In a major move this summer, the Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) quietly removed all language promoting gender transition procedures for minors from its website. Once advertising puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and mastectomies for teens, the clinic’s gender page now focuses only on “behavioral health and developmental services.” A spokesperson confirmed: gender procedures on minors have stopped.

Why the backpedal? Legal pressure—and growing public outrage. VCU’s about-face follows mounting scrutiny over “gender medicine” for kids, a trend rapidly losing credibility.

And VCU isn’t alone in facing scrutiny. Boston Children’s Hospital—once the first U.S. hospital to perform genital surgeries on minors—is now under federal investigation. Accused of Medicaid fraud for gender-related procedures on minors, the once-pioneering clinic is now the face of a system under fire. Allegations include billing taxpayers for off-label drugs and surgeries on children.

What once passed as “affirming care” is now raising serious ethical and legal alarms. These developments suggest that the medical establishment is finally being forced to reckon with the long-term consequences of hastily embracing gender ideology over science and child safety.

Meanwhile, a different kind of battle is heating up—and this one’s about the abortion pill.

As mifepristone becomes the method of choice for two-thirds of U.S. abortions, abortionists are skirting pro-life laws by mailing pills into states where it's illegal. Shield laws protect these out-of-state providers from prosecution—and pro-life states have had enough.

Sixteen Republican attorneys general just urged Congress to shut down the shield law loophole. And Louisiana is leading the charge. A new state law lets private citizens sue out-of-state abortionists who mail pills into Louisiana—no cooperation from blue states required.

Rep. Julie Emerson, co-author of the law, shared how a New York doctor mailed abortion pills to a Louisiana woman without even speaking to her. That doctor can’t be extradited—but now, she can be sued.

“This is drug dealing,” said Attorney General Liz Murrill. “And we will fight back.”

For once, pro-life laws don’t just exist on paper—they come with real consequences. And that’s a game-changer.

In global sports, the comeback of common sense just got a victory lap.

World Athletics, the international governing body for track and field, just announced a clear new rule: to compete as a woman, you must be a woman—biologically. Starting this fall, all female athletes must pass a one-time genetic test detecting the SRY gene, found only on the Y chromosome.

The move follows last year’s Olympic controversy over Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won gold despite reportedly having XY chromosomes. The fallout was intense. Now, World Athletics isn’t backing down.

President Sebastian Coe was unequivocal: “For you to compete in the female category, you have to be biologically female.” He added that the policy affirms the organization’s core philosophy: “There is no biological glass ceiling.”

Supporters are celebrating the decision as a major win for fairness. NCAA athlete Macy Petty nailed it: “It really isn’t that complicated. Separating sports based on sex is simple because it is founded on truth.”

In a world of blurry lines and political fear, this is leadership. And women everywhere are watching.

We are witnessing more than just cultural pushback—it's the stirrings of a spiritual awakening. Satan's lies are collapsing, and people are asking deeper questions. Young people are displaying a hunger for truth and hope like never before. People who once scoffed at the gospel are now willing to listen. Hearts are softening.

What better moment to hand someone a tract and share the hope of the gospel? Charles Spurgeon once said that "Tracts are more useful than sermons, because most people will read a tract when they will not come to hear a sermon." Let’s be ready to point people beyond the lies and allure of this world to the ultimate hope and peace found in Jesus. Let's be faithful to give out Chick gospel tracts to all who will receive them —after all, Chick tracts get read!