Category: Government Updates
Ohio Governor Vetoes Bill Protecting Children and Women’s Sports
Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine vetoed an important bill that would have protected children from damaging transgender medical interventions and saved girls’ and women’s sports...
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Senator Releases Report Chronicling Waste of $900 Billion Taxpayer Dollars in 2023
Senator Rand Paul released his ninth annual “Festivus Report” on Dec. 23, chronicling how the federal government wasted $900 billion of taxpayer’s money in 2023....
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Senators to Introduce Legislation Protecting Parental and Families’ Rights
Senators Tim Scott and James Lankford are set to bring forward legislation in the U.S. Senate to protect the rights of parents and families. The...
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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Important Abortion Pill Case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear an important case regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) removal of important safety regulations...
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Counseling Censorship Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an important case involving Washington state’s counseling censorship law. The case was brought by Brian...
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State Attorneys General Sue FDA Over Mail-Order Abortion Pills
Three state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its approval of “risky, untested” mail-order abortion pills....
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Nine Governors Write Letter Urging NCAA to Protect Women’s Sports
Nine state governors have written a letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) asking it to end its policy of allowing biological males to...
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Unlimited Abortion on Demand Comes to Ohio After Voters Approve Issue 1
Ohio voters overwhelming approved Issue 1 in Tuesday night’s election, bringing unlimited abortion on demand to the Buckeye State. Issue 1, which establishes a constitutional...
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Oklahoma Governor Declares November ‘Family Month,’ Launches Pro-Family Campaign
Governor Kevin Stitt signed a proclamation on October 31 declaring November “Family Month” in the state of Oklahoma. The governor held a press conference to...
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EEOC Proposes to Make Abortion and ‘Misgendering’ Workplace Harassment Claims
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just proposed new workplace enforcement guidelines to include pregnancy (and the decision to abort) and “misgendering” as bases for...
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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Social Media Companies Can Collude With Government
The Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether social media companies can collude with the government to censor the speech of Americans. The U.S. Court...
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Celebrating Clarence Thomas’ Remarkable 32 Years on the U.S. Supreme Court
Thirty-two years ago, Justice Clarence Thomas was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 95th associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States....
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Oklahoma Can Protect Minors From Transgender Medical Interventions, Court Rules
Oklahoma can protect children and adolescents from harmful and experimental transgender medical interventions, a court has ruled. In May, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed SB...
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New Bill Introduces Federal Oversight Over Private Adoption Agencies
Congressmembers Doug Lamborn (CO-05) and Annie Kuster (NH-02) introduced the In Good Standing Adoption Agencies Act of 2023 (H.R. 5540) in the House of Representatives...
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Education Victory: North Carolina Becomes 10th State to Enact Universal School Choice
North Carolina has become the 10th state in the union to provide universal school choice to all its young citizens. Last Friday, the North Carolina...
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PEPFAR — What It Is and Why Pro-Lifers Want It To Change
Focus on the Family joined 12 pro-life organizations on Tuesday opposing the multi-year renewal of PEPFAR, a federal HIV/AIDS relief program worth billions of dollars,...
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Many Americans Unaware of Key Facts About U.S. Constitution, Survey Finds
Many Americans’ have little knowledge of the U.S. Constitution, a survey has found. The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania has conducted...
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Familial DNA Testing on the Southern Border Shouldn’t Have Ended
San Diego county supervisor Jim Desmond asked the White House to reestablish familial DNA testing at the U.S-Mexico border in a letter last week, echoing...
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Texas’ Ban on Transgender Medical Interventions for Minors Can Take Effect, Court Rules
The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state can enforce its law prohibiting physicians from performing “transgender” medical interventions on minors. Texas’ SB...
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Appeals Court Upholds Alabama Law Protecting Children from Transgender Medical Interventions
A federal appellate court has unanimously upheld an Alabama law prohibiting physicians from performing transgender medical interventions on children. Alabama’s Senate Bill 184 (SB 184)...
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Senator Tuberville Continues Courageous Pro-Life Campaign Against Pentagon’s Abortion Policy
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville is continuing his courageous pro-life campaign against the Pentagon’s anti-life policies enacted after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade....
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Eyes Turn to November Abortion Vote After Ohioans Vote Down Issue 1
Ohio citizens voted down Issue 1 in the state’s Tuesday election, rejecting the legislatively referred ballot measure that would have raised the threshold needed for...
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FBI’s ‘Operation Cross Country’ Leads to Rescue of 200 Human Trafficking Victims
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), alongside its state and local partners, has rescued 200 victims of sex trafficking during Operation Cross Country XIII, the...
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VA Reverses Course, Won’t Force Doctors and Nurses to Perform Abortions
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is doing an about face, announcing it will not force doctors and nurses to perform abortions that violate their...
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