Sponsored by Rep. Kathy Rapp (R-Warren) and nearly 100 other co-sponsors, HB 1948 will end late-term abortions in Pennsylvania after 20 weeks gestation. This updates the 24-week standard set in the 1989 Abortion Control Act, long before many advances in...
In a series of new videos released by Live Action, an OB/GYN who carried out over 1,200 abortions reveals what happens during each procedure. The most common abortion procedure. In Pennsylvania, over 29,000 1st trimester abortions happen every year. The vast...
Playing by the same rules. It's one of those simple life-lessons you learn as a kid. Yet grown-ups tend to forget and make things more complicated than they should be. Why do some states have a different set of rules for surgical abortion facilities than for every...
All eyes are on Iowa today as the first votes are cast for who may be our next President. Pennsylvania's Primary is still nearly three months away - April 26. But there are several things you can be doing in the meantime to prepare for Election Day: 1) Teach...
An new opportunity this year leading into the March for Life is the Evangelicals for Life conference - a national event to help equip voices for life. Some of the staff at the Pennsylvania Family Institute are in attendance. Here are a few quotes to highlight from...
On January 19, 2011, the findings were released of the grand jury that was charged with investigating the activity of the Women's Medical Society in West Philadelphia; operated by Kermit Gosnell. Gosnell eventually stood trial and was convicted of three counts of...
Friday, January 22, 2016 is the March for Life in Washington DC - with the theme: "Pro-Life and Pro-Woman go Hand-in-Hand." Here is a list of buses leaving Pennsylvania for the March (listed by county in alphabetical order). If you are interested in one,...
PA Family Institute, counting on thousands to heed their calls to action and for financial support, is the state’s leading advocate for pro-life, pro-family principles. Tom Shaheen, Vice President for Policy at the Pennsylvania Family Institute, offers insight on...
UPDATE: HB 649 will not be voted on this year as part of any state budget deals. Click here to read more about this early Christmas present for Pennsylvania families. State lawmakers are over five months overdue in passing a budget yet are rushing to vote on...
The Pennsylvania Family Institute is actively recruiting college student interns for Summer 2016 in our downtown Harrisburg offices, two blocks from the state capitol. The program provides students the opportunity to gain first-hand experience in nonprofit...