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Pro-Life or just Pro-Birth?
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: One glance at United Families International’s World Family News page tells us that the “Sanctity of Life” encompasses much more than the issue of abortion. It also includes such issues as surrogacy, adoption, and euthanasia. Life is a...
No Good Document Goes Unpunished
No Good Document Goes Unpunished Wouldn’t it be great if the United Nations would adopt a resolution recognizing that “the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society?” That is exactly what happened a few weeks ago in Geneva. In observance of the 20th...
They aren’t relaxing…
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: It may be the sultry “dog days of summer,” but some lawmakers don’t seem to be relaxing in their efforts to pass legislation that could have a negative impact on the families of the world. There are two issues that we’d like to make you...
Do Try This at Home
Good Critical Thinking: Do Try This at Home “A good critical thinker always asks where the author is coming from, and why.” That was good advice from one of my recent “Family Studies”professors, as he urged us to carefully examine the research studies we were...
I Now Pronounce You Married Persons
I Now Pronounce You Married Persons On Monday, Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law recognizing same sex marriage in the state of California. SB 1306 erases the words that were approved by millions of California voters, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Family Issues Today: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Good: Before the U.S. Supreme Court’s season ended on Monday, they unanimously struck down the 35-foot “buffer zone” around abortion clinics, restoring free speech to pro-life advocates. The Supreme Court also...
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The Best Decision You Can Ever Make
by Elise Ellsworth “I know a good urologist you could visit.” After a few children my husband got this advice from a young male friend. And I must admit that as I embarked on marriage I had adopted the prevailing opinion at my university that having children too soon...
Newsflash: Only Women Breast Feed!
by Diane Robertson La Leche League fills a needed service for new breast feeding mothers. According their website, La Leche League helps mothers to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better...
The Attack on Monogamy
by McKayla Skinner CNN recently published an article entitled Rethinking Monogamy Today, challenging the centuries long pattern of monogamy in marriage. Instead of couples choosing to “break up, cheat or just ‘settle” when they have sexual differences, the article...
Standing Out from the Crowd
by Breaunna Stone Ever since my experience at the United Nations at the 2017 Commission on the Status of women, I have found a voice inside of myself that is more outspoken and boisterous than it has ever been before. Whether it is on social media, at a family...
Love or Career: Does It Have to Be Either-Or?
by Ashley Corbaley Recently I saw a movie in which a man and a woman who were hopelessly in love with each other decided to break up because they chose to pursue their careers instead of their relationship. They tried to follow their dreams while dating and found it...
Don’t Be Duped
United Families International was privileged to have university students accompany us to the Commission on the Status of Women. Allie Gillespie shares what she learned while at the United Nations. Abraham Lincoln once said, “The problem with internet quotes is that...
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