Family North Carolina Magazine-Spring 2012

FNC Magazine

Family North Carolina – Magazine
The North Carolina Family Policy Council publishes a 40-page quarterly magazine, Family North Carolina. In each issue, there is a feature article dealing with a key issue of public policy as well as several shorter "spotlight" articles that look at other issues. Also, regular columns address legal issues, legislative matters, and commentary. In addition, readers can find information on resources and events of the North Carolina Family Policy Council. A subscription to Family North Carolina will give you access to other features in the magazine. See ordering information below.

Summer 2012

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Feature

Designer Babies
The wonders of technology never cease to amaze. Some of technology’s greatest “achievements” in recent decades have been in the arena of human reproduction. However, attorney Mary Summa argues that not all progress is good progress, and that artificial reproductive technologies may require a societal and moral cost that is much too high to bear. more

Hijacking Conscience Clauses
Touted as protections for the moral sensibilities of medical professionals, conscience clauses are now being manipulated to advance an anti-life ethic intent on promoting the “duty to die.” more

Cohabiting With Children
Alysse ElHage analyzes the decline of nuclear families in America and the great threat posed to cohabiting men and women and the children conceived and raised in these inherently broken homes. more

Religious Freedom On Campus
Despite the impression many campuses give, students do not forfeit their First Amendment rights upon entering college. Attorney Sean O’Donnell offers practical suggestions to protect students. more

Legislative Review 2012
The General Assembly wrapped up an historic session just before Independence Day. Brittany Farrell summarizes the highlights. more

Gambling With the Constitution
North Carolina will now house Las Vegas style gambling on its Cherokee reservation, a decision law student Margaret Brooks says could spell disaster for NC’s statewide gambling prohibitions. more

Courts
The successful outcome of a state marriage amendment, a marriage rundown in other states, the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Obamacare, and the challenge of religious groups to the U.S. governments healthcare mandate are all covered by Brittany Farrell. more

Interview: Amy Julia Becker
NCFPC president Bill Brooks talks with Amy Julia Becker about her new book, A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations and a Little Girl Named Penny. more

We Told You So
What are the four words in public policy that we never want to say? Bill Brooks talks about the lottery and the recent Cherokee gambling expansion in the Tar Heel state. more

Liberty and Family
Editor Brittany Farrell provides an overview of the important topics covered in this issue of Family North Carolina. more

How to Subscribe
If you do not already receive Family North Carolina, a one-year subscription is available for a suggested donation of $16. Subscribe online or write the North Carolina Family Policy Council at: PO. Box 20607, Raleigh, NC 27619. You may also call us at 919-807-0800 from 9 AM to 5 PM if you have any questions or email us at admin@ncfamily.org

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