At a hearing before the MA Committee on Public Health on Tuesday, legislators heard testimony on Senate Bill 754, which would lower the age for young women in the Commonwealth to receive an abortion without parental consent from 18 to 16. The legislation would also eliminate the waiting period between when a woman gives written […]
Just as Congress is working to defund Planned Parenthood at the national level, we’re working hard to stop them at the local level – specifically, your neighborhood school. This morning, several parents and I went to the State House to testify against the Sex Ed Mandate. These two identical bills would take control over what […]
CONTACT: Andrew Beckwith | andrew@mafamily.org | 781.569.0400 Sex Education Mandate Gets Holy Week Hearing on Beacon Hill Thursday, April 13, 2017 BOSTON – The legislative Joint Committee on Education heard testimony today on two identical bills that are stirring up quite a bit of controversy amongst parents. Senate Bill 234 and House Bill 2053, both titled, “An […]
For the past month, we have been hosting pre-lobby trainings around the state to help prepare MA citizens for our Annual Pro-Family Lobby Day! Now, we’re only two weeks away, and we’re excited to help mobilize you to be a voice for the family here in the Commonwealth. Please join us for Pro-Family Lobby Day Wednesday, March 8th from […]
Earlier this week, Planned Parenthood activists gathered in a Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain to promote “An Act Relative to Healthy Youth,” known as the Sex Ed Mandate. About 60 advocates and observers (and one undercover MFI staffer) met to listen to politicians and storytellers argue in favor of requiring their grotesque version of “comprehensive […]
Wednesday was “Pro-Family Lobby Day” on Beacon Hill. Some 50 “Citizen-Lobbyists” coming from all across the Commonwealth, joined MFI, Catholic Citizenship and the Renew Mass Coalition at the State House. They called on their legislators to represent their values by supporing legislation to defund Planned Parenthood, opposing the Sex Ed Mandate and its stripping away of […]
Next month, MFI, Renew MA Coalition and Catholic Citizenship are sponsoring an opportunity for you to put your faith and family values into action at this coming Pro-family Lobby Day on Beacon Hill. Please join us from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 24 at the Massachusetts State House, Room 437 as we express […]
Last night I sent you good news about stopping the Bathroom Bill for 2015. This morning, I am happy to let you know that the Sex Ed Bill didn’t make it through the legislature this year either. I spoke with a pro-family Senator yesterday around 9:30 p.m., after the Senate adjourned for the year, and […]
While Americans all across the country were celebrating the last few days of summer freedom over the weekend, there was a case in Kentucky that may be pointing to the end of our long season of religious freedom in America. Friday night I was on NECN talking about Kim Davis, a county clerk who was put […]
BREAKING: FIFTH PLANNED PARENTHOOD VIDEO RELEASED HOURS AGO Two months ago, my wife and I went to the hospital for her 18-week ultrasound. We brought our three children with us, so they could catch their first glimpse of what we learned was their baby sister. At this stage of development, she was clearly recognizable, even […]