pro-life Archives

Goya Foods Declines to Honor Convicted Terrorist, Shows Principled Leadership

I’ve previously mentioned on the blog how Focus on the Family has partnered with Goya Foods to help children living in at-risk communities.

Today I want to share with you another reason why I’m proud of Goya and the principled leadership emanating from the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States.

The story involves New York City’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, which is scheduled this year for Sunday June 11th. This annual event celebrates the rich culture of the small Caribbean island and U.S.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, pro-life May 26, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Signs of Human Trafficking and What You Should – and Shouldn’t – Do to Help

Human trafficking is a part of the seedy underbelly of our society that most of us would rather not have a conversation about. It’s hard to conceive of hundreds of thousands of people, most of them children and women, being either kidnapped or manipulated into psychological enslavement. So we turn our attention to more pleasant topics.

That’s exactly the behavior traffickers count on from us to keep their activities hidden and their operations running smoothly.

Even the lowest estimates suggest that something like 100,000 kids are taken into human trafficking every year in the U.S.

Topics: Current Events Tags: broadcast, kids, news, pro-life May 9, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

A Pro-Life Analysis of President Trump’s First 100 Days

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will reach the first 100 days milestone of their administration this Saturday, and according to the President’s personal Twitter account, he’ll be celebrating the benchmark with a “BIG rally in Pennsylvania.”

The first 100 days have held special significance in American politics since Franklin D. Roosevelt signed 15 major pieces of legislation early in his presidency. That inspired pundits and the media to use the timeframe to measure the President, because it occurs during the “honeymoon period” when a new administration’s influence is likely at its greatest.

Topics: Current Events Tags: family, news, policy, pro-life April 26, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Praise for Two Pro-Life Policy Moves

After eight years of an administration that was friendly to abortion in any and every instance, Congress and the Trump Administration have taken steps to pull back pro-abortion policies on a couple of fronts – and that’s good news.

Here are the details.

Last week, the U.S. Senate followed the House of Representatives in repealing an Obama-era rule that banned states from denying federal funds to groups that commit abortions, including Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, policy, pro-life April 6, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Why Won’t Judge Gorsuch Promise to Overrule Roe v. Wade?

The big news out of Washington, D.C., this week is, of course, the Supreme Court nomination hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch. Focus’ own Tim Goeglein, who is based in Washington, attended Monday’s hearing.

I’m actually in D.C. today for some meetings, and the hearings are what everyone is talking about here in the nation’s capital – as I suspect is the case across the country.

Today, for the third day, Judge Gorsuch is answering questions from the 20 Republican and Democrat senators who are part of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, policy, pro-life March 22, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

How Raising a Child with Down Syndrome Changed One Dad

Trevor Hendershot is quite a young man. I think you’d like meeting him.

Cheerleaders in his high school once made banners to cheer him on, and he was so popular he was voted homecoming king. He was a little quirky, too. He had a habit of loudly singing Christian songs in the hallway before, during, and after school. He gave everyone he talked to a high-five, a hug, or a fist bump.

He’s now in his mid-20’s and works for the Los Angeles Angels, a Major League Baseball franchise.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, pop culture, pro-life March 21, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

It’s the Largest Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945

There are currently more than 20 million people in regions of Africa and the Middle East who are at risk of starvation and famine.

The United Nation’s humanitarian chief, Stephen O’Brien, delivered the dire news to the U.N. Security Council last week.

The problem is partly due to “deepening drought.” But as Mr. O’Brien shared, political conflict is also helping to create the desperate situation that impacts people dying from hunger in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and northeast Nigeria.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, pro-life March 20, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Why Isn’t More Being Made of This News?

File this under the best news you haven’t heard much (if anything) about.

Since Jan. 20 – the day Donald Trump was inaugurated as president – law enforcement authorities have arrested more than 1,500 people for sex crimes ranging from sex trafficking to pedophilia.

At first glance, that might seem like bad news, until you realize that according to the FBI, in all of 2014, there were less than 400 sex trafficking-related arrests.

In other words, it’s not that sex crimes are on the rise – it’s that the enforcement of sex crime laws have become a priority.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, pro-life, sex March 15, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

This Will Help Quiet Pro-Lifers Speak Up

How would you answer these three questions?

When does human life begin?
What makes human life valuable?
What is our Christian duty to the preborn?

Some of you hesitated to answer.

That may explain why so many Christians are quietly pro-life. They believe abortion ends a human life, but they really don’t know how to defend the position to others, so they generally keep quiet about it.

If that’s you, you’re certainly not alone. I’m surprised by the number of Christians who have never had the opportunity to learn a solid Christian response to abortion and other pro-life issues like physician-assisted suicide.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, pro-life March 13, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Ashton Kutcher’s Senate Testimony on Sex Trafficking Goes Viral

Ashton Kutcher’s recent testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his efforts to end sex trafficking has gone viral.

The popular actor has been working to end modern-day slavery for some years now. Back in 2009, he helped found Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children, an organization that builds software to fight human trafficking.

He currently serves as Thorn’s chairman, a role that has allowed him to meet trafficking victims and learn the heartbreaking stories of others.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, policy, pro-life February 24, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura