Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Military transgender ban set to end next May
• NorCal Catholic Hospital To Allow Tubal Ligation After Lawsuit Threat
• University of Oregon case prompts new federal guidance on student therapy records privacy
• Big 12 supports prohibiting transfers for violence issues
• Planned Parenthood report says fetal tissue videos were distorted
• Illinois: Activists hail new law on school discipline; districts say few changes needed "Zero-tolerance" policies are mainly a way for school administrators to avoid their responsibility to use good professional judgment.    

Bad News

• Armed Student Holds Hostages at West Virginia High School, Surrenders
• Kentucky Clerk Continues To Deny Same-Sex Couples Marriage Licenses
• Maine: Sanford methadone clinic to close, citing LePage policies