by Tom Shaheen, VP for Policy, Pennsylvania Family Institute In a temporary victory for the First Amendment freedom of religion, federal judge Arthur Schwab granted the Catholic Dioceses of Pittsburgh and Erie (PA) a reprieve from complying with an ObamaCare...
Former Chicago-area nurse Jill Stanek reports that she was contacted by a former employee of the Planned Parenthood office in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (Pocono Mountains area). Her complaint? Alleged unsanitary conditions and practices throughout the facility; with...
Former Pennsylvania Governor and Homeland Security Secretary (remember the red light-yellow light terror warnings?), Tom Ridge, is in the news again. His accomplishment? He condemned those within the Republican Party, including elected officials, who stand up for...
by Tom Shaheen, V.P. for Policy Yesterday, I testified for the Pennsylvania Family Institute on a panel before the state House Education Committee. We were there to support long-needed legislation - HB 1588 - to protect church-affiliated educational preschool...
by Tom Shaheen, V.P. for Policy, PA Family Institute Through our almost-25 years of advocating for families in Pennsylvania's capitol, we at the Pennsylvania Family Institute have certainly encountered our share of public sector (i.e. taxpayer-funded government)...
by Tom Shaheen, V.P. Pennsylvania Family Institute (whose personal favorite on this list is no. 6: Men have a right to be pro-life.) In "11 Things Pro-choicers Don't Get," attorney Kristi Burton Brown really nailed it with this message that everyone should read. If...
by Tom Shaheen, V.P., Pennsylvania Family Institute We are pounded over and over again in the media and by gay activists with the idea that same-sex marriage is "inevitable," if only those who hold to the time-tested definition of marriage as between one man and...
by Tom Shaheen Today's Washington Post 'On Faith' column is a very timely and insightful piece by Dr Russell Moore on California's new law that mandates schools to enact a policy on open access to bathrooms, lockers rooms, etc., that should disturb both parents and...
By: Rebekah Geer As the summer began, I could not have imagined that I would end up in Austin, Texas standing face to face with Planned Parenthood President, Cecile Richards, with a screaming mob surrounding us. My meetup with abortion's biggest advocate has been...
Pennsylvanians should be proud to know that their elected officials agree that our tax-dollars should not fund elective abortions. HB 818 was recently passed by the PA General Assembly, sponsored by Representative Donna Oberlander and Senator Donald White, and...