WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., has joined 64 of her House colleagues in co-sponsoring legislation that would permanently cut off taxpayer funding for abortion providers.
“With so many Americans fundamentally opposed to abortion, organizations that perform elective abortions should not receive taxpayer dollars,” said Foxx. “While there are currently restrictions that prohibit… Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country isn’t as clear-cut as it might seem, legal experts say.
It also allows ministers to refuse to marry those couples — depending on who is asked.
Suzanne Reynolds, the dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law, said that the court’s decision is clear.
“States may not… Read more »
Residents and leaders representing Rowan County had mixed reactions to Friday’s Supreme Court decision declaring same-sex marriage legal nationwide.
Months after the first same-sex couples in Rowan County legally received marriage licenses, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, ruled same-sex marriage is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Writing the court’s majority opinion, Justice… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to redefine the definition of marriage:
“Two years ago the Supreme Court insisted that marriage was a policy decision that properly belonged to the states, but today they have imposed a redefinition of marriage nationwide. This decision undermines the ability of states… Read more »
The Supreme Court of the United States effectively ruled that marriages for same-sex couples are now legal across the United States.
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriages on Friday, June 26. This action established a new civil right for the homosexual community, and granted a long-awaited victory for gay rights advocates on a national… Read more »
A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court Friday has ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriages.
The ruling was a 5-4 decision.
It gives gay and lesbian couples the same legal right to marry and as different-sex couples while invalidating marriage bans in other states, according to the ruling.
The ruling holds that state marriage bans violate the due process and equal… Read more »
When Ellen Gerber and Pearl Berlin began their relationship nearly 50 years ago, the two women couldn’t envision a day when they would marry.
Now, the High Point couple have lived to see it.
Gerber and Berlin, who formally married in Maine in the fall of 2013, were overwhelmed when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay marriage must be recognized in all 50 states. The… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today praised passage of legislation that would prohibit elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, which is the point at which scientific evidence has shown that an unborn child can feel pain.
“The science is clear. Unborn children at 20 weeks of development are individuals capable of experiencing great pain,” said Foxx. “Today the… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, exactly two years after a Pennsylvania jury found abortionist Kermit Gosnell guilty of murdering late-term infants born alive.
“Late-term abortion is not health, and it’s not care,” Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., a registered nurse, said on the House floor. “This is a human rights issue.”
The… Read more »
The House voted Wednesday to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy as Republicans delivered a key piece of the pro-life agenda and overcame an embarrassing false start earlier this year.
Dubbed the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," the legislation cleared on a 242-184 vote that largely broke along party lines, with just four pro-life Democrats joining in support and… Read more »
