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Mothers Are The Bottom Line!
May 4, 2010 Mothers are the bottom line! There are loud voices around us expounding upon the role of women. Often those loud voices seek to eliminate motherhood as a viable option for contemporary women. Some even go so far as to call motherhood a "negative...
What is a human right?
April 28, 2010 What is a human right? What is a human right? What qualifies something as a universal, fundamental right of all humans? The answer is not as obvious as one would assume. Is it divine declaration? Natural law? Customary law? International consensus? Or...
MOTHERHOOD SAFER AROUND THE WORLD
April 20, 2010 MOTHERHOOD SAFER AROUND THE WORLD We are pleased to bring to your attention a study issued by the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet. The Lancet is reporting that worldwide maternal mortality rates (women dying from conditions related to pregnancy...
The Future Belongs to Stable Married Families
April 13, 2010 The Future Belongs to Stable Married Families First, the good news The teen birth rate in the United States fell two percent between 2007 and 2008, after rising for the two years prior. The birth rate for the year 2007, however, was an all-time high. ...
Kenya’s “Choice”
April 6, 2010 Kenya's "Choice" On April 1 the Parliament of Kenya approved a Draft Constitution that, with approval by popular vote, will become the new highest law of the land, giving more power to the people, protecting more rights, and limiting the power of the...
Adult Stem Cells Could Save Your Life
March 30, 2010 Adult Stem Cells Could Save Your Life Being pro-life is much more than being opposed to abortion. We at United Families International enjoy sharing with you other pro-life news"”some good news too. We just learned that a new cord blood bank and...
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Are We Living in a Rape Culture?
by Christie Masters The understandable and warranted outrage against a California judge who recently gave a rapist a lenient six month sentence has brought the terminology “Rape Culture” to the headlines of news articles. There has been a public outcry and a petition...
Paying for Free Stuff with Our Freedom
by Rebecca Mallory “Everyone should be required to take economics and civics!” If I had a dime for every time my dad said that to one of his 9 children, I’d be rich. My dad was an economics and math major in college which unfortunately, didn’t completely transfer to...
Tolerating the Rape Culture
by Diane Robertson Early on the morning on Jan. 18 two men riding bikes on the Stanford University campus spotted a man raping an unconscious woman. The man later identified as Brock Allen Turner, a student and swimmer at Stanford University, ran away when he saw the...
How dangerous can one moment be?
by Cinthia Jahnsen I live in sunny southern CA where pool and beach season can be anytime from March through October, depending on mother natures temperament. As I drive around I always see signs out (huge signs) that say “Prevent Drowning, Alway Watch the Water.” ...
Loving Our LGBT Children
By Candice LeSueur It is common for heterosexual parents to feel disappointment, anger, shock, or guilt when their child “comes out.” All other family members may initially have feelings of disbelief or denial as they come to terms with a new reality that becomes a...
Bullying? Look to the home life.
by Tashica Jacobson The small town of Dietrich, Idaho is in shock over the recent events that transpired between football team members. Last October three boys shoved a coat hanger up another team member’s rectum. This instance was not isolated and came after a long...