WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would give states much-needed flexibility to prevent Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from participating in their Medicaid programs.
“Over the past few months, extremely disturbing information has come to light about the activities of abortion providers and their sale of unborn children’s… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement regarding Pope Francis' address to a joint meeting of Congress:
“It’s easy to see why people around the world have embraced Pope Francis. His example of love, mercy and compassion is one that we all should strive to emulate.
“The United States, and the world, are facing difficult challenges, and… Read more »
Carol Markey has been part of the Catholic church since as long as she can remember. She's also faced all kinds of trials, the latest one was a go-around with tonsil cancer.
That's partly what motivated her to write to Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, asking for a ticket to Pope Francis' address to Congress.
"I did think, 'Oh well, this won't happen. She probably won't even read it,'"… Read more »
[Friday], in a loud and chilling statement, every Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives but five voted against a measure that protects babies born alive after a failed abortion. Thankfully, Rep. Trent Franks’s Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act passed the House anyway, with unanimous Republican support. The bill makes it a criminal offense for an abortionist to… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would temporarily bar federal taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood and strengthen protections for babies that survive abortion.
“This is a very emotional issue for those of us who value life so much. In these days of 3-D ultrasounds and high-definition screens, it is impossible to hide the… Read more »
Carol Markey didn’t give it a lot of thought when she dashed off an email to U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx a couple weeks ago, asking for a chance to see Pope Francis speak to Congress.
“I wrote a one-liner because I didn’t think I could win anything like that,” she said. “I thought I could stand out in the mob when his motorcade went by. I didn’t have any dream of seeing him up… Read more »
The leading pro-life member of Congress has introduced legislation that would ban dismemberment abortions that tear babies limb from limb.
Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey introduced the Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 3515) in the U.S. House of Representatives to nationally ban dismemberment abortion, an abortion method that involves using steel tools to tear apart a… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, hasn’t officially announced her bid for a seventh term representing North Carolina’s 5th U.S. House District. But she left no doubt Wednesday she would seek re-election in 2016.
And though no Democratic opponent has surfaced to mount a challenge in this largely Republican district, Foxx said she anticipates a race.
“I feel certain I will have… Read more »
Eighteen members of Congress, including Republicans and Democrats, are lining up to support Rowan County commissioners’ prayer practices.
The group on Monday filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, asking to reverse a lower court’s ruling that declared Rowan’s prayer practices unconstitutional.
The Town of Greece v. Galloway ruling in 2014 – permitting… Read more »
Virginia Foxx, who represents Ashe County in the U.S. House of Representatives, has joined 64 other House colleagues in co-sponsoring legislation blocking all federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.
“With so many Americans fundamentally opposed to abortion, organizations that perform elective abortions should not receive taxpayer dollars,” Foxx said in a… Read more »
