February 9, 2012 Two bills before the General Assembly would protect the ability of private and faith-based adoption agencies to decide with whom they will place children
Legislation that would allow private adoption agencies to refuse placements that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, including opposition to homosexuality, is working its way through the General Assembly.
February 8, 2012 If Sen. Vogel's bill passes the House, Virginia will be the seventh state to require women seeking an abortion to have the option of viewing an image of their baby
A bill requiring ultrasound examinations for women seeking an abortion passed Virginia's Senate last week. A similar House bill is currently in the Committee for Courts of Justice.
February 1, 2012 After working a year to pass strict interim regulations for abortion clinics, social conservatives now must make the case again as the Board of Health considers permanent rules
The battle over abortion clinic regulation isn't over yet. After working for a year to implement more restrictive interim regulations, social conservatives will have win another round against abortion proponents as the state Board of Health is now in the process of developing permanent rules to govern the facilities. The first public hearing on the issue was last Friday.
January 27, 2012 A Family Foundation poll shows a narrow majority of Virginians support a pro-family agenda, just as state GOP lawmakers start to move parts forward in the General Assembly
A poll commissioned by the Family Foundation of Virginia suggested that the majority of registered Virginia voters favor the pro-life and pro-family bills unveiled last week by the Virginia Conservative Caucus.
January 25, 2012 Students gather to learn from pro-life leaders at a pre-March For Life conference
Julia Pritchett has a passion for sidewalk counseling outside abortion clinics. The University of Arkansas student is president of the school's Students for Life chapter.
January 24, 2012 Images from the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., yesterday
The annual March for Life is the most under-reported event in the nation. This is my sixth year redressing the lack of MSM coverage with an online photo journal. If a picture says a thousand words, then people can see the truth about Pro-Lifers here: a dazzlingly diverse movement filled with youth, vitality and joy.
January 23, 2012 The Board of Social Services rejected rules to force faith-based adoption agencies to place children with homosexual applicants, but now both sides are turning to the General Assembly
After a long and public battle, last social conservatives succeeded last month in convincing the Virginia Board of Social Services to adopt proposed new regulations, to take effect May 1, that would have forced faith-based adoption agencies to place children with homosexual applicants. But the battle isn't over just yet, with bills introduced this session on both sides of the issue.
January 5, 2012 The start of a new year is a good time to note how new families begin with adoption--Bethany Christian Services of Fredericksburg offers an alternative to abortion that lets birth mothers and adoptive parents stay in touch
When she learned she was pregnant, Maria was 42 years old, unemployed, and had no family in the United States. She had immigrated to the United States to help support her family in Indonesia.
December 19, 2011 After months of debate, Virginia's Board of Social Services accepts adoption rules without controversial changes that would have forced faith-based adoption agencies to place children with homosexual couples
A Virginia board has finalized adoption and foster parent rules that protect the religious liberty of adoption agencies.
November 11, 2011 Charmaine Yoest of Americans United for Life knows that moving the pro-life football down the field is a game of inches
Dr. Charmaine Yoest is president and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), mother of five, and "public enemy #1" to many in the pro-abortion community. But given the choice between cheerleading and studying politics, she admits she enjoyed the blazing lights of an evening football game, the ruckus of the crowd, and the chance to be a center of enthusiasm far more than she did the academic arena. "I usually don't get asked about it," she said over a chuckling crowd. "You do your homework, Marvin, don't you?"
November 8, 2011 The American missionary who allegedly helped Lisa Miller flee the U.S. during lesbian custody dispute now cooperating with investigators
Federal prosecutors have worked out a deal with an American missionary in Nicaragua that may help them find a Virginia woman who fled the country in a custody dispute with her former lesbian partner, court documents show.
November 2, 2011 Liberty U. law professor Phill Kline is at the center of a stunning criminal prosecution of Planned Parenthood of Kansas
In 2003 then-Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, and other abortion supporters in her state had a problem. The new attorney general, Republican Phill Kline, was poking around state agencies looking for figures and documents related to Planned Parenthood and late-term abortionist George Tiller, both staunch political allies of the governor.
October 20, 2011 Kansas ethics panel recommends Planned Parenthood prosecutor Phill Kline lose his law license, continuing effort to discredit criminal charges against the abortion giant
Former Kansas attorney general Phill Kline, now a visiting professor of law at Liberty University, is not surprised that a three-member state ethics panel recommended two weeks ago that his Kansas law license be suspended indefinitely. He spent six years investigating Planned Parenthood and late-term abortionist George Tiller but a hostile legal establishment stonewalled his every move and then charged him with misconduct ("Vengeance on the prairie," May 21).
October 19, 2011 Dissident Liao Yiwu advises America not to abandon concern for human rights to further business relations with China
Chinese activist, writer, and poet Liao Yiwu has faced brutal persecution for speaking up for human rights in China. In a public interview on Monday in Purcellville, Va., he advised the U.S. to not trade its commitment to human rights for financial gain when dealing with Chinese business.
October 14, 2011 Virginia's Board of Social Services ends its second comment period on proposed rules forcing agencies to place children with gay parents
Hundreds of opponents and supporters weighed in on proposed regulations that would allow state-licensed groups to turn down prospective adoptive and foster parents because of their sexual orientation, as a public comment period drew to a close this week.
September 19, 2011 Second chance comments favoring proposed rules forcing agencies to place children with gay parents
Supporters of gay adoption are making the most of a second chance to comment on whether Virginia's Board of Social Services should implement proposed regulations to force state-licensed groups-including Christian organizations-to place children with gay and lesbian adoptive and foster parents. ("Comments re-opened," Aug. 19)
September 16, 2011 Board of Health approves stricter regulation of abortion clinics by a 12-1 vote
The Virginia Board of Health voted 12-1 Thursday to approve strict abortion clinic regulations that supporters say will protect women's health and opponents, including the dissenting board member, say are aimed at putting most of the state's clinics out of business.
September 15, 2011 New poll shows Virginians strongly support stricter regulation of abortion clinics
Virginians strongly support tougher regulation of outpatient abortion clinics, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday. The news comes as the State Board of Health votes today on whether to adopt new regulations that hold Virginia abortion clinics to the same standards as hospitals instead of doctors' offices, as policies now require.
