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State Lawmakers Pass Budget and Adjourn “Short” Legislative Session

The North Carolina General Assembly adjourned the 2022 “Short” Legislative Session this afternoon after giving final approval to a $27.9 billion state budget. House Bill READ

SCOTUS Overturns Roe and Casey — Returns Abortion Regulation to States!

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court released its highly anticipated ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In a 6-3 decision, the nation’s READ

Court Rules State Health Plan Must Cover Transgender Surgeries

Since 2019, North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell has been engaged in a lawsuit over whether the North Carolina State Employees Health Plan (NCSHP) READ

NC Senate Passes “Parents’ Bill of Rights”

The N.C. Senate passed an amended version of HB 755, entitled Parents’ Bill of Rights. As NC Family shared last week, this bill would READ

ALERT: Urge Your Senator to Vote Against Marijuana Legalization

The NC Senate Rules Committee passed a bill today that would legalize marijuana for “medical” use across the state. Senate Bill 711, entitled “NC Compassionate READ

State Senate Committees Pass “Parents’ Bill of Rights”

This week, the N.C. Senate Education and Health Care Committees passed an amended version of HB 755, originally called Academic Transparency and now entitled READ

Family North Carolina Spring/Summer 2022 Magazine is Here!

NC Family is excited to announce the arrival of the Spring/Summer 2022 edition of our flagship publication, Family North Carolina magazine. In a world steeped in unknowns READ

NC Family to SCOTUS: Abortion Providers Cannot Skirt Medicaid Appeals Process

NC Family joined Family Policy Alliance, along with the Independence Law Center and 31 state organizations, in filing an amicus brief last week urging READ

Faith & Values Summit in Charlotte, May 24

Please plan to join NC Family along with other pro-life and pro-family organizations and individuals for a North Carolina Faith & Values Summit featuring READ

Maryland’s Infanticide Bill

NC Family was recently stunned to learn of a bill introduced in the Maryland legislature that would not only enshrine abortion in state law READ

ALERT: Urge Senators Burr and Tillis to OPPOSE Radical Abortion Bill

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote next week on S. 1975 – Women’s Health Protection Act, a radical pro-abortion bill that would not READ

POV: A New Eugenics

In the 1880s, Sir Francis Galton coined a new term, “eugenics.” A look at the history is shocking and horrifying because of the speed READ

NC Family & Other FPCs Urge SCOTUS to Rule Against OSHA Vaccine Mandate

NC Family has joined 30 other state family policy councils in submitting a friend of the court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court to READ

FDA Allows Mail-Order Abortions Across the U.S.

What was previously a temporary, COVID-era regulation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been made permanent and now allows women across READ

Recapping the 2021 “Long” Legislative Session

The North Carolina General Assembly has been in session since January 27, 2021, making this the longest uninterrupted “long” legislative session in a decade. READ

NC Family Joins Pro-Life Organizations Across the U.S. in After Roe Campaign

This morning, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, NC Family joined other family policy organizations around the READ

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