News Releases

Prop 8 Decision Not the Last Word
Judges who ignore the law and evidence ultimately endure appellate court reversal

Colorado Springs, Colorado (August 4, 2010 )— CitizenLink Judicial Analyst Bruce Hausknecht released the following statement today in response to U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker striking down Proposition 8 and the traditional definition of marriage in a ruling today.
 
“Judge Walker’s ruling (Read More)

Focus Action: Kagan’s nomination a triumph for liberal ideology, judicial activism

President overlooks Americans’ desire for judges who will judge according to text, original understanding of Constitution (more…)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action Federal Issues Analyst Ashley Horne released the following statement in response to the House vote approving the health care bill that includes federal funding of abortion. (more…)

Effort an “invitation to dialogue” with rising generation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action will be launch a new Web site for millennials at the first-ever XPAC (Xtreme Politically Active Conservatives) event that will be held in tandem with CPAC this week in Washington, D.C. XPAC 2010 is geared at social policy-minded young adults of the “millennial,” 20-something generation. Focus Action is a co-sponsor of both events. (more…)

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Thirty-four years after the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decisions of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton — legalizing unrestricted abortion — pro-life citizens remain committed to protecting women and their preborn children. Focus on the Family Senior Policy Analyst for Bioethics Carrie Gordon Earll issued the following statement today marking the anniversary of these court decisions: (more…)

Contact: Monica Schleicher, 719-648-4590, monica.schleicher@fotf.org

A broad coalition of pro-life advocates and lawmakers led by Focus on the Family Action will hold a news conference to give voice to the tens of millions of Americans who oppose publicly funded abortion. (more…)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action Judicial Issues Analyst Bruce Hausknecht released the following statement today in response to the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court:

“Judge Sotomayor’s statements during her confirmation hearings showed a marked departure from the writings, speeches and affiliations she had made over the last 30 years. At the hearings, Judge Sotomayor portrayed herself as a strict constructionist who would look to the original understanding of a constitutional provision rather than read new meanings into it, and as a supporter of Justice Scalia’s criticism of the use of foreign law to interpret our own law. She also rejected the ‘empathy’ standard by which she was supposedly selected. (more…)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action released the following statement today in reaction to Congress enacting federal “hate crimes” legislation. The statement is attributable to Federal Issues Analyst Ashley Horne:

“By voting in ‘hate crimes’ legislation under the cover of the Defense Authorization bill, Congress enacted a law that is unnecessary, unjust, constitutionally suspect, and that opens the door for religiously-based prosecutions. (more…)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action released the following statement today in reaction to Congress enacting federal “hate crimes” legislation. The statement is attributable to Federal Issues Analyst Ashley Horne:  (more…)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action released the following statement today, attributable to Judicial Analyst Bruce Hausknecht.

“With President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the country is again confronted with the question: What type of justices should sit on the Court? Americans overwhelmingly support justices who base decisions on the law and the Constitution, practice judicial restraint, and believe judges should never make policy. (more…)