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Capital Connection – 11/15/24

Capital Connection – 11/15/24

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Election Aftermath: What kind of Government will result from last week’s vote in NY and PA ?

How “Christians Engaged” helped Influence the vote

NY’s Prop 1’s impact for religious organizations, women’s/girls’ sports, and more

 

Family Life’s Capital Connection connects you each Friday with a pair of Christian watchdogs from the state capitals of Albany and Harrisburg. This week, our guests are Jason McGuire of the New York Families Foundation and Dan Bartkowiak from the Pennsylvania Family Institute.

  

Abortion on the ballot: a few Pro-Life victories (& future strategies) – 11/14/24

Abortion on the ballot: a few Pro-Life victories (& future strategies) – 11/14/24

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Abortion on the ballot – a few Pro-Life victories

The “Faith Under Fire” podcast from Family Life News

Ten states decided proposed amendments to their constitutions in the October and November voting, a little more than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the national Constitution does not include rights to abortions, leaving the decision on any limits (and taxpayer funding) to each individual state.

Seven of those state approved pro-abortion ballot measures, but three did not. Family Life News asked Kelsey Pritchard of Susan B. Anthony Prolife America to offer a pro-life perspective on the election results. Pritchard is the public affairs director for SBA Prolife is South Dakota, one of the three states that turned aside constitutional protections for this practice of ending pregnancies.

She also notes that the states where abortion proposals were approved by majorities of voters, abortion is already legal and accessible in each of those states.

She not only points to the example of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, but other ways that public opinion was swayed. In this expanded conversation, she also talks about lessons from Florida, South Dakota and Nebraska that can be used to protect preborn babies elsewhere when legislatures and electorates make their future determinations.

If you are interested in further information:

SBA Prolife offers analysis on related issues:

“Faith Under Fire” invites you to listen to the voices from religious battlegrounds in this nation. Our weekly Thursday interviews delve into social, religious and political matters from health to freedom to faith practices. This feature airs on the Family Life Noon Report and 5 O’Clock Report, and bonus content is also included in many of our podcast versions as well.

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11/14/2024

 
Capital Connection: The Post-Election Implications – 11/08/24

Capital Connection: The Post-Election Implications – 11/08/24

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Family Life’s “Capital Connection”

Implications and Effects of Election 2024

Our Christian watchdogs in the state capitals of Pennsylvania and New York are back to recap the biggest stories of Election 2024. This is our weekly roundtable for commentary and analysis with Jason McGuire in Albany and Michael Geer in Harrisburg.

Family Life Noon Report anchor Bob Price guides this discussion,  reviewing election results from early voting, ballots cast on November 5, and the decisions still pending as the week ends:

  • The significance of the “red wave” in presidential and congressional voting
  • How voters in our two states chose their legislative leaders, statewide and national
  • Did voters who are Christian turn out better than expected?
  • Amendment One passes in NY, and other states decide abortion-related ballot issues
  • Trends from this week which will carry over into the new year

 

Michael Geer (president of the Pennsylvania Family Institute) and Jason McGuire (executive director of the New York Family Foundation and New York Family Action) were also on the air with us election night for analysis of the news as it was happening.  You can listen to or share those special reports from these two Family Life News podcasts:
Abortion on the Ballot, in Ten States – 10/21/24

Abortion on the Ballot, in Ten States – 10/21/24

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Abortion is on the Ballot this Election Year

A Family Life Newsmaker Interview

“The abortion industry has been very successful at using fear-mongering as a way to drive voters.” — Nicole Hunt

 

Two weeks from Tuesday, Americans will go to the polls to decide the 47th President of the United States.  Also that day, they will decide constitutional amendments that dramatically expand abortion access in 10 states.

In today’s feature report, Family Life News interviews Nicole Hunt, a policy analyst at “Focus on the Family” on why the abortion industry has been winning at the ballot box — and what pro-lifers can do to reverse the trend.

 

Attorney Nicole Hunt is a policy analyst for Focus on the Family. She joined Family Life’s Bob Price for an extended interview on the October 21 Noon Report.

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Other Family Life News podcasts which discuss how issues will or won’t be decided by “values-focused” voters in this fall’s elections are on www.FamilyLife.org/newspodcasts:

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Capital Connection – Prop 1, Pro-Life/Abortion Balloting, Trusting the Vote Counts – 10/04/24

Capital Connection – Prop 1, Pro-Life/Abortion Balloting, Trusting the Vote Counts – 10/04/24

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On Our Ballots:  Proposition 1 … Pro-Life/Pro-Abortion …Vote-Counting Integrity

Family Life’s “Capital Connection” — 10/04/2024

Each Friday, the Capital Connection Crew delves into the top social, cultural and political issues in our region and in the nation.

This week, host Bob Price poses these questions to our faith-and-values experts in Harrisburg and Albany:

  • Why Democrats are Winning at the Ballot Box on the Abortion Issue
  • Why Proposition 1 is so Dangerous
  • Has Early Voting Undermined Election Integrity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason McGuire is the executive director of the New Yorker’s Family Research Federation [NewYorkFamilies.org]

Michael Geer is president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Family Institute [PAFamily.org]

 

 

 

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Faith Under Fire – A NY Pro-Life Group questions Planned Parenthood’s financial publicity – 10/03/24

Faith Under Fire – A NY Pro-Life Group questions Planned Parenthood’s financial publicity – 10/03/24

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A NY Pro-Life Group questions Planned Parenthood’s financial publicity

Family Life’s weekly “Faith Under Fire” feature

When Planned Parenthood announced it would be, at least temporarily, curtailing some abortion procedures at several New York clinics, an Empire State pro-life organization raised questions about Planned Parenthood’s publicity last month.

Feminists Choosing Life of New York released statements that asked how the largest provider of abortions in New York State and in the nation can be on financial hard times. Spokesperson Sarah Prentice told Family Life News that two significant dynamics are happening. First, well over have of the pregnancies that are ended through abortions are now happening with a cocktail of two pills, including mifepristone which ends the life of the fetus. Also, even as revenue from in-clinic procedures are less frequent, Planned Parenthood still gets hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies.

In this podcast, Prentice quotes the New York governor’s annual budget, showing how much tax money goes to funding abortions, encouraging people from other states to come to New York in so-called “abortion tourism”, and to pay for extensive lobbying on Planned Parenthood’s behalf.

Sarah Prentice is policy analyst and deputy outreach manager for FCLNY, which describes itself as a statewide human rights coalition, active on a range of issues. More information is available on their Instagram, website, and video.

Family Life News has invited Planned Parenthood of New York to have a parallel interview, to hear their perspective their public announcement and the related issues raised in this interview. As of the time of this post, we have not heard a response.

Capital Connection – 9/13/24 (and an invitation to CC’s pair of live, in-person forums this weekend)

Capital Connection – 9/13/24 (and an invitation to CC’s pair of live, in-person forums this weekend)

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“Capital Connection”

Family Life’s weekly roundtable on social, cultural and political issues in PA & NY

This week, the latest from Harrisburg and Albany …. plus a preview of Shippensburg and Binghamton

  • Pro-life cases go to court
  • Protecting parent’s rights — and students’ privacy rights at school
  • Abortion rhetoric in the 2024 election
  • Is this Governor Cuomo’s comeback?

Jason McGuire and Michael Geer are Christian watchdogs lobbying for the protection and advancement of Christians “and” Christian values in Albany and Harrisburg. Each Friday during the legislative seasons, they join Family Life News for their commentary and analysis — on the air, on our live stream, and with this weekly podcast.

 

Also, today’s Noon Report and this podcast offer a preview of Family Life’s two “Capital Connection  Live” events. Our panel will speak to a pair of public forums we hold so that listeners and website visitors can be part of an extended conversation on the major issues now shaping New York and Pennsylvania, as well as what will make the differences in statewide and national elections this fall.

Between the two events — one in Clarion County, one in Broome County — 275 people have already made reservations. Details and preregistration opportunities are available from the EVENTS page at FamilyLife.org.

Admission is free, and free passes will be available at the door for anyone who still wants to attend (up to the capacity of the host sites). Each night’s program begins at 7:00 p.m.

 

Capital Connection Live:  For locations, schedules, speakers’ biographies and free ticket information, go to FamilyLife.org/Events

 

Michael Geer is president of the Pennsylvania Family Institute   [PAFamily.org]

Jason McGuire is executive director of the New York Family Foundation   [www.NewYorkFamilies.org]

Bob Price is news manager for the Family Life Radio Network and anchors the Family Life Noon Report   [FamilyLife.org/newspodcasts]
Prolife Pregnancy Centers vs the New York Attorney General – 8/15/24

Prolife Pregnancy Centers vs the New York Attorney General – 8/15/24

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…. A MAJOR HEARING ABOUT “ABORTION PILL REVERSAL” …. IN BUFFALO THIS THURSDAY…..

 

A number of pro-life organizations are suing New York’s Attorney General. They argue that threats of legal actions by Letitia James and her office will seek to unconstitutionally silence their advice to clients who start on Mifepristone to chemically end a pregnancy, but then have second thoughts. The state sent letters to the pregnancy care center, threatening prosecution if they provide information about abortion-drug reversal processes to people who visit their clinics.

The Alliance Defending Freedom law group represents those centers and sought an injunction against the Attorney General. That hearing was today (August 15, 2024). Prior to this court hearing, Family Life news producer Greg Gillispie got a preview from ADF attorney Gabriella McIntyre.

 

The ADF statement about the case is here from their website ADFLegal.org.

 

Family Life News also reached out to the Attorney General’s media team, offering to interview James or her spokesperson.

This podcast post will be updated when we have their response.

 
Doctors vs the FDA: A Supreme Court decision on mail-order Mifepristone – 6/27/24

Doctors vs the FDA: A Supreme Court decision on mail-order Mifepristone – 6/27/24

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Dr. Ingrid Skop was interviewed for the Family Life Noon Report, with a pro-life OB-GYN’s perspective on the recent Supreme Court decision saying the “Hippocratic Medicine” group was not the right plaintiff to bring suit against the Federal Food and Drug Administration.

Previous Family Life Interviews:

Attorney Katie Daniel of Susan B. Anthony Prolife America gave us initial reaction to this Supreme Court decision, why the justices’ ruling does not end this issue against the FDA, and what the next steps will be:  6/24/2024

Dr. Ingrid Skop spoke with us, as this case was being decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals:  6/01/2023

Dr. Ingrid Skop, in a Family Life Interview, about the harm many patients are suffering, because of the unchecked side effects of the abortion-triggering drug Mifepristone:  4/25/2023

Family Life’s weekly Pennsylvania and New York roundtable frequently discussed the matters surrounding the prevalence of these abortion pills, increasingly without a doctor’s supervision and care:  scroll through Capital Connection archives

 

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