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Abortion’s Culture is Antithetical to Women’s Equality
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, Many years ago I became familiar with the arguments of pro-life feminists, and they resonated with me. For many, putting those two words, “pro-life” and “feminist” together is oxymoronic. Feminism took a terrible turn in the...
The Protect Life Rule: Standing Up for the Unborn
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, Planned Parenthood. Choice. Reproductive healthcare. If there were an award given for the best euphemisms to emerge from the 20th century, it would be those that were created to mask the reality of abortion and the abortion...
With Liberty for All: The Religious Liberty Task Force
From the Desk of Tori Black: Dear Friends, In February 2014, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, spoke at Brigham Young University on the threats to religious liberty. For a leader in evangelical Christianity to visit and...
Curiosity Kills the Cat
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, August is upon us and soon our children will be returning to the classroom. Are your kids ready? Are you ready? These days preparation for school is about more than new shoes and backpacks. You need to arm your children with...
Embracing the Binary: Rejecting the Genderless Society
From the Desk of Tori Black: Dear Friends, When my youngest grandson was born, my daughter and son-in-law planned a gender-reveal party. Her sister, an excellent quilter, was told the soon-to-be-born baby’s sex. She made a beautiful baby blanket that was boyish...
Some Supreme News, Court Ruling
Some Supreme News! Wins all around! June has been a very good month for rights of conscience, religious liberty, free speech, and protection of life. The U.S. Supreme Court has been very busy this last month and we at UFI have been very pleased, and not a little...
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Human Connections and Healing from Trauma
by Laura Waters Most human beings will likely encounter trauma at some time in their lives. In fact, researchers estimate that 70% of American adults have experienced trauma in their lives, and 20% of people in this category go on to develop PTSD.i Traumatic events...
Love: The Greatest Motivation to Change
By Kaelie Lemmon As stated by Lao Tzu, “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” I discovered this profound truth in my teenage years. Although I had previously experienced small, nearly unrecognizable feelings...
Parents: the First and Best Defense Against Pornography in Schools
By United Families International “Mom, can I tell you something?” I happily said yes, I always enjoy hearing about my 11-year-old’s day. But I was not prepared for this: “There was a girl at school that received a three-week suspension, and the police were called...
Medical Marijuana Done Right
by Jenet Jacob Erickson This last week, Utah signed into law what some have called “the best-designed” medical marijuana law in the country. Crafting that law was not easy. In just a few years marijuana has become a key political issue across the nation. Utah was no...
Pornography : The Real Monster in Your Closet
By Alan Pastor Jamie was in middle school, or what I like to call the armpit of life. He hasn’t dated, kissed, or even held the hand of a girl; yet he’s on the Sex Offender Registry. He’s expressed to his therapist the fear of never having a relationship with a girl....
China’s One-Child Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences
by United Families International China, a country who has never been reserved or timid about their “reproductive” regulations, has instituted a startling change in their population control policy. In a major reversal, China, rather than restricting parents from...
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