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Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4247, the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act. The bill's purpose is to ensure that teachers do not use physical, mechanical or chemical means of restraint against students. The bill significantly increas...

Washington, D.C. - Today the White House unveiled new health care legislation that leaves the Senate abortion funding intact. When confronted with this fact by Minority Leader John Boehner, President Obama dismissed fact as mere talking points and "untrue." Speaker Pelosi continued this falsehood wh...

Washington, D.C. - Yesterday members of Congress attended the White House Summit on Health Care Legislation. Responding to a claim by Minority Leader John Boehner that the health care legislation will fund abortion, President Obama dismissed it as talking points and "untrue." Speaker Pelosi also ina...

Washington , D.C. - Family Research Council ( FRC ) President Tony Perkins released the following statement regarding today's decision by the U.S Supreme Court in Citizens United vs FEC: "Under the principles established by the First Amendment, nothing is more foundational than free speech. This i...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Todd Akin (R-MO) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) will speak at Family Research Council's Blogs for Life Conference on Friday, January 22nd from 8:30-11:30 a.m. ET.The fifth annual conference of pro-life bloggers and online social media activists will be held at Family Research Co...

Washington, D.C. - In October, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins received an invitation to speak at a National Prayer Luncheon on February 25 at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, D.C. on the theme "Getting Back to the Basics." Perkins, who is also an ordained minister and a vet...

Washington, D.C. - This week, several senior military leaders came forward to oppose repealing the ban on homosexuals serving in the military until a one-year study can be completed. This opposition contrasts significantly with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen's expressed "perso...

Washington, D.C. - Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins released the following statement regarding the Massachusetts Senate election results: "For a Senate seat considered to be in the left-hand column into eternity, the results of the Massachusetts race are nearly revolutionary....

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, February 17, 2010 more than 80 national grassroots conservative leaders will gather at the Collingwood Library and Museum in Alexandria, Va. to sign a new document that brings together the three legs of the conservative movement - social, economic, and national secur...

Perkins Warns Houston "Abortion Super Center" Will Be Prototype Under President Obama's Health Care Plan Houston, Texas - An estimated 10,000 people converged on Houston, Texas today for a pro-life prayer rally and march across from the nation's largest abortion facility. Tony Perkins, president...

Washington, D.C. - International Planned Parenthood Foundation's recently released report, "Stand and Deliver: Sex, Health and Young People in the 21st Century," advocates policies that jeopardize the well-being of children's health, the importance of parents and the moral values of our society, Fam...

Washington, D.C. - On Friday, January 22nd at 8:30 am, Family Research Council, located at 801 G Street, NW, will host Blogs for Life, the fifth annual conference of pro-life bloggers and online social media activists. The conference will feature prominent pro-life leaders including Tony Perkins...

Washington D.C. -The Family Research Council today criticized a decision by the Obama Administration to require military bases worldwide to carry Levonorgestrel, or 'Plan B.'Jeanne Monahan, FRC's Director of the Center for Human Dignity, released the following statement: "Family Research Council opp...

"The Irrelevant Constitution: How the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Health Care Bill Violates America's Charter Text." WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Thursday at 11 am ET, Family Research Council will host a lecture featuring Family Research Council Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell and George Mason Law Professor Nelson...

Washington, D.C. - Family Research Council (FRC) released the following statement in response to the release of a new study demonstrating the effectiveness of abstinence education. The study was compiled and released by Drs. John and Loretta Jemmott from the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Geoffr...

Pretrial Brief Refutes Same-sex "Marriage" Advocates' Flawed Legal Theories WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council today submitted an amicus curiae ("friend of the Court") legal brief in a lawsuit brought by advocates of so-called "same-sex marriage," which is being tried in San Francisco bef...

Washington, D.C. - Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement in response to President Obama's first State of the Union Address:"At a time of enormous economic challenge, two on-going wars in which Americans are fighting and increased terrorist threats to America...

Washington D.C. - This morning the United State Senate voted 60-39 in favor of final passage of HR 3590, the so-called "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." Family Research Council President Tony Perkins made the following comments: "Today's Christmas Eve vote may signal the end of the...

Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, February 2 at 8 p.m. EST, Family Research Council's headquarters will be the host site for a special webcast, State of the Union, Voice of the People.This live webcast, one week after the President's address, will provide a voice to the American people and an opportuni...

FRC's Tony Perkins Calls Closure the "Height of Arrogance" Baton Rouge, LA - At noon today, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins attempted to deliver a letter to Senator Mary Landrieu's Baton Rouge office only to be told by federal security that her offices were "closed for the holida...