The horrendous Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113 [1973]) was handed down on January 22, 1973. In Roe, the Court held that the “right to privacy” was a fundamental right under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and that this “right” encompasses a woman’s “right” to choose abortion.…

People are sometimes surprised to learn that New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, receives no government funding. We are entirely supported by private individuals and churches passionate about seeing a state where God is honored, religious freedom flourishes, families thrive and life is cherished. Government has grown so big and the non-profit sector…

On Friday, May 25, the people of Ireland voted to repeal the pro-life Eighth Amendment to their nation’s constitution. Passed in 1983, the Eighth Amendment reads as follows: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws…

Last month, a state court judge threw out California’s assisted suicide law on procedural grounds. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel Ottolia found the 2015 law unconstitutional because it was passed during a special legislative session that had been called for other reasons. The special session had been called to address the issue of health…

A Michigan high school has apologized for bringing in an outside speaker who supposedly made some students and parents “uncomfortable.” Unfortunately, it appears that the true objection to the speaker had nothing to do with what he said and everything to do with who he was. Friends of New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation will remember Ryan Bomberger…

It’s budget time in Albany, but Governor Andrew Cuomo has more than just state finances on his brain. The Governor has littered his 2019 budget proposal with left-wing priorities that have little or no fiscal impact. Those priorities include: An emergency contraception insurance mandate, A study on the potential legalization of recreational marijuana, A so-called “equal…

The owner of Tioga Downs—one of the three new Vegas-style casinos that have opened in upstate New York in the past two years—is claiming that if he had known how little money his upgraded casino would make, he would not have built it. Casino mogul Jeff Gural obtained a state license in 2016 to expand…