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Since returning from Washington, D.C., and my interview with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse this past Monday, our broadcast studios, offices and meeting rooms here at Focus have been buzzing with activity.

As I announced on Monday’s radio program, Focus on the Family has launched the largest pro-life effort in our history. It’s our bold and determined response to the heartbreaking New York legislation that endorses later-term abortion and the Virginia governor’s shocking and unapologetic endorsement of infanticide.

Topics: Current Events Tags: abortion, events, faith, kids, pro-life February 13, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Have We Reached a Tipping Point on Abortion in America?

President Trump’s highly anticipated State of the Union address last night before a joint session of Congress featured a series of dramatic and moving moments, including salutes from WWII heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy, a veteran who helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp in Germany, along with a man who was rescued – and it even shined the spotlight on 89-year-old former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the man who planted the American flag on the surface of the moon fifty years ago this summer.

Topics: Current Events Tags: abortion, events, kids February 6, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Remembering Coach Paul Moro

I was deeply saddened to hear that my old high school football coach, Paul Moro, passed away earlier this week.

Still in his 60s, he was far too young to leave this life – but in my sorrow, I could almost hear “Coach Mo” responding to my grief.

“It’s not about what we want,” he would often remind us, “It’s about what God wants.”

Paul Moro was one tough guy. I was a sophomore at Yucca Valley High School, a 3A school in Southern California near Palm Springs.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, friendship January 30, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

New York State’s Barbaric New Law Legalizes Murder for Any Reason at Any Point During Pregnancy

New York state has recently signed into law a barbaric piece of legislation which would allow a woman to abort her child at any point during pregnancy, and specifically during the third trimester. The law only requires that the mother’s “health” is at risk. The term “health” is so broad that it could mean anything from medical, physical, psychological to financial issues.

Shockingly, there were celebrations throughout the state in response to the passing of this legislation, with lawmakers cheering wildly.

Topics: Current Events Tags: abortion, events, government, kids, pregnancy January 24, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

A Wild Week in Washington Highlights Man’s Desperate Need for Respect

I returned from Washington D.C. this past weekend following a series of meetings, media interviews and special ministry sponsored events that culminated with the 46th annual March for Life.

It’s an inspiring experience to stand on the stage and look out over the sea of humanity sprinkled across the National Mall, hundreds of thousands of pro-life stalwarts, many of them young – all of them united in an un-equivocating devotion to working together towards a day when every baby’s life, in every state, is protected under law.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, kids, march for life, pro-life January 23, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Coming to Tucker Carlson’s Defense

Do you watch Tucker Carlson’s show on FOX News?

A few weeks ago, the popular television host offered a bold and pointed commentary on how the decline of marriage and family is driving the majority of the poverty in our nation. (You can watch and read the text here.)

He didn’t so much lay this decline at the feet of declining morals, but poor economic policies perpetuated over the last few decades by the growth of Big Government.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, family, marriage January 16, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Football Sunday’s “Halftime Home” is an Inspiring Replacement for the Super Bowl Halftime Show

I want to tell you about a unique partnership we’ve recently forged that involves some of my favorite things: faith, family, friends, food – and football.

The popularity of the National Football League has taken a bit of a hit these past few seasons. Once a near universally beloved entity, many loyal fans have grown weary of the on-field player protests. While the controversies have seemed to die down a bit this year, I know the feelings and concerns still run deep, and rightly so.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, football January 2, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

JDD Statement on the Passage of the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018

Focus on the Family is pleased to learn that an important new law protecting the rights of persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East has been signed into law by President Trump.

The law, known as the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018, authorizes the State Department to provide humanitarian assistance to religious minorities who have been the targets of genocide in those countries. It also authorizes assistance to any entities that criminally prosecute those suspected of committing genocide, wars against humanity or war crimes in Iraq and Syria.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, genocide December 14, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Join Us at the March for Life this January!

In a little more than a month, advocates for life will be gathering together for the annual March for Life in Washington D.C.

This year mark’s the 46th anniversary of the tragic Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in all fifty states. Year in and year out, those of us who believe that every life should be protected under the rule of law gather in the cold of January and protest this modern-day genocide.

Why do we do it?

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, pro-life December 7, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

President George H.W. Bush’s Tough But Wonderful Life

When news broke this past Friday night of President George H.W. Bush’s passing at the age of 94, press reports were quick to mention his “patrician” pedigree. The son of a United States senator, the New England-bred Mr. Bush attended an elite prep school and later Yale University.

Implied in such a reference is the insinuation that George Herbert Walker Bush began life with a lot compared to the average American, which wouldn’t be entirely untrue.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, news December 4, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura