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COVID-19 Has Morphed Into a Battle Over Abortion in the U.S.

April 9, 2020/0 Comments/in Life/Miscellaneous /by Mark Miloscia

As many states, including Washington, are fighting to “flatten the curve” and many companies are voluntarily repurposing themselves to provide personal protective equipment, which is still in short supply, a secondary battle has erupted.

Hint: it involves abortion clinics using the crisis to gain an advantage.

Nearly every state in the United States has issued an order temporarily halting elective medical and dental procedures – taking the moral position that those on the frontlines fighting COVID-19 should have access to equipment designed to protect them from illness before anyone else should have access to it.

What the National Stimulus Means for You

April 6, 2020/0 Comments/in Miscellaneous /by Mark Miloscia

With Washington under a stay-at-home order, many are facing uncertainty with work, bills, childcare, medical care, and more. This is a time for us, as champions of the family unit and family values, to practice what we preach, and to keep our eyes open for ways we can help the families around us.

Several things have happened within the last couple weeks that will carry an impact on families and their abilities to weather this storm,

Petition to the Abortion Industry: “Leave Masks and Gloves for those Fighting COVID-19!”

March 31, 2020/0 Comments/in Life/Miscellaneous /by Mark Miloscia

As states fight back against COVID-19, personal protective equipment (also known as PPE) is in increasingly short supply. To combat this, most states have halted all elective, non-essential medical and dental procedures in order to preserve these valuable resources to protect those who are fighting against COVID-19. Nearly every medical and dental office in the country has complied – that is, except for abortion clinics.

Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics are pushing the narrative that they are and should be considered essential medical providers.

Planned Parenthood Ignores Mandates, Begs for Medical Supplies Meant for COVID-19 Relief

March 27, 2020/0 Comments/in Life/Miscellaneous /by Mark Miloscia

In a truly stunning turn of events, Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics have gone from refusing to comply with state directives to halt elective abortions –intended to ensure masks, gloves and manpower are available to deal with COVID-19 – to actively soliciting donations for the same medical supplies that are in short supply, so that their own abortion businesses can continue providing abortions without hindrance.

Inslee Cancels All Elective Surgeries and Procedures, Except for Abortions

March 20, 2020/4 Comments/in Life/Miscellaneous /by Mark Miloscia

In an effort to combat COVID-19, aside from mandating “social distancing,” Gov. Jay Inslee’s administration issued a directive requiring all medical and dental offices to cancel elective health care services, procedures and surgeries “that are not anticipated to cause harm to the patient within the next three months,” in order to preserve needed medical supplies for those who are fighting the virus.

I understood why this was necessary and still do.

Coronavirus and Our Future: What is Next?

March 17, 2020/0 Comments/in Legislative Updates/Miscellaneous/Parental Rights /by Mark Miloscia

COVID-19. At this point, it’s almost all you hear about on the news. It’s a serious health issue here in Washington State – and it affects some of the most vulnerable people in our society. It’s worthy of our attention and our concern.

If you’re like me, you’ve received dozens of emails from stores, churches, restaurants, and the like explaining what they’re doing to combat the illness. While some of them have chosen to close down altogether,

SeXXX Education Rally Defies Fear and Brings Thousands Together to Protect Children

March 13, 2020/1 Comment/in Education/Legislative Updates/Miscellaneous/Parental Rights /by Mark Miloscia

Just a few hours before thousands of parents and child-advocates were scheduled to rally in opposition to SB 5395, the SeXXX Education bill, outside the Washington State Capitol on Wednesday, Governor Jay Inslee announced a ban of assemblies of more than 250 people.

But word wasn’t delivered until after nearly 3,000 people had gathered on the Capitol Steps to ask the Governor to VETO this dangerous legislation.

Dozens of schools,

One more chance to stop SB 5395! Call Gov. Inslee at 360-902-4111.

March 10, 2020/0 Comments/in Legislative Updates /by Mark Miloscia

No doubt, you’ve heard by now that SB 5395, the SeXXX Education Bill, was amended and passed last week in the wee hours of the morning by the House Majority Democrats and then swiftly adopted and passed by Senate Majority Democrats. As the process goes, this triggered the bill’s journey to Governor Inslee’s desk for a decision. The governor can sign the legislation into law, allow it to become law without his signature, or veto the legislation in part or entirely.

SeXXX Education Bill Passes, Others Advance, While Public Distracted by Coronavirus

March 6, 2020/7 Comments/in Legislative Updates /by Mark Miloscia

Very, very early at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, after a 6-hour debate and several days after Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency over the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, Democrats in the Washington House of Representatives pushed SB 5395, the SeXXX Education Bill, through to final passage.

At the time of this writing, the coronavirus has claimed fourteen lives here in Washington State. Schools are beginning to close as infections pop up around the nation.

SeXXX Education Bill Marches Towards Thursday Hearing

February 25, 2020/1 Comment/in Legislative Updates /by Mark Miloscia

The most dangerous and radical bill so far in the 2020 legislative session, SB 5395, Comprehensive Sex Education Reform – also known as the SeXXX Education Bill – is moving quickly towards another series of votes in the Washington State House of Representatives.

First, this Thursday, February 27th, the bill will be heard in the House Education Committee. That hearing will take place at the Washington State Capitol at 8:00 a.m. in House Hearing Room A.

Religious Freedom Rally Highlights “SeXXX Education” and Child Prostitution Legislation

February 22, 2020/5 Comments/in Legislative Updates /by Mark Miloscia

Last Tuesday, hundreds of Washingtonians rallied together on the steps of the Capitol in Olympia to speak up on behalf of religious liberty and to denounce several radical and dangerous pieces of legislation being crammed through the legislature by the extremists that control it.

Some of these bills are so extreme they almost sound like jokes.

First and foremost, the fact that the majority Democrats think it is appropriate to overhaul our state’s sex education curriculum to the point that kindergarteners will be learning about subject matter most adults have a difficult time reading,

ALERT: Join FPIW to Support Kennedy Catholic High School TOMORROW, Tuesday, February 18

February 17, 2020/24 Comments/in Religious Freedom /by Mark Miloscia

Five months ago, CRISTA’s Kings School in Shoreline was attacked by media, activists, parents, and even some employees for teaching the concept of Christian Marriage in their private school.

This week, it is Kennedy Catholic High School’s turn to face hate and persecution from the radical left. Over the weekend, several prominent elected officials in Western Washington fanned the flames against Kennedy Catholic’s constitutional and religious rights to only hire teachers who support and practice their sincerely-held Christian beliefs on gender,

Transgender People Reversing Course, Warning Against Efforts to Normalize Identity Disorders

February 13, 2020/0 Comments/in Education/Gender Identity/Human Development /by Mark Miloscia

Gender Dysphoria was, for years, seen by psychological professionals as a treatable mental health disorder. And for years, individuals suffering from it found relief from their illness. During that time, researchers indicated that 97 percent of children who were suffering from gender dysphoria grew up to accept their biological sex as reality.

That is, until radical leftist and pagan activists moved to disassociate gender dysphoria from psychologists’ lists of mental illnesses, promoting propaganda that aimed to have the public believe the disorder was actually a naturally-occurring condition,

Trump Acquitted Following Bold Speech in the Lion’s Den

February 6, 2020/0 Comments/in Elections /by Mark Miloscia

In case you missed it, President Donald J. Trump was acquitted of all charges yesterday by the U.S. Senate. This officially concludes the months-long, bitter, divisive partisan battle that had plagued our halls of government. And it came less than 24 hours after the president delivered the final State of the Union address of his first term.

On the first Article of Impeachment, senators voted 52-48 to acquit, with only U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joining the democrats,

Reykdal Showcases Bias, Misinterpretation of Human Rights and Religious Liberty at OSPI

February 2, 2020/3 Comments/in Education/Sexuality /by Mark Miloscia

As a former member of the Washington House and Senate, I’ve had many opportunities to work with Chris Reykdal, currently Washington’s Superintendent of Public Instruction. Chris is a very intelligent, genuine, and honest man – someone I, despite our many disagreements, have always respected.

But I will admit that I was a little surprised last week to see Reykdal go so far as to claim that a federal Department of Education rule regarding religious institutions hiring only people who practiced and believed in their religion was,

Women Under Attack by Democrat-Controlled Legislatures

January 27, 2020/2 Comments/in Gender Identity/Sexuality /by Mark Miloscia

HB 2201, a bill to protect women’s sports in Washington State, has been introduced by Rep. Brad Klippert (R-Kennewick).

Women’s sports have long been a method for women to achieve scholarships or compete on the world stage. If women are forced to continue competing against male athletes, who, in every way other than their own claim, are men and have a clear biological advantage in many cases, women’s athletic achievement will be at significant risk.

FPIW Files Amicus Brief in Case to Challenge Discriminatory State-Level Blaine Amendments

January 22, 2020/0 Comments/in Education/Parental Rights /by Mark Miloscia

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing deliberations in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. Translation: one of the year’s first major religious liberty cases – with serious implications for the future of our public schools – starts today.

Brief History

In 1876, Maine Congressman James G. Blaine proposed a federal constitutional amendment that would forcefully secularize a good portion of what existed as the national education system at that time.

House Education Committee Shuts Down Testimony from Opposition on Sex Ed Reform Bill

January 16, 2020/1 Comment/in Child Development/Education/Gender Identity/Parental Rights/Parenting /by FPIW Admin

On Thursday, Washington’s House Education Committee held a hearing to receive testimony on HB 2184, comprehensive sex education reform. The effort has been labeled as a top priority for progressives who control the House and Senate, despite its controversial natural and, in some cases, offensive content.

FPIW Executive Director Mark Miloscia, himself an eighteen-year member of the Washington House and Senate, was on hand to testify alongside other concerned parents.

But House Education Chairwoman Sharon Tomiko Santos took an extremely limited amount of testimony from the bill’s opposition,

2020 Legislative Session Begins, FPIW First-Round Legislative Agenda Announced

January 16, 2020/2 Comments/in Miscellaneous /by FPIW Admin

The 2020 legislative session officially kicked off in Olympia this week. Because this is an even-numbered year session, we’ll have a limited amount of time to play both offense and defense on the proposals that will affect you and your family every day here in the Evergreen State.

With bills continuing to drop on a daily basis and in rapid succession into the hopper, we wanted to give you an early look at some of the priority bills we’ll be advocating for and against during this year’s 60-day legislative session.

Mommy, What’s Abortion?

October 25, 2019/0 Comments/in Miscellaneous /by FPIW Admin

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