Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 4/1

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As Yale's Jewish Population Declines to 1940s Quota Levels, University Leaders Say Jewish Community is ‘Thriving’

https://freebeacon.com/campus/as-yales-jewish-population-declines-to-1940s-quota-levels-university-leaders-say-jewish-community-is-thriving/

Yale College's Jewish enrollment is down from 16.4 percent in the 2010s to just 9.5 percent in 2024, a level comparable to the 1940s, when the Ivy League school imposed quotas aimed at excluding "alien" Jews from campus, according to data from the Yale Chaplain's Office. Yale leaders said they aren’t concerned by the figures and that the school's diminished Jewish community is "thriving."

The comments from Yale College dean Pericles Lewis and University Chaplain Maytal Saltiel came in wake of a new report from the Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance titled, "A Narrowing Gate: Jewish Enrollment at Harvard and Its Peers," that identified the decline in the Jewish population at Yale as particularly troubling, given that Yale has increased the size of its undergraduate classes in recent years and has seen a decline in the number of Jewish undergraduates nonetheless.

Discrimination? Jewish families choosing less hostile universities? Probably both, IMO.

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Kansas Republicans Defy Pro-Abortion Governor, Protect Pro-Life Centers

https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2026/04/01/kansas-republicans-defy-pro-abortion-governor-protect-pro-life-centers-n4951348

The Kansas Legislature has just handed the pro-life community in the state a huge victory by overriding Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto and signing into law a new bill that will protect pro-life pregnancy centers from state mandates that would interfere with the information and services they offer pregnant women.

Before diving deeper into the story, I think it's critical to ask why radical leftists would want to limit available health care options for pregnant women, seemingly encouraging them to murder their pre-born children in the womb. Why is it a bad thing to have alternatives available for those who find themselves scared and pregnant but don't want to kill their baby? Something about that just feels pure evil.

The Pregnancy Center Autonomy and Rights of Expression Act, also known as House Bill 2635, prohibits any arm of state or local government from requiring crisis pregnancy centers to "offer or perform abortions;" "offer, provide or distribute abortion-inducing drugs;" “counsel in favor of abortion or abortion-inducing drugs;” or “post any advertisement, sign, flyer or similar material that promotes abortion or abortion-inducing drugs or provides any information about obtaining an abortion or abortion-inducing drugs.”