Approval of Legislative & Congressional Maps Appealed to NC Supreme Court
A three-judge panel ruled earlier this week that North Carolina’s recently redrawn state legislative and congressional maps are constitutional and do not have to be redrawn. The case, however, has been appealed to the North Carolina Supreme Court. As NC Family shared last month, the North Carolina General Assembly was required to redraw congressional and state […]
NC’s Economy in 2022
While the economic impact of the COVID-19 continues to be felt across the country, from inflation to supply chain issues, North Carolina remains one of the best states in the country to do business and raise a family. Though the economic impact of this pandemic is visible, our state is in a much stronger position […]
NC Family & Other FPCs Urge SCOTUS to Rule Against OSHA Vaccine Mandate
NC Family has joined 30 other state family policy councils in submitting a friend of the court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court to oppose the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate. The brief, filed yesterday, January 3, 2022, urges the Supreme Court to protect religious liberty and oppose this sweeping and unchecked mandate, which requires COVID-19 […]
Best of Family Policy Matters 2021
This week on Family Policy Matters, we have a special year end show for you, featuring excerpts from some of the most popular episodes of Family Policy Matters that aired throughout 2021. We hear from Noelle Mering, author of Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology, about the dangers of […]
FDA Allows Mail-Order Abortions Across the U.S.
What was previously a temporary, COVID-era regulation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been made permanent and now allows women across the country to conduct their own chemical abortions without ever seeing a doctor. The FDA announced last Thursday that it is lifting the requirement that the first pill (mifepristone) in the […]
Unpacking C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man
C.S. Lewis is arguably one of the most popular authors and Christian apologists of the 20th century. His Chronicles of Narnia fiction series has captivated generations of children, while nonfiction books like Mere Christianity and The Problem of Pain have unpacked complicated theological concepts and questions in accessible terms. But The Abolition of Man is […]
Dobbs and Overturning Roe v. Wade
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which deals with Mississippi’s 15-week ban on abortion. Experts on both sides of the abortion issue agree that Dobbs has the potential to overturn Roe v. Wade in some way. Immediately following the oral arguments before the Court on […]
NC State Supreme Court Delays 2022 Primary Elections
North Carolina’s primary elections have been pushed back two months, from March 8 to May 17, 2022, per an order from the North Carolina Supreme Court. The order, issued yesterday, also halts candidate filings for the 2022 election, and comes in response to several ongoing redistricting lawsuits. The North Carolina General Assembly was required to […]
Greater Threats on the Horizon (Part 2)
Former Director of the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Roger Severino spoke at NC Family’s Charlotte and Winston-Salem Dinners this fall. Severino currently serves as senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and he spoke at both dinners about his work at HHS in the […]
Recapping the 2021 “Long” Legislative Session
The North Carolina General Assembly has been in session since January 27, 2021, making this the longest uninterrupted “long” legislative session in a decade. Earlier this week, both the State House and Senate passed an Adjournment Resolution calling on the General Assembly to adjourn the regular session on Friday, December 10 and to reconvene on […]