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Apr 14, 2021, 17:55 ET Family Research Council Urges House Members to Sign Discharge Petition on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

For years Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to allow the House of Representatives to vote up or down on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection...

Apr 06, 2021, 19:38 ET FRC Praises Arkansas Legislature for Enacting First-of-Its-Kind Bill to Protect Children from Experimental Gender Transition Procedures Over Governor's Veto

Today, Arkansas became the first state in the nation to enact legislation that prohibits gender transition procedures on minors, prevents taxpayer...

Apr 05, 2021, 16:08 ET FRC Urges Arkansas Legislature Override Veto of SAFE Act and Protect Children

After the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act passed overwhelmingly through both chambers of the Arkansas legislature, unfortunately,...

Mar 30, 2021, 21:26 ET FRC Praises Arkansas legislature for protecting children from life-altering gender transition drugs, hormones, and surgeries

Family Research Council is praising the Arkansas legislature for overwhelmingly approving the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act which...

Mar 29, 2021, 18:03 ET Governor Noem Is Responsible for Killing South Dakota's Women's Sports Bill, says Family Research Council

Earlier today, the South Dakota House of Representatives by an overwhelming vote of 67 – 2 soundly rejected Governor Noem's "style and form" veto of...

Mar 24, 2021, 20:42 ET FRC warns Levine confirmation spells trouble for religious liberty and the unborn

The U.S. Senate today confirmed Rachel Levine as Assistant Secretary of Health by a vote of 52-48. Family Research Council warned Levine will use his ...

Mar 18, 2021, 14:18 ET FRC calls out Senate confirmation of abortion activist to head largest executive agency

Family Research Council today stated the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services by a vote of 50-49...

Mar 11, 2021, 21:34 ET FRC Condemns Anti-Life, Anti-Family Spending Spree Dressed up as a Covid Relief Package

As President Biden today signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319), Family Research Council criticized the $1.9 trillion spending...

Mar 10, 2021, 11:56 ET New FRC Publication Lists Concrete Ways Biden Should Respond to China's Genocide of the Uyghurs

Family Research Council published a new issue brief publication today titled, "How the United States Can Address China's Uyghur Genocide." The...

Feb 25, 2021, 19:20 ET House of Representatives Launches Greatest Ever Assault on Faith, Family, Life, and Freedom, says Family Research Council

By a vote of 224-206, the U.S. House of Representatives gave approval to H.R. 5, the deceptively titled "Equality Act." Family Research Council...

Feb 25, 2021, 16:50 ET Planned Parenthood supplies over half of reported US abortions, expands into transgender hormone therapy market, says Family Research Council

Family Research Council today released its analysis of Planned Parenthood's 2019-2020 (fiscal year 2019) annual report. The analysis, titled "The...

Feb 24, 2021, 13:56 ET FRC urges US Senate to Reject Radical HHS Nominee Xavier Becerra

Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) held a nomination hearing for Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden's...

Feb 24, 2021, 13:03 ET FRC urges US House of Representatives to reject the far-Left Equality Act

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Thursday on H.R. 5, deceptively titled "The Equality Act." When it was introduced last week,...

Feb 19, 2021, 20:10 ET So-Called 'Equality Act' Harms Women, Punishes People of Faith, and Creates an Abortion Mandate says Family Research Council

Family Research Council responded today to the White House giving support to H.R. 5, deceptively titled "The Equality Act," which was introduced...

Feb 10, 2021, 17:09 ET FRC's Mary Szoch Submits Testimony on Connecticut Bill Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

Today, Mary Szoch, Director of the Center for Human Dignity at Family Research Council, submitted testimony on a bill (SB 835) in the Connecticut...

Jan 28, 2021, 16:07 ET President Biden's Priority of Forcing Taxpayers into a Partnership with the Abortion Industry Won't Bring Unity, says Family Research Council

Democratic President Joe Biden, among his first official acts, today rescinded the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy (PLGHA), which...

Jan 25, 2021, 14:10 ET President Biden Diverts Military Away from its Mission, Forces it to Pay for Gender Reassignment Surgeries

President Joe Biden, in one of his first official acts, reinstated President Obama's military transgender policy. The president did so without any...

Jan 21, 2021, 10:07 ET FRC Warns Biden Executive Order Targets People of Faith and Faith-Based Organizations

Family Research Council issued a statement warning one of President Biden's first executive orders would target people of faith and religious...

Jan 19, 2021, 16:47 ET FRC Commends State Department Genocide Designation for China's Atrocities Against Uyghur Muslims and Other Minority Groups

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today announced the determination that the "People's Republic of China is committing genocide and crimes against...

Dec 09, 2020, 19:50 ET FRC Welcomes State Department's Addition of Nigeria to List of World's Worst Religious Freedom Violators

Family Research Council (FRC) today applauded the U.S. State Department for adding Nigeria to its list of "Countries of Particular Concern" (CPCs)...

Dec 07, 2020, 14:06 ET Family Research Council Defends the Hyde Amendment as House Democrats Try to Eliminate It

Tomorrow House Democrats will hold a hearing before the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the...

Dec 04, 2020, 15:25 ET Family Research Council Welcomes Mary Szoch as Director of the Center for Human Dignity

Family Research Council (FRC) is pleased to announce that Mary Szoch has joined the FRC team as Director of the Center for Human Dignity, where her...

Nov 24, 2020, 16:21 ET FRC Praises 11th Circuit Decision Striking Down Ban on Sexual Orientation Change Efforts

Family Research Council (FRC) today praised the recent decision by a federal appeals court striking down two local ordinances banning sexual...

Nov 19, 2020, 13:19 ET FRC Publication on apostasy, blasphemy, and anti-conversion laws reveals religious freedom progress in Sudan and elsewhere, but problems remain

Family Research Council on Thursday released the updated publication, "Criminalizing Conscience: The Status of Apostasy, Blasphemy, and...

Oct 30, 2020, 19:00 ET Media Advisory: Tony Perkins to speak at Miami church on November 1

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins will be preaching at a large bilingual church, King Jesus Miami, in Miami, Florida this upcoming...