549: Dolphin Assisted Edition

In this week’s episode, the Catholic church sues for everybody to just mean Catholics, a federal judge rules that a human fetus is an endangered species, and Southwest Airlines is experiencing some delays.

---

To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist

To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/

If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com

To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat

To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies

To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/

To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/

To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/

---

Headlines:

The Op-Ed Noah was talking about in the diatribe (sorry, it’s behind a paywall) https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/21/leaving-christianity-religion-church-community/

Kenya closes church over starvation massacre: https://religionnews.com/2023/08/21/kenya-closes-churches-over-starvation-massacre-that-has-killed-427/

Catholic Schools Sue Over Rules for Inclusion in Colorado's Universal Preschool Funding: http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2023/08/catholic-schools-sue-over-rules-for.html?lctg=195322114

Sweden raises terror threat due to Quran burnings: https://religionnews.com/2023/08/18/sweden-raises-its-terror-threat-level-to-high-for-fear-of-attacks-following-recent-quran-burnings/

Trump-Appointed Judge Cites Wildlife Cases As a Reason to Ban Abortion Pills:

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/19/abortion-pill-ruling-environment-00111843

Judge pauses order to make Southwest’s lawyers attain bigotry classes: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-pauses-ruling-ordering-religious-liberty-training-southwest-lawyers-2023-08-17/

---

This Week in Misogyny:

South Carolina Supreme Court uphold abortion ban they just struck down: https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-abortion-ban-f4e0d8ef8187fdd1e8db54dd464011b9

Antiabortion groups spread disinformation about contraception: https://msmagazine.com/2023/08/17/anti-abortion-pro-life-over-the-counter-birth-control-women/

Catholic hospitals in Australia refuse contraceptive and reproductive care: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/22/do-australian-catholic-hospitals-perform-abortions-provide-contraception-reproductive-care