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Best Job Ever: A Millennial Mother’s Response to the New York Times
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, When I was young, Erma Bombeck was the definitive voice on motherhood. With wit and wisdom she managed to balance the absurd and sublime that distinguishes the life of a mother. She was one of the greatest humorists of her...
Inconvenient truths
From the Desk of Tori Black: Dear Friends, I recently had a conversation with some friends who tend to see things through a pair of liberal lenses. We happened upon the subject of children who think they are trapped in the body of the opposite sex. When I mentioned my...
Protecting Families at CSW 62
Hello Friends, The UFI team had a very successful experience at this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). We had eight university students and four faculty join us in visiting representatives from over 50 countries, as well as attending and reporting on...
Who Has Your Back?
From the desk of Tori Black: Here at UFI, we are in the thick of preparations for attending the UN during the Commission on the Status of Women. We have been busy facilitating participation in side events by pro-family organizations and setting up appointments to...
Simple is Best – even at the UN
Sometimes the simple approach ends up being the best thing! The 56th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) concluded this week and although there was some not-so-good language that ended up in the Commission’s outcome document, there were some...
Surrogacy: The Unintended Consequences
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, For those like us, who value the family, the inability to have a child is a heavy burden. Infertility is a very real challenge for many couples. In the US alone, one in eight couples have difficulty conceiving or sustaining...
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Employment and the Family
By Marci Nelson I grew up in a large family. My parents had four sons and four daughters, and we lived a very happy childhood where my siblings and I felt immense love and safety. For as long as I can remember, my dad has been a cemetery caretaker. This means that he...
Gosnell: The True Crime Story America Tried to Hide
A message from UFI: In 1984, former abortionist, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, released a groundbreaking film called The Silent Scream. The film took advantage of ultrasound technology to reveal the human reality of the fetus. When preparing women for abortion, abortion...
Sex Robots: Coming Soon to a City Near You
By Elizabeth Warner Cover image via National Center on Sexual Exploitation As a recent resident of Texas, I was appalled to hear about the proposed sex robot, or sexbot, brothel opening in Houston, Texas just a couple hours away from my home. While Houston’s...
Religion’s Profound Influence on Families and Society
By Jenet Jacob Erickson, United Families International New York Times’ executive director, Dean Baquet, exposed a profound contradiction when he said of journalists from major media outlets: “We don’t get religion. We don’t get the role of religion in people’s lives.”...
Proper Care
By Tonya Cox My husband and I recently celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. We sent our son, the last child still living at home, to visit his grandparents while we snuck away for a week just the two of us. It felt amazing to leave all the daily cares behind and...
The Transgender Agenda Threatening Your Children
By United Families International Back to School Summer bucket-lists are checked off, and proud parents are sending their kids on to new adventures as this school year starts. For many the first-day jitters consume child and parent alike. With my oldest I...
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