PR: School choice bill allowing education dollars to follow NC students moves forward
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May 2, 2023
Contact: Laura Macklem
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SCHOOL CHOICE BILL ALLOWING EDUCATION DOLLARS TO FOLLOW NC STUDENTS MOVES FORWARD
“Choose Your School, Choose Your Future,” a bill which would empower parents of all income levels to send their children to any school using public education dollars, passed House Education K-12 Committee today. Parents testified at the hearing, detailing how school choice has helped their children flourish, and that vouchers would relieve their financial burdens, and expand opportunities for every child. NC Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald remarked on this bill, HB 823, after its passing.
“NC Values is encouraged to see this vital school choice bill advance so parents can choose the very best school for their children. Parents know best,” said Fitzgerald. “Public schools in our state are failing our children, evidenced by abysmal test scores, violence, rampant indoctrination and pornography in school libraries. If the public school system was doing its job, so many parents would not be anxious to flee the system. This legislation will allow students to reach their full potential instead of being stuck in a school that doesn’t work for them.”
NC Values will hold two Mama Bear Workshops in August to inform the community about school choice options and a presentation on how to identify and combat school indoctrination.
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PR: Bill to shield minors from surgical transitioning advances
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May 2, 2023
Contact: Laura Macklem
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BILL TO SHIELD MINORS FROM SURGICAL TRANSITIONING ADVANCES
The “Youth Health Protection Act,” passed in the House Health Committee, and because of time constraints, only Representatives Hugh Blackwell (HD86) and Ken Fontenot (HD24) gave remarks about the legislation. NC Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald commented on today’s hearing.
“I agree with Representative Fontenot that medical transitioning of minors is done in the name of equity and diversity, not based on sound science, and their comorbidities are recklessly being ignored to fast track medicalization. Children are being irreversibly damaged at the hands of medical and trans activists,” said Fitzgerald. “Gender mutilation of girls is already against North Carolina law, and it’s time to extend those protections to boys. Children are being sterilized, castrated and given mastectomies with experimental transitioning in North Carolina at medical facilities such as Cone Health, ECU, Duke, UNC, and Levine Children’s Hospital. HB 808 is needed to protect children from the devastating, life-altering effects of gender surgery.”
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PR: MED Act to protect rights of medical community and patients
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April 27, 2023
Contact: Laura Macklem
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MED ACT TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND PATIENTS
Executive Director of NC Values Coalition Tami Fitzgerald made a statement today about the “Medical Ethics Defense Act Amendment”:
“In recent years, health care providers have been asked to administer drugs and services which run counter to their deeply held religious beliefs. If enacted, this legislation would protect the rights of conscience for practitioners and entities and would stop the hemorrhage of people leaving the healthcare profession. Nine out of 10 of religious providers responded they would rather stop practicing medicine than violate their beliefs. Twenty-three percent surveyed said they experienced discrimination in the workplace or training based on their religious beliefs. The public supports conscience protection. In a 2019 poll, 83% of those surveyed believed it is important not to force health care professionals to participate in procedures to which they have a moral objection, and 81% of Americans want their doctor to share their moral beliefs. We strongly support the MED Act to ensure the rights and employment of medical practitioners and quality healthcare for all patients.”
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