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STRIPES (Alison Bath) - Reopening Strait of Hormuz could require yearslong multinational mission, analysts say | Stars and Stripes

The mission would require a squadron of ships, aircraft, drones and thousands of personnel in what could be a long-term peacekeeping operation.

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - UK ‘Conversion Therapy’ Bill Threatens Prison for Parents Who Resist Trans Treatments for Kids.

A new law in the United Kingdom could see parents, teachers, and doctors imprisoned for trying to talk a child out of trans treatment.

A proposed law in the United Kingdom threatens parents, teachers, and doctors with jail time for discouraging children from undergoing irreversible transgender treatments. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: On Thursday, Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Olivia Bailey, the Equalities Minister, published a draft bill to ban conversion therapy, which involves attempting to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Under the bill, those who try to prevent children from saying they are gay or transgender could face up to five years in prison. While the government insists that the bill will not penalize non-abusive discussions, and allegedly includes a “high threshold” for charges to be pressed, critics…Open

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - DATA: Record Number of Pregnancies Ending in Abortion.

A record one in three conceptions in England and Wales end in abortion, according to new government figures.

New data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed a significant rise in the abortion rate in England and Wales, especially among women in their forties and over. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A record one in three conceptions in England and Wales end in abortion, according to new government figures. DETAIL: New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the British government’s largest independent producer of official statistics, have revealed that conceptions ending in abortion have reached a record high in England and Wales. Nearly one in three conceptions (32.1 percent) resulted in termination in 2023. This represents an increase from approximately one in four (25.3 percent) in 2020. Data from the Department of…Open