ALERT: Urge Your State House Member to Support HB 519—Parents’ Medical Bill of Rights
HB 519—Parents’ Medical Bill of Rights would affirm a parent’s fundamental right to determine the best interest of their child, especially when it come to their child’s health care. The bill would repeal a law that allows minors to be treated for sexually transmitted diseases, abuse of controlled substances or alcohol, or emotional disturbance without […]
ALERT: Urge Your State House Member to support HB 560, the Parents Protection Act
House Bill 560—Parents Protection Act would affirm a parent’s fundamental right to raise a child consistent with the child’s God-given biological sex as male or female. If enacted, HB 560 would clarify that, “A parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker who raises a juvenile consistent with the juvenile’s biological sex or who refers to a juvenile […]
Bill To Protect Minors from Social Media Approved by State House Committee
On Tuesday, April 15, the State House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development approved HB 301—Social Media Protections for Minors Under 16, which would implement a new law to protect children from the harms of social media. This bill is sponsored by State Reps. Jeff Zenger (R-Forsyth), Neal Jackson (R-Moore), Jonathan Almond (R-Cabarrus), and David […]
New Bills Designed to Keep Children Safe
Ensuring the safety of our children is of utmost importance, and protecting their hearts and minds is a top-line priority of our team at NC Family. This is why we are excited to see a myriad of bills introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly that are designed to do just that. As we track […]
How Strong are NC Families? New Report Ranks NC as 21st in the Nation
The Center for Christian Virtue, NC Family’s sister organization in Ohio, recently released the Family Structure Index assessing how strong families are in each state. They looked at three key metrics to assess this, including: The percentage of married adults aged 25 to 54; The average number of lifetime births per woman; and The percentage […]
NC Court of Appeals Upholds Alienation of Affection Award
A recent opinion issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals has again applied the civil action of Alienation of Affection as an appropriate remedy against a wrongdoing third party who intrudes into a marriage and alienates the affection of a spouse from their husband or wife, resulting in the break-up of the marriage. According […]
NC State Law Allows Minors to Consent to Significant Medical Health Services
Did you know that there is a decades old state statute in North Carolina that allows children to consent to some serious medical treatments without their parent’s knowledge? Currently, minors in NC can seek and consent “for medical health services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of (i) venereal disease and other diseases reportable under […]
Congress Passes The Maternal and Child Health Stillborn Prevention Act
It is an exciting time for pregnant women and their unborn babies! After two years of hard work by numerous organizations and individuals, on July 12, 2024, The Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act was signed into federal law. NC Family wrote about this legislation after it was originally introduced in March of 2022 primarily […]
2024 Olympics Includes a Nursery for Parent Athletes
This week is the beginning of the 2024 Olympics, and this year, they are welcoming a new group of people to the Olympic Village: children. All-star sprinter Allyson Felix, the most decorated track-and-field athlete in history, has teamed up with Pampers to make this possible. This nursery will allow parent athletes to spend time with […]
Being Fathers of Hope & Strength
This Father’s Day, fathers are as important as they have ever been. As much as ever, fathers must be prepared to give a reason for the hope that we have (1 Pet 3:15). Our families and our communities cannot be strengthened by lukewarm fathers any more than Christ accepts a lukewarm faith (Rev 3:16). So […]