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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.

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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 – Today’s PA & NY Issues – 9/27/24

Capital Connection – Today’s PA & NY Issues – 9/27/24

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Capital Connection – Today’s PA & NY Issues

It’s our weekly Family Life News cultural/political/social roundtable, for the week of 9/27/2024

It’s “Capital Connection”, the Friday news feature from Family Life News.  Noon Report anchor Bob Price guides our ten-minute conversation, digging into the issues in our two states — and far beyond.

Christian advocates Jason McGuire and Michael Gere have commentary from the two capital cities on these major issues in the news:

  • NY’s regents pause consideration on policies for transgender inclusion in girls scholastic sports, but will such rules be back after the election?
  • Do voters realize that Proposition One may enshrine such gender diversity in the New York Constitution? What will the “Equal Rights Amendment” do to women’s rights, parental rights, and parental notifications about counseling and medical treatments for their children?
  • Thousands gathered in Harrisburg this week. What is happening in the battle over abortion regulations?
  • What do our watchdogs see as trends in legislative priorities this fall, swings in the 2024 election, and voters’ confidence in how the ballots are distributed and counted?

 

 

 

Our guests on most editions of “Capital Connection” are Jason McGuire, the executive director of the New York Families Foundation and New York Families Action, and Michael Geer, the president of the Pennsylvania Family Institute.

 

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2024 Pennsylvania March For Life – a Family Life News recap – 9/26/24

2024 Pennsylvania March For Life – a Family Life News recap – 9/26/24

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2024 Pennsylvania March For Life

A Family Life News Recap

Hear highlights from the Pennsylvania March For Life, where an estimated 6,000 people gathered on the steps of the state capitol building, to pray, rally and march. This annual demonstration give witness to the year-round efforts to protect unborn children from the practice of abortion.

With highlights from speakers on the stage, plus exclusive Family Life News interviews with attendees and pro-life leaders, this special edition of “Faith Under Fire” offers you a recap of the issues and motivations which are important to those who rallied in Harrisburg on Monday, September 23.

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The Pennsylvania Family Institute’s website and related social media posts have additional highlights, commentary, and videos.

The full one-hour video of all the Rally presentations is available here:  www.PAFamily.org

Within this video is a speech by Dr. Eric Hussar, a Lancaster County physician who is State Director for the American Academy of Medical Ethics. He gives real-world stories of women who started a regimen of abortion-inducing drugs, but later would regret that decision and explored how pregnancies can often be saved, if the scared and fragile woman seeks out abortion-reversal treatments through their own physician or through a pro-life pregnancy resource center.  [https://youtu.be/iLzJma3TA8o?t=2172]  [The Lozier Institute has further information on the medical research about the Progesterone treatments.]

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Note: Family Life Ministries has compiled information about Pregnancy Resource Centers and care centers throughout Pennsylvania and New York State.

Visit that map and get contact information here: www.FamilyLife.org/listening-area/pregnancy-resources/

 

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]

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