Allowing boys to compete against girls creates unfair athletic opportunities; New bill ensures an equal playing field for girls competing against girls. A coalition of PA State Representatives, led by five women legislators as prime sponsors, announced today new...
Independence Law Center filed a brief in support of First Amendment freedoms. In a win for free speech, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned a lower court ruling in order to protect a professor that had been punished for using a student’s...
The Independence Law Center today filed an amici brief with the United States Supreme Court on behalf of students in the Boyertown Area School District and Wayne Highlands School District. The brief describes how students have been sexually harassed and violated...
Pennsylvania’s Senate Education Committee unanimously voted its approval of Senate Bill 247, a bill that would end Pennsylvania’s religious discrimination against teachers and other educators for the wearing of religious garb. Led by Senators Kristin...
We’ve heard from many of you, asking about the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that was recently approved by the FDA for emergency use and that will soon be distributed here in Pennsylvania. Many already know that unlike what is being offered by Moderna...
New bill to legalize dangerously high potency weed shows a neglect for the health and safety of the people of Pennsylvania. The following statement may be attributed to Dan Bartkowiak, Director of Communications for Pennsylvania Family Institute. Today’s...
Planned Parenthood is taking full advantage of the ongoing COVID pandemic to expand their market share on abortion. Their facility in Bensalem - part of a shopping center - recently announced they are now performing chemical abortions on women up to 13 weeks in...
The following is a statement from Michael Geer, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Family Institute: One of the lessons of the pandemic is that parents and children need more schooling options, not fewer. Every day, children are falling behind because of closed...
The well-being of children should be a top priority; including better educational options, not harmful marijuana expansion. (HARRISBURG, PA) The experience of the COVID pandemic shows why truly empowering parents to meet their child’s educational needs should be...
One of the first actions by President Joe Biden on his Inauguration Day was signing an executive order on “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” Included in his order: “Children should be able to learn...