PR: Restoration of parental rights in NC schools one step closer as Senate’s Parents Bill of Rights passes
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February 8, 2023
Contact: Laura Macklem
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RESTORATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS IN NC SCHOOLS ONE STEP CLOSER AS SENATE’S PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS PASSES
NC Values Coalition released a statement from Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald on the passing of SB 49, The Parents Bill of Rights:
“Teachers and school administrators should not betray parents’ trust by hiding information or indoctrinating students with ideas directly contrary to their family’s beliefs. Public schools have a responsibility and duty to be transparent about what they are teaching children and to respect parents’ wishes when it comes to divisive and potentially harmful issues including gender ideology. Parents have a fundamental right to oversee the education and upbringing of their children, and today is an important step in the restoration of those God-given rights to their rightful owners—parents. I’d like to thank Senators Amy Galey, Lisa Barnes and Mike Lee for sponsoring this bill, and we look forward to the House’s response to the Senate legislation.”
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PR: Parental Bill of Rights legislation would “lift veil of secrecy” in public schools and addresses indoctrination
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February 2, 2023
Contact: Laura Macklem
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PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS LEGISLATION WOULD “LIFT VEIL OF SECRECY” IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ADDRESS INDOCTRINATION
NC Values Coalition applauded the Parental Bill of Rights introduced in the NC General Assembly Senate this week, sponsored by Senators Amy Galey (SD25), Michael Lee (SD7), and Lisa Barnes (SD11). The bill, S.B. 49, directs schools to keep parents informed about their children’s health issues, and allows them to have total access to curriculum.
“We want the veil of secrecy to be lifted in public schools so parents can know what their children are being taught, and about any significant mental, emotional, or physical health changes,” said NC Values Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald. “In recent years, government bureaucrats and unions have pushed to exclude parents from the educational process, but parents are tired of the secrecy and are demanding their rights be restored.”
In a recent statewide poll commissioned by NC Values Coalition and NC Faith & Freedom Coalition by Differentiators Data, 80 percent of North Carolinians are asking for transparency in schools. This issue was proven to be a unifying issue across party lines and demographics.
“I applaud Senators Galey, Lee and Barnes for introducing legislation reflecting the values and desires of an overwhelming majority of North Carolinians for transparency,” said Fitzgerald. “This legislation would open the lines of communication between parents and schools, help curtail indoctrination, and give parents back their fundamental rights to oversee the education and moral upbringing of their children without interference.”
NC Values has taken leadership to inform the community about indoctrination, hosting three “Mama Bear Workshops” to teach parents how to identify and address indoctrination in their children’s schools, and how to assert parental rights. This year NC Values will be hosting two more “Mama Bear Workshops” yet to be announced and have provided a downloadable resource to accompany the event.
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PR: NC Values vows to fight abortion industry’s attempt to increase dangerous chemical abortions by downgrading care for women
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January 26, 2023
Contact: Laura Macklem
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NC VALUES VOWS TO FIGHT ABORTION INDUSTRY’S ATTEMPT TO INCREASE DANGEROUS CHEMICAL ABORTIONS BY DOWNGRADING CARE FOR WOMEN
RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina abortionist is suing the state challenging a law requiring pregnant women to see a physician in person before being prescribed chemical abortion pills. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given permission to pharmacies to dispense chemical abortion pills, a rule which would violate North Carolina’s law. NC Values Coalition cautioned about the dangers to women in taking these abortifacients without medical supervision, and stated the organization would fight any attempts to weaken medical precautions for women seeking chemical abortions.
“Without an ultrasound, women won’t know the gestational age of their baby, or if they have an ectopic pregnancy, which is life-threatening. Women need to be seen by doctors before taking these dangerous pills,” said Executive Director of NC Values Coalition Tami Fitzgerald. “What women don’t understand is they can end up delivering their dead baby in the toilet or bathtub. This is another money-making ploy by the billion-dollar abortion industry which positions itself as pro-woman, while putting women’s lives in danger for profit.”
The rate of abortion pill related emergency room visits has increased more than 500 percent over the past 15-years, higher than visits related to surgical abortions, according to a peer-reviewed study of 423,000 abortions in the U.S. Side effects from abortion pills includes hemorrhaging, retained pregnancy tissue and body parts, follow-up surgery or even death.
The abortion industry is pushing to repeal this law to allow telemedicine appointments for abortion with dispensing directly from pharmacies. The industry is also attempting to dodge the law and increase profits by offering mail order pills from out of state and from out of the country. NC Values will be advocating to prohibit advertising and mail orders of abortion pills. Currently chemical abortions make up 59 percent of abortions in North Carolina.
“The abortion industry is preying on desperate girls and women who think there’s a pill to make their pregnancy disappear like a headache, but that’s not how it works. The FDA warns women may experience cramping, bleeding, nausea, weakness, fever and other symptoms. They are physically experiencing the death of their children, alone and at home, without the care of a physician. It’s heartbreaking. If we truly care about women and babies, we must stand against attempts to degrade medical care for desperate women who are being misled about chemical abortions.”
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