"Defending traditional family values"

Welcome to the North Carolina Family Policy Council
We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization serving to provide research and education on public policy issues that affect the family.
Resources

Citizen Action Center
Find your legislators and take action on issues you care about.

Family North Carolina
Our 32 page bi-monthly magazine has articles about issues affecting your family.

Family Policy Perspectives
Order our video series featuring experts on family policy issues.

RESEARCH AND ISSUES

North Carolina Family Minute
Listen to our one-minute daily audio show on family issues in North Carolina with host Bob Ditmer. (Updated daily M-F) listen

Radio Show: God and the "Gay" Gene
This week, NCFPC president, Bill Brooks talks with Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International, the world’s largest outreach ministry to those struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction.
(August 22) listen

Policy Paper: Clamping Down on Charter Schools
Matt Lytle looks into the charter school movement in North Carolina and shows how charters face increasing opposition from state laws and regulations. (May 2008) more

TOP STORIES

APA Adopts Resolution Supporting Transgender "Rights"
The American Psychological Association recently announced its support for “full equality for transgender and gender variant individuals,” and urged psychologists nationwide to “provide appropriate, nondiscriminatory treatment” for these individuals. (August 28) more

Oversight Committee Concerned With Lottery Supplanting
On Friday, August 22, members of the North Carolina Lottery Oversight Committee met to consider the benefits of North Carolina’s so-called “Education” Lottery, now in its third year of operation. (August 27) more

NCFPC Ranked Among Most Effective
The North Carolina Family Policy Council continues to be ranked as one of the most effective advocacy organizations in the state, according to a report released this week by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research. (August 26) more

ACLU Challenges Lobbyist Contribution Ban
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina has filed a lawsuit to overturn a North Carolina statute prohibiting lobbyists from making political contributions to candidates for the state legislature and other state offices. (August 25) more

APA Issues Report on Abortion's Mental Health Effects
Researchers on both sides of the abortion debate are questioning the conclusions of an American Psychological Association task force report that claims there is “no credible evidence” that an elective, first-trimester abortion causes mental health problems for some women. (August 22) more

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