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POV: A New Eugenics

In the 1880s, Sir Francis Galton coined a new term, “eugenics.” A look at the history is shocking and horrifying because of the speed READ MORE

NCGA Votes to Delay NC Primary Elections

The North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 605 this week, which would push the 2022 primary election back from May 17 to June READ MORE

49th Annual National March for Life Tomorrow

Thousands of pro-life Americans will march in Washington, DC tomorrow in the 49th Annual March for Life. The theme for this year’s March is “Equality Begins READ MORE

Celebrate National School Choice Week, January 23-29

National School Choice Week will take place next week, from January 23–29. Started in 2011, National School Choice Week is “the world’s largest celebration READ MORE

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 READ MORE

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 READ MORE

U.S. Senate Passes Catawba Casino Bill in National Defense Authorization Act

The U.S. Senate has approved a measure that will codify in federal statute the scheme of the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation to purchase READ MORE

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 READ MORE

POV: Do Children Make Parents Less Happy?

In early November, The Atlantic published a piece by Paul Bloom entitled, “What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness.” Researchers have explored READ MORE

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 READ MORE

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. READ MORE

NC Family Joins Pro-Life Organizations Across the U.S. in After Roe Campaign

This morning, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, NC Family joined other family policy organizations around the READ MORE

Barronelle’s Battle Comes to an End

Washington State florist Barronelle Stutzman, along with our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom, have announced a settlement with the ACLU over Barronelle’s well-known religious READ MORE

Lambda Legal Sues NC Over Sex Designation on Birth Certificates

Lambda Legal, a national LGBTQ activist organization, is suing the State of North Carolina over what it characterizes as a “discriminatory policy” relating to READ MORE

Happy National Adoption Awareness Month!

Did you know that November is National Adoption Awareness Month? In honor of this special month, we wanted to share a few inspiring and READ MORE

POV: COVID, Marriage, and Mental Health

I remember the day, a couple of months into COVID, when a close friend walked into my living room and said, with despair in READ MORE