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Breast Cancer’s Most Preventable Risk Factor
Breast Cancer’s Most Preventable Risk Factor In the United States, October is the month for pumpkins and trick-or-treaters. It also National Breast-Cancer Awareness Month, a nationwide campaign “dedicated to educating and empowering women to take charge of their own...
Schooled on Education
From the Desk of Laura Bunker On my first day of Jr. High, the principal’s deep voice boomed over the loudspeaker, “Vos Involvitor.” My eyes grew big. Nobody told me I had to learn Latin here! The deep voice continued, “That is our school motto, it means ‘Get...
Emotion vs. Truth
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Recently I was sitting in a state Legislative Committee Hearing, listening to the debate over whether or not to grant same-sex couples certain legal benefits, when a news reporter hurried into the room and sat in the empty seat beside...
The Genesis of Judicial Activism
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Three months ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in U.S. v. Windsor that same-sex marriages are entitled to receive federal benefits if they live in a state where same-sex marriage is recognized. This sweeping ruling opened up storm clouds...
Stealth Threat to Families
The Stealth Threat to Families Some threats to the family are overt, and are trumpeted in daily news headlines. Others are more subtle and insidious, as in this true story: After two years of marriage, Lynn realized that her husband was addicted to pornography. He...
Some Good News for Families!
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Even though threats to religious liberty surface almost daily, the media and popular culture continue their incessant efforts to promote same-sex behavior and marriage, and abortion is still the law of the land, there is much reason for...
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UFI at the UN: Family as the First Defense Against Human Trafficking
by Angela Fallentine The 61st Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations is underway in New York and the United Families International team is on the ground attending and monitoring events. The theme for this year’s CSW is “Women’s Economic Empowerment in...
Grateful Motherhood
by Christie Masters “No one told me that it would all happen at the same hallowed time: Mothering is at once the hardest and the holiest and the happiest.” Ann Voskamp Several years ago, my two oldest daughters and I joined a women’s book study group. The theme of the...
A Unique Relationship
by Tashica Jacobson I’ve recently found a station on the radio that plays that old country music that I grew up on. One song that they play frequently is If You’ve Got Love by John Michael Montgomery. One verse in particular stands out to me it is: Now there's nothing...
Motherhood Is Not a Burden
We're handing YOU the mic! No matter how small you think your voice is, as a mother, never before has your voice had the opportunity to be heard like it is now. Right now, at the United Nations there’s a pretty fierce battle over motherhood taking place. Let’s not let...
Be a Part of UFI at the UN
by Diane Robertson It’s that time of year again. The UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is in session now until March 25th. CSW is inundated with liberal voices pushing for unfettered abortion, comprehensive sexual education, and working women. Current UN...
Oh, No You Don’t!
by Cathi Bond In a 2016 survey, 72% of teenagers reported feeling an urgency to check and immediately respond to text messages and social media notifications from their friends. They found it almost impossible to resist the impulse to check the pings or to post;...
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