Family North Carolina Spring 2014
Family North Carolina Spring 2014
The flagship publication of the North Carolina Family Policy Council is Family North Carolina magazine. Click here to subscribe online or write NC Family at: P.O. Box 20607, Raleigh, NC 27619. You may also call us at 919-807-0800 or email us at admin@ncfamily.org to begin receiving Family North Carolina magazine.
Feature Story
Creating a Marketplace of Children
Children created through third-party reproductive means, such as anonymous sperm and egg donation, and their biological parents face unique, lifelong challenges. Fertility industry watchdog Alana Newman, who was conceived through donor-conception, explores the harms of third-party reproduction for society by sharing how donor conception has negatively impacted her life.
Spotlight Story
Going “Off Reservation”
Attorney Christopher Derrick provides an exclusive legal analysis of why the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian nation lacks the legal authority to open a casino in Kings Mountain, N.C…
Spotlight Story
Understanding Common Core
Kristen Blair examines Common Core, the growing controversy surrounding it, and why a growing number of parents, teachers, and states are rejecting the national education standards.
Spotlight Story
Declaring War On Marriage
As the war on marriage escalates nationwide, Alysse ElHage provides the latest on the three federal lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s marriage laws, and presents a recent timeline of court rulings striking down state marriage protection laws.
Spotlight Story
Plan B – The Indefensible Attack On Our Daughters
Attorney Mary Summa details the dangers of unfettered access to Plan B emergency contraception, and offers sound legislative solutions for North Carolina to protect parental authority and women’s health…
Spotlight Story
Briefs: Legal Actions from Across North Carolina
Brittany Farrell compiles the latest in key legal battles across North Carolina, including lawsuits involving academic freedom, school choice, and life issues.
Spotlight Story
Interview: Amber Lehman
NCFPC president John Rustin talks with Amber Lehman, CEO of First Choice Pregnancy Solutions in Wake Forest, NC, about her personal history with abortion and the lifesaving work of pregnancy resource centers nationwide.
Commentary from the president
Commentary: Your Vote Counts
NCFPC president John L. Rustin details the recent history of elections in North Carolina, and explains why your vote matters more than ever in the upcoming November 4, 2014 General Election…