Family Research Council

Click here to subscribe to The Social Conservative Review.

Dear Friends,

America's leading abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, is at it again.

Increasingly notorious for its massive abortion business (its clinics performed about 330,000 last year), Planned Parenthood is involved in what pro-life champion Lila Rose calls "a rebranding scheme." Trying to position itself as a compassionate purveyor of women's healthcare, the organization is attempting frantically to derail the growing movement to end its huge government subsidies at the state and federal levels. These funds enable Planned Parenthood to retain its infamous position as the nation's leading provider of abortion.

FRC has recently published an updated version of our booklet on Planned Parenthood called, "America's Abortion Provider: What Everyone Should Know About Planned Parenthood." You can download this informative and compelling booklet at no charge. We urge you to do so - and forward it to others committed to standing for the lives of the unborn and their mothers.

As FRC's friend Ryan Bomberger says, "No one knows the beautiful possibility of Life: planned or unplanned." Amen - so let's keep standing and praying and working for it.

Sincerely,

Rob Schwarzwalder

Senior Vice-President

Family Research Council

P.S. The director of FRC's Center for Religious Liberty, Ken Klukowski, makes the case that "the ban on discussing politics" from the pulpit is unconstitutional. Read his op-ed on this critical subject here.

Educational Freedom and Reform

Homeschooling

• "A Curriculum of Life," First Things
• "Judge: Homeschooling "Damages" Kids," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "Three cheers for homeschooling," WORLD Magazine
• "A New Chapter in the Homeschooling Movement," Her.meneutics

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "The Right Flight," The Christian Post
• "When will the Feds admit that they haven't got a clue about K-12 education?," American Enterprise Institute
• "I Won't Back Down from Civil Rights... or from Teachers' Unions," Parents Magazine
• "Standing up to Won't Back Down," World Magazine
• "Potential Pennsylvania charter school legislation forthcoming," The Times Herald
• "Putting Students First: A Tale of Two States," The Heritage Foundation

College Debt

• "The Other College Debt: Clarion University Has Adopted Conservative Approach to Debt," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• "New Rules for Going to College," Grand Forks Herald
• "Student Loan Debt Affects Generations of Americans," US News and World Report
• "First-time voters concerned about student debt, getting jobs after graduation," Anchorage Daily News

Government Reform

Regulation

• "Winning the Presidential Debate with Regulation," Fox Business
• "Reality, not scare tactics," Daily American

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Will California Become a Right-to-Give State?," The American
• "Crackup Central," The American Spectator
• "House votes to expand protections for federal whistleblowers who expose fraud, waste and abuse," The Washington Post

Health Care

Abstinence

• "Emergency Contraception Won't Decrease Teen Pregnancies," The Public Discourse
• "The Talk: Addressing Chastity from a Biblical Perspective," The Point

Conscience Protection

• "Conscience Protection for Pharmacists, Nurses, and...Abortionists?," Live Action News
• "Blunt Amendment: Protections For Religion, Conscience Long Established," Courant.com

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "A Mandate to Disobey," First Things
• "First, Do No Harm," Values and Capitalism
• "Governing the Medical Profession: Obamacare and New Governance," The Public Discourse
• "Infertility treatments, massage care 'essential' in some states," The Washington Times
• "Obama Claims Repealing ObamaCare Would Benefit Insurers. In Fact, They Stand to Lose $1 Trillion," Reason.com
• "Healthcare Reform... the Job's Not Done," The Galen Institute

Homosexuality

• "Post Plugs Polygamy, While Distorting Scholar's Views to Defend Homosexual "Marriage"," Family Research Council
• "Catholic Medical Association says male-female marriage important," CatholicCulture.org
• "Same-Sex Parenting: Can We Honestly Pursue Truth?," The Center for Vision and Values
• "The Regnerus Affair," Christianity Today
• "Student Who Got 'Gay Cure' Sues California Over New Law," Good Morning America
• "This NFL Player Said What?," Crosswalk
• "Family intrusion," World Magazine

Human Life and Bioethics

Abortion

• "Teenagers and the Risks of Abortion," Family Research Council
• "Mr. President, a few brief questions:," Family Research Council
• "Statement By H.E. Msgr. Dominique Mamberti, Secretary For Relations With States And Head Of The Holy See Delegation At The 67th Ordinary Session Of The General Assembly Of The United Nations," The Vatican
• "Baby bust continues: US births down for 4th year," Associated Press
• "Following - the Russians?," The Catholic Thing
• "Misdiagnosed Causes And Misleading Solutions: Facts Guttmacher Won't Give You," Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "Pro-Life Pharmacists Win Huge Victory in Illinois Decision," LifeNews.com
• "Emergency Contraception Won't Decrease Teen Pregnancies," The Public Discourse
• "Abortion issues raises privacy concerns in Florida," The Palm Beach Post
• "Planned Parenthood's rebranding scheme," The Washington Times
• "Not enough suffering," WORLD Magazine
• "How to Reduce Abortions: An Idiosyncratic Suggestion," Mere Orthodoxy
• "Taxpayer-funded drugs without a prescription," WORLD Magazine
• "Alaska court: parent needs to know when child seeks abortion," Alliance Defending Freedom

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Why be surprised, when you can buy?," Family Research Council
• "Nepal to join global campaign against gender violence," The Himalayan Times
• "Lesbian Rails Against "Biological Injustice" Of Having to Seek Sperm Donor," National Organization for Marriage

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "UK Tries to Prevent Backdoor Euthanasia," National Review Online
• "Euthanasia Out of Control," OneNewsNow

Stem Cell Research

To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Hyping Embryonic Stem Cells Like It's 2004," National Review Online
• "New stem cell research could bring choices to heart patients," VCStar.com
• "Science Over Politics: Nobel Prize For Adult Stem Cell Work," Investors.com
• "Nanomaterials in a heart beat," Physorg

Human Trafficking

• "Obama Administration Leaves Human Trafficking Victims Out in the Cold," The Acton Institute
• "Mira Sorvino: Saving Sex Slaves," Christianity Today
• "Sex trafficking now an 'epidemic'," The Washington Times
• "Proposition 35 raises penalties for human trafficking," Mercury News

Marriage and Family

Adoption

• "Adoption, Fear, and True American Girls," National Review Online
• "Adoption: Not a Justice Cause But a Spiritual Reality," Her.meneutics
• "Alum fulfills calling in Ukraine, finding homes for children," The Baylor Lariat

Family Economics

• "The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well...In China," Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics
• "The Continuing Decline of Economic Freedom in the US," The Library of Law and Liberty
• "Study: America falls to 18th in economic freedom," HotAir.com
• "What's a Christian Response to Poverty?," Economics for Everybody
• "The Only Practical Way Out of Our Economic Doldrums," The American
• "Don't Trust a Single Number in This Jobs Report (or Any Jobs Report)," The Atlantic

Family Structure

• "Proposing "Marriage: A Solution to Child Poverty"," Family Research Council
• "The End of Men, the End of Families," Family Research Council
• "Thirteen Theses on Marriage," First Things
• "Toward a Less Minimal Marriage," The Public Discourse
• "Are Christians Just As Likely to Divorce?," National Review Online
• "Lots Of Children, But No Fathers Or Mothers," Townhall.com
• "Why C.S. Lewis is Wrong on Marriage," Mere Orthodoxy
• "When (if ever) are you ready for kids?," The Cripplegate

Media

Pornography

• "An Infertility Cult: The Integration of Sex and Learning," Evangel
• "'Shocking' Middle School Sex Ed Program Likened To Pornography," CBS Houston

Internet

• "The Internet Doesn't Need More Regulation," The American
• "Study: Checking Your Social Media Pages Is as Addictive as Sex and Nicotine," Consumer Affairs
• "Theme of the Week: Information Is Not Neutral," The Colson Center for Christian Worldview

Religion and Public Policy

Religious Liberty

• "Guest Opinion: The Obama Mandate is the Gravest Threat to Religious Freedom in 226 Years," Catholic Online
• "Churches Challenge IRS: Ban on Discussing Politics Unconstitutional," Breitbart.com
• "Obama Administration: Bible Publisher Isn't Religious Enough For Exemption," Alliance Defending Freedom
• "Aggressive Decision Against Religious Liberty," National Review Online
• "Amendment 8 pits religious groups against backers of church-state separation," Orlando Sentinel
• "Students Say A Prayer and Defy Anti-Christians," OneNewsNow
• "Liberty Hill," WORLD Magazine
• "A Debate on Religious Liberty in America," The Heritage Foundation
• "The Most Dangerous Branch," National Affairs

Religion in America

Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Two Kingdoms, and Protestant Social Thought Today," Journal of Markets & Morality
• "Keeping Your Faith in College," First Things
• "Talking religious expression in our local public schools," The Carrboro Citizen
• "Why Suburbia Really Is Affecting Your Spiritual Life," Christianity Today
• "Farewell to the American Protestant Majority," Moore to the Point
• "Religious Freedom and National Security," The Hoover Institution

Secularism

• "A Secularizing America?," The American Spectator
• "Most of the Work of Ministry Is Done by Christians Who Work Secular Jobs," Desiring God
• "Unitarian Universalists see chance for growth in growth of secularism," The Washington Post
• "Bishops to counter rising secularism," GulfNews.com

International

Israel

• "The Left's only enemy," Caroline Glick
• "Turkey and Syria," The Jerusalem Post
• "Rift Grows Between Israeli Leaders Over Relations With U.S.," New York Times

International Economy and Family

• "An Own Goal in Portugal," The American
• "Turkey's Erdogan Is No Jeffersonian Ideal," DoubleThink

Religious Persecution

• "Flight from North Korea," Christianity Today
• "Coptic Children Arrested for Defiling Quran in Egypt," Religion Today
• "China needs to free the Bible market," DoubleThink
• "Muslim Persecution of Christians: August, 2012," Right Side News
• "Religious Freedom Under Attack -- Even in the U.S.," Religion Today

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "How 'Religious Defamation' Laws Would Ban Islam," FrontPage Magazine
• "Terrorist Group Promises To Continue Terrorizing Kenya," OneNewsNow
• "The Pakistani Taliban's 'Justification' for Trying to Murder a 14-Year-Old Girl," The Atlantic

The Courts

Constitutional Issues

• "Michael Greve, William Galston, and William Voegeli on "Constitutional Moments"," The Library for Law and Liberty
• "Crucial Marriage Cases Coming Up For High Court Consideration," Alliance Defending Freedom
• "The Constitution: Model, Resource, or Outlier?," The Heritage Foundation

Judicial Activism

• "Are Republicans Beating Obama in War for Judicial Dominance?," The FedSoc Blog
• "Conservatives Ponder Prospect of an "Obama Court"," The FedSoc Blog
• "When the 'Umpire' Is Playing for the Other Team," The Atlantic

Other News of Note

• "Military Vote Missing This Election - Including In Big Swing States," U.S. News and World Report
• "Watching the Watchmen of Civil Discourse," Touchstone Magazine
• "Confirmed: Big Bird ad a flop across the entire political spectrum," HotAir.com

Book reviews

• "Reading for Worldviews: The Da Vinci Code," The Gospel Coalition
• "Brilliantly Bad Books," First Things
• "Free Market Economy v. Free Market Society," The Library of Law and Liberty
• "The End of Men: The End of Women Too?," The Public Discourse
• "Boys to Men," Claremont Review of Books
• "Embracing Obscurity," Challies.com