non-Christians, find pastors to be “very reliable” sources of wisdom when it comes to spiritual matters.

The Rev. Glenn Packiam, a senior fellow at the Barna Group, included the research in his latest book, The Resilient Pastor. The book, released on February 15, encourages pastors and Christians to be resilient in their calling as Christianity’s influence on the world continues to wane.

“Pastors are no longer perceived as a credible voice or a trustworthy source of wisdom on much,” Packiam wrote in an excerpt of the book. “Churches don’t have much of a role in a community unless they can provide tangible help or practical care. And people aren’t likely to turn to a church for help when facing difficulties or crises,” he continued. “In fact, Christianity is just one way of making meaning of this world, and it isn’t really even a respected way. For many, it is archaic and outmoded, prude and rude,” Packiam concluded.

The research, which asked whether pastors are seen as trustworthy sources of wisdom, found that 57 percent of Americans generally agreed that pastors were “somewhat” reliable and 23 percent of American adults agreed that pastors are “definitely” a “trustworthy source of wisdom.” Thirty-one percent of Christians said pastors are “definitely” trustworthy, while just four percent of…

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Editor’s Note. This article was written by Milton Quintanilla an published at Christian Headlines.