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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council responded today to news reports that Susan G. Komen for the Cure may be loosening its grant eligibility requirements and also reconsidering its abortion-neutral stance. The Komen statement released today doesn't promise new funding for Planned Parenthood bu...

Teen Birth Rate Increase Demonstrates Need for Authentic Abstinence Education Washington, D.C. - Yesterday's announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reporting a rise in the U.S. teen birth rate for the first time since 1991, clearly illustrates the utter failure of con...

***Media Advisory*** WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday at Noon, Family Research Council will host Ronald Reagan biographer Dr. Paul Kengor to address the topic, "What is a Reagan Conservative?" The lecture will also stream live online. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. Kengor, professor...

Washington , D.C. - Today, Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced that the foundation will not partner with Planned Parenthood affiliates in part because of a new policy against funding organizations under investigation. Planned Parenthood is the nation's largest abortion provider, performingnear...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Peter Sprigg,Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council, testified before the Maryland Senate'sJudicial Proceedings committeetoday against S.B. 241, a bill that would redefine marriage in Maryland. Sprigg's testimony was in response to the argument by advocat...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council (FRC) praised the opinion issued today by Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ward v. Polite. The Court reversed a district court's decision in favor of Eastern Michigan University against student Julea Ward, as a resu...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Monday, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), and nationally recognized pro-life activists will speak at Family Research Council's Pro-Life Conference, or "ProLifeCon," the seventh annual premier gathering of pro-life online activists one day after the 39th anniv...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council (FRC) and The Heritage Foundation, two leading public policy organizations, today announced a joint "Values Voter Bus Tour" that will hit the road this week to tell Americans about practical, conservative solutions to the most critical issues confronting th...

***Media Advisory*** BRENHAM, TEXAS - This weekend Family Research Council President Tony Perkins will join a meeting of almost 170 conservative leaders who are gathering in Brenham, Texas to discuss the Republican primary race and top policy goals for the next Republican Administration. On Saturda...

BRONX , NEW YORK - Today at Noon ET, Family Research Council President TonyPerkins will join New York City Council Member Fernando Cabrera, and New York religious leaders at a rally to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to evict houses of worship from public schools. Family Research Council...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council (FRC) today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, the biggest victory for religious liberty in recent years. An ordained Lutheran minister (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) who was a tea...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council (FRC) have filed a brief as amicus curiae with the U.S. Supreme Court in National Federation of Independent Business v. Kathleen Sebelius and Florida v. Department of Health and Human Services. This is the case challenging the constitutionality of the 2010...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins submitted a letter tothe Department of the Navyyesterday requesting records of communications regarding a policy memo issued by Walter Reed Military Medical Center that would restrict the distribution of religious materials incl...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jeanne Monahan, Director of Family Research Council's Center for Human Dignity, released the following statement regarding the Obama Administration's decision not to sell the morning-after-pill to girls under the age of 17 without a prescription. "A decision to make Plan B availa...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council criticized President Obama's memorandum today instructing federal agencies to promote the acceptance of homosexuality and gender identity disorder through its foreign policy. FRC Senior Fellow Peter Sprigg made the following comments: "It is startl...

***Media Advisory*** WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tomorrow, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins will join conservative and Tea Party leaders for a news conference to warn Republican congressional leaders against caving on tax increases in any "super committee" deal. Of the super committee Perkins...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council (FRC) today praised the decision by the California Supreme Court to allow the proponents of California's marriage amendment, Proposition 8, to defend its constitutionality in federal court. The ruling was necessary because, although the amendment defining...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council's Marriage andamp; Religion Research Institute (MARRI) released its second annual Index of Family Belonging and Rejection today. This year's Index delved into the issues of poverty, educational attainment and teenage out of wedlock births in relation to sta...

***Media Advisory*** WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tomorrow, Family Research Council's Marriage andamp; Religion Research Institute (MARRI) will release its second annual Index of Family Belonging and Rejection. The first Index found that less than 50 percent of American children reach adulthood having grown...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council criticized the Senate Judiciary Committee today for its vote to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The Defense of Marriage Act was approved in 1996 by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress (342-67 in the House, 85-14 in the...