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House rebuffs pro-life overseas policy

The House of Representatives approved legislation June 21 that would undermine a ban on federal funds for organizations that perform or promote abortions in foreign countries. more »

By Tom Strode - Jun 22, 2007

Topic: Family, Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Legislation, National

Land: Bush ‘gets it’ on stem cells

President Bush’s latest veto of a funding bill for embryonic stem cell research received the expected divided reaction—foes of the destructive experimentation applauded his action while supporters assailed it. more »

By Tom Strode - Jun 21, 2007

Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Adoption, Life, Cloning, Infertility, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics

Bush again vetoes embryo destruction

For the second time in less than a year, President Bush vetoed a bill June 20 that would have provided federal funds for stem cell research that destroys human embryos. more »

By Tom Strode - Jun 20, 2007

Topic: Family, Parenting, Adoption, Life, Cloning, Infertility, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics

ERLC Urges Concerned Citizens to Support the FCC and Oppose Profanity and Obscenity in Broadcasting

The recent ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York may mean that television media companies can broadcast obscene and profane programming. more »

By Andrew R. Lewis - Jun 18, 2007

Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture, Citizenship

House passes embryonic stem cell bill

The House of Representatives voted June 7 for the second time this year to fund stem cell research that destroys embryos, but the measure lost votes even as new studies appeared to undermine arguments for the destructive experimentation. more »

By Tom Strode - Jun 7, 2007 - (1)

Topic: Family, Children, Life, Cloning, Infertility, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics

Appeals court overturns ruling by FCC

A federal appeals court dealt a setback June 4 to the government’s efforts to regulate broadcast indecency.

A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected decisions by the Federal Communications Commission that said the uses of obscene language in live programs in 2002 and 2003 were indecent. more »

By Tom Strode - Jun 5, 2007

Topic: Family, Parenting, Pop Culture, Citizenship

What if abstinence legislation expires?

If Congress lets the Title V abstinence education funding legislation expire June 30, one of the major consequences will be a change in the language required by the government in discussing sexual abstinence with U.S. more »

By Erin Roach - May 22, 2007 - (1)

Topic: Family, Parenting, Sexual Purity, Abstinence

Pro-life values keep building across state

JEFFERSON CITY—The power of darkness that continues to promote abortion in Missouri appears to be waning.

May 1 was full of good news in that the Missouri Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, upheld a 2005 law that strengthens Missouri’s parental consent law by adding reasonable provisions and safety standards. more »

By Allen Palmeri - May 15, 2007

Topic: Family, Parenting, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation

Civil Unions bill remains stagnant in the IL House

SPRINGFIELD—House Bill 1826, which would allow homosexuals the same basic rights as married heterosexual couples, lacks enough support to be voted on in the House, said the Illinois Family Institute’s Executive Director David E. more »

By staff - May 11, 2007

Topic: Family, Marriage, Parenting, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Pornography, Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation

Two families become ‘related’ through adoption of siblings

CHARLESTON — Last year two separate families of The Valley Church [in Charleston, Tenn.], also known as Walker Valley Baptist Church, suddenly became “related.” more »

By Connie Davis Bushey - Apr 25, 2007 - (1)

Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Adoption

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