A New Approach to Overturning Roe v. Wade
NC Family has joined with 21 other state family policy organizations in a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case deals with pro-abortion organizations and individuals challenging Mississippi’s law banning abortions after 15 weeks with limited exceptions. The High Court is scheduled to […]
COVID Relief Bill Allows Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Abortions
Over this past week, both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R.1319), and President Biden signed this $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package into law today. This makes H.R. 1319 one of the largest spending bills in U.S. history. The package includes direct stimulus payments to qualifying individual […]
AT ISSUE: For Such A Time As This
For almost two years, NC Family has been discussing crafting a feature article to address the declining state of mental health in America. With suicide rates the highest that they have been since World War II, we all understood there was something dire going on in our nation that we needed to share with our […]
Thanksgiving: The Heart of America
Tomorrow, our nation will celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving, though for many this will be a very different Thanksgiving than in years past. 2020 has been a difficult year for many of us, and while families may be unable to gather together due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we all need to make sure we remember […]
Why We Need the Electoral College (Now More Than Ever)
In recent years, the United States has seen a surge in support for doing away with the Electoral College, and instead electing our president purely through a popular vote. In the light of this year’s election, calls for abolishing the Electoral College have grown even louder. But Tara Ross, nationally-recognized expert on the Electoral College, […]
Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed as U.S. Supreme Court Justice
The U.S. Senate has just voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett as the newest justice on the United States Supreme Court. North Carolina Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis joined 50 of their GOP Senate colleagues to approve President Trump’s third nominee to the nation’s highest court. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was the […]
Who Is Amy Coney Barrett?
Last Saturday, President Trump nominated U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the seat held by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. Barrett, 48, has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit since October 2017. While there may be much dissent across political lines over […]
Presidential Executive Order Protects Babies “Born Alive”
President Trump issued an Executive Order on Friday, September 25 directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that every infant born alive immediately receives adequate medical care, especially those infants born prematurely or with disabilities. The importance of this Executive Order cannot be overstated. As you may recall, similar initiatives were […]
NCGA Back in Session This Week
North Carolina legislators will be reconvening in Raleigh this Wednesday, September 2, for what is intended to be a brief session to address a variety of COVID-19 related funding issues. The North Carolina General Assembly has been adjourned since July 11 to, initially, await Governor Roy Cooper’s action on a variety of bills that passed […]
AT ISSUE: A Brave New World?
On June 15, 2020 and in the following days, I noticed many of my Millennial peers posting on Instagram and Twitter, celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia as a victory for freedom and liberty and an end to “discrimination.” In one swift act of legislating from the bench, our […]