HARRISBURG, Pa. — Senate Bill 1321, sponsored by Senator Chris Gebhard (R-Berks/Lancaster/Lebanon), advanced out of the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday, marking an important step forward in the effort to stop Pennsylvania taxpayers from funding...
In a dramatic and deeply consequential vote this week, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed House Bill 2103 by the slimmest possible margin, 101 to 100. What began as a more limited proposal has now been transformed into sweeping legislation after the...
On April 20, 2026, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued a 4-3 ruling in Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, declaring a sweeping new “right to reproductive autonomy.” This decision forces taxpayers to fund...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Family Institute is disappointed in the Trump Administration’s decision to provide tax breaks benefiting the marijuana industry, warning it will expand access to harmful products. The following statement can be attributed to Dan...
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Family Institute is profoundly disappointed and alarmed by today’s ruling from the Commonwealth Court in Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of...
On Tuesday, April 14, the PA House Education Committee held an informational hearing on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs. These are two of Pennsylvania’s most successful school choice...
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania ranks 34th in the nation for family stability, according to the 2026 Family Structure Index (FSI), a national report released today by the Center for Christian Virtue and the Institute for Family Studies. The Index...
It’s a bill called the “Fairness Act,” and it claims to stop discrimination. How bad can it really be? That’s the question many Pennsylvanians are asking themselves. We’ve been hearing advocates of HB 300...
The stories don’t begin in courtrooms. They begin in living rooms, at kitchen tables, in quiet moments where ordinary people try to do what they believe is right. A mother filling out adoption paperwork. A couple making space in their home for another child. A...
Pennsylvania families depend on laws that respect objective truth and safeguard the freedom to live according to deeply held beliefs. Several bills currently under consideration in Harrisburg would significantly reshape the Commonwealth’s legal framework around...