LIFE
"All human life is a gift to be treasured"LIFE
"All human life is a gift to be treasured"LIFE
"All human life is a gift to be treasured"Life
No human being need prove his or her moral worth by demonstrating sentience, or self-awareness, or a certain level of cognitive ability. Neither scientific progress nor the desire to help others can justify sacrificing the life or inherent dignity of any human being. Every human, born or unborn, deserves the equal protection of the law.
Abortion
Nevertheless, for decades our national and state laws have rarely recognized these truths. So, The Family Foundation works to present the intrinsic dignity of unborn human life and the costs of abortion to the public, lawmakers, and the courts. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, declaring abortion to be a constitutional “right,” was without foundation in the text of the Constitution and was thus wrongly decided. We look forward to the day when this grave error will be corrected.
If the absence of a heart beat indicates death, then what does the presence of a heart beat in the womb, 18 days after conception, indicate? The answer is LIFE! That is HUMAN LIFE – most often, before the mother even knows she is pregnant. A “termination of pregnancy” must be viewed by Kentucky government and by Kentucky citizens as what it really is, the termination of a LIFE. Kentucky could be, and should be, a leading state in the effort to undo this wrong in America, and even in the world.
Recent Life Related Blog Posts
Humanity in Healthcare Act Gets Committee Hearing
On Wednesday, October 20, the Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection held a hearing on the pro-life “Humanity in Healthcare Act” that is expected to be introduced in the 2022 Session. The Family Foundation was proud to attend...
Kentucky’s Radicals Seek to Enshrine Abortion
For the radical abortion advocates, the “right” to abortion must be kept at all costs—regardless of how wrongly Roe v. Wade was decided, despite the scientific and medical developments, and with no concern for the over 62 million lives it has ended. But Roe v. Wade...
CITIZEN: The Family Foundation joins legal brief in major abortion court case before U.S. Supreme Court
The Family Foundation joined with the Constitutional Government Defense Fund (“CGDF”) and 21 other state family policy organizations in filing a legal brief asking the United States Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In May, the...
CITIZEN: “Yes for Life” Alliance launches campaign to educate voters on pro-life amendment
The Family Foundation and five other founding members recently launched the “Yes for Life Alliance” at the Kentucky State Fair! The Yes for Life Alliance is united in its desire to see life cherished in the Commonwealth and is committed to educating Kentuckians on the...
CITIZEN: Kentucky’s second Safe Haven Baby Box is installed and ready to save lives
The second Safe Haven Baby Box in Kentucky was installed on August 30 and is now in operation. This Baby Box is located in Shepherdsville, at Zoneton Fire Station No. 1. This is the direct fruit of a pro-life, God-honoring law. House Bill 155, the “Safe Haven Baby...
AG Cameron Set to Argue Before U.S. Supreme Court on Defending KY Dismemberment Abortion Ban
This week, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed a legal brief before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to intervene to defend Kentucky’s live dismemberment abortion ban, House Bill 454. Dismemberment abortions are a common and brutal type of abortion that...
CITIZEN: The case pro-life advocates were waiting for?
July/August 2021 Issue The U.S. Supreme Court is considering Mississippi’s pro-life law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks. The case is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Mississippi filed its brief on July 22, and it makes a strong argument for...
CITIZEN: Planned Parenthood attempts to distance itself from racist and eugenic roots . . . but disproportionately eliminates minorities
July/August 2021 Issue After decades of denial, Planned Parenthood (America’s largest abortion provider) is admitting that its founder, Margaret Sanger, was a white supremacist and eugenics advocate. In a New York Times Op-Ed on April 17, 2021, the head of Planned...
CITIZEN: Kentucky’s “Yes for Life” Amendment: Protection from activist state judges
July/August 2021 Issue The “YES for Life” Constitutional Amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, set for a vote by the citizens of Kentucky on Nov. 8 of 2022, was specifically initiated to make sure that no state judge or group of state judges can “find” or “create” a...
Humanity in Healthcare Act Gets Committee Hearing
On Wednesday, October 20, the Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection held a hearing on the pro-life “Humanity in Healthcare Act” that is expected to be introduced in the 2022 Session. The Family Foundation was proud to attend...
Kentucky’s Radicals Seek to Enshrine Abortion
For the radical abortion advocates, the “right” to abortion must be kept at all costs—regardless of how wrongly Roe v. Wade was decided, despite the scientific and medical developments, and with no concern for the over 62 million lives it has ended. But Roe v. Wade...
CITIZEN: The Family Foundation joins legal brief in major abortion court case before U.S. Supreme Court
The Family Foundation joined with the Constitutional Government Defense Fund (“CGDF”) and 21 other state family policy organizations in filing a legal brief asking the United States Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In May, the...
CITIZEN: “Yes for Life” Alliance launches campaign to educate voters on pro-life amendment
The Family Foundation and five other founding members recently launched the “Yes for Life Alliance” at the Kentucky State Fair! The Yes for Life Alliance is united in its desire to see life cherished in the Commonwealth and is committed to educating Kentuckians on the...
CITIZEN: Kentucky’s second Safe Haven Baby Box is installed and ready to save lives
The second Safe Haven Baby Box in Kentucky was installed on August 30 and is now in operation. This Baby Box is located in Shepherdsville, at Zoneton Fire Station No. 1. This is the direct fruit of a pro-life, God-honoring law. House Bill 155, the “Safe Haven Baby...
AG Cameron Set to Argue Before U.S. Supreme Court on Defending KY Dismemberment Abortion Ban
This week, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed a legal brief before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to intervene to defend Kentucky’s live dismemberment abortion ban, House Bill 454. Dismemberment abortions are a common and brutal type of abortion that...
CITIZEN: The case pro-life advocates were waiting for?
July/August 2021 Issue The U.S. Supreme Court is considering Mississippi’s pro-life law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks. The case is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Mississippi filed its brief on July 22, and it makes a strong argument for...
CITIZEN: Planned Parenthood attempts to distance itself from racist and eugenic roots . . . but disproportionately eliminates minorities
July/August 2021 Issue After decades of denial, Planned Parenthood (America’s largest abortion provider) is admitting that its founder, Margaret Sanger, was a white supremacist and eugenics advocate. In a New York Times Op-Ed on April 17, 2021, the head of Planned...
CITIZEN: Kentucky’s “Yes for Life” Amendment: Protection from activist state judges
July/August 2021 Issue The “YES for Life” Constitutional Amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, set for a vote by the citizens of Kentucky on Nov. 8 of 2022, was specifically initiated to make sure that no state judge or group of state judges can “find” or “create” a...
Humanity in Healthcare Act Gets Committee Hearing
On Wednesday, October 20, the Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection held a hearing on the pro-life “Humanity in Healthcare Act” that is expected to be introduced in the 2022 Session. The Family Foundation was proud to attend...
Kentucky’s Radicals Seek to Enshrine Abortion
For the radical abortion advocates, the “right” to abortion must be kept at all costs—regardless of how wrongly Roe v. Wade was decided, despite the scientific and medical developments, and with no concern for the over 62 million lives it has ended. But Roe v. Wade...
CITIZEN: The Family Foundation joins legal brief in major abortion court case before U.S. Supreme Court
The Family Foundation joined with the Constitutional Government Defense Fund (“CGDF”) and 21 other state family policy organizations in filing a legal brief asking the United States Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In May, the...
CITIZEN: “Yes for Life” Alliance launches campaign to educate voters on pro-life amendment
The Family Foundation and five other founding members recently launched the “Yes for Life Alliance” at the Kentucky State Fair! The Yes for Life Alliance is united in its desire to see life cherished in the Commonwealth and is committed to educating Kentuckians on the...
CITIZEN: Kentucky’s second Safe Haven Baby Box is installed and ready to save lives
The second Safe Haven Baby Box in Kentucky was installed on August 30 and is now in operation. This Baby Box is located in Shepherdsville, at Zoneton Fire Station No. 1. This is the direct fruit of a pro-life, God-honoring law. House Bill 155, the “Safe Haven Baby...
AG Cameron Set to Argue Before U.S. Supreme Court on Defending KY Dismemberment Abortion Ban
This week, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed a legal brief before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to intervene to defend Kentucky’s live dismemberment abortion ban, House Bill 454. Dismemberment abortions are a common and brutal type of abortion that...
CITIZEN: The case pro-life advocates were waiting for?
July/August 2021 Issue The U.S. Supreme Court is considering Mississippi’s pro-life law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks. The case is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Mississippi filed its brief on July 22, and it makes a strong argument for...
CITIZEN: Planned Parenthood attempts to distance itself from racist and eugenic roots . . . but disproportionately eliminates minorities
July/August 2021 Issue After decades of denial, Planned Parenthood (America’s largest abortion provider) is admitting that its founder, Margaret Sanger, was a white supremacist and eugenics advocate. In a New York Times Op-Ed on April 17, 2021, the head of Planned...
CITIZEN: Kentucky’s “Yes for Life” Amendment: Protection from activist state judges
July/August 2021 Issue The “YES for Life” Constitutional Amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, set for a vote by the citizens of Kentucky on Nov. 8 of 2022, was specifically initiated to make sure that no state judge or group of state judges can “find” or “create” a...
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The Family Foundation Joins Legal Brief Asking Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
UPDATE: The United States Supreme Court has announced that oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case will take place on December 1. The Family Foundation joined with the Constitutional Government Defense Fund (“CGDF”) and 21 other state...
Is this the case pro-life advocates have been waiting for?
The U.S. Supreme Court, with three justices appointed by President Trump, is considering Mississippi’s pro-life law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks. The case is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Mississippi filed its brief on July 22, and the opening...
Gov. Beshear’s “Covid-19 / abortion” problem
He may genuinely care for the health of many, but like most “pro-choicers,” he’s blind to the abortion carnage. Sadly, numbers don’t lie. There is only so long that you can continue to lament the loss of some life while ignoring the loss of other life on a much...
Has the UN accomplished its primary goal to prevent death?
After two devastating world wars within a 30-year time span, the world lost roughly 100 million military and civilian lives. Because of this, much of the world assembled for lasting peace negotiations. In hopes to prevent another mass extermination of human life, 50...
Supreme Court Disappoints Advocates for Life
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court published its decision in June Medical Services, a highly anticipated abortion case from Louisiana. Again, the Court disappointed conservatives. Chief Justice Roberts joined with the four “liberal” justices to give abortion clinics a...
“You Will Know Them by Their Fruits: Unbridled Abortion in Kentucky”
Just last May, Kentuckians were viewing the controversial end to the Kentucky Derby and voting in statewide primaries. Since then, the Abortion Industry has quietly continued to produce bitter “fruits” in Kentucky. Kentucky’s website says the state’s slogan,...
An Open Rebuke is Better than Silent Love: Why I Must Call Him “Abortion Andy”
“Better is open rebuke than love that is concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend.” – Proverbs 27:5-6a ESV Jesus openly and forcefully labeled the religious rulers of His time (the Pharisees, the scribes and the Sadducees) as “whitewashed sepulchers,” “brood...
Memorial Day: Remembering the Fallen Who Defended Against All Enemies
A selfless segment of every American generation has fought for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In all, roughly 1,264,000 Americans have valiantly sacrificed their lives in protecting our great land and Constitution. However, a covert “domestic enemy” has...
Planned Parenthood Imports Nefarious Doctor to Kentucky and Indiana
The abortion industry routinely creates news headlines for its nefarious activity. From refusing to report human trafficking and sexual abuse to selling and illegally storing fetal remains, the industry’s rap sheet is comparable to one of a notorious cartel. For...
Notorious PP operative impacting IN and KY
LEXINGTON, KY– “It is a shame that the person embodying one of the ugliest moments in the ongoing Roe v. Wade debate has expanded her influence to have an impact in both Indiana and Kentucky,” said Kent Ostrander, executive director of The Family Foundation. “Dr....
Who is Dividing KY?
On April 24th, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear chose to veto pro-life Senate Bill 9. His veto was shocking in its disregard for the overwhelming bipartisan majority of lawmakers that had voted for its passage. Gov. Beshear also refused to honor the wishes of more than...
Louisville PP Expands into Abortion during COVID-19
Many Kentucky cities have been hit hard by COVID-19, but none harder than Louisville. The city accounts for roughly one-fourth of all COVID-19 cases in Kentucky. During this crisis, Louisville has gained an additional “medical” service provider - for abortion, no...
The Beshear legacy
Abortion on demand is a high priority of both father and son. It has been a long time in coming, but finally the Steve Beshear family is achieving what it has wanted for decades — the establishment of an abortion-providing Planned Parenthood in Kentucky. Late in...
UofL, abortion & COVID-19 violations
Opinion by Martin Cothran, Senior Policy Analyst: A cabal of abortion in a profoundly pro-life state! You cannot make these things up. In late February, The Family Foundation reported troubling information that one of the state’s two largest universities was involved...
Sad facts: COVID-19 & Abortion
Gov. Beshear has a double standard: Abortion “Yes,” Medical clinics “No.” Clearly, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a serious circumstance for Kentucky, the United States and the world. It has been good that most civic/political leaders have given themselves to mitigate...
The Family Foundation focuses on lawmakers, but we also engage courts . . .
We do “friend of the court” (amicus) briefs to protect Kentucky families. In some sense, as the Declaration of Independence foresaw, as long as we have life and First Amendment liberties, then every American can indeed choose the pursuit of happiness. Over the past...
U of L’s significant ties with abortion unmasked
The school has taken a radical pro-abortion posture to the end that its professors currently do ALL of Kentucky’s surgical abortions. What stunned many Kentuckians during the time period of the 2020 General Assembly was the revelation that the University of...
Dear Gov. Beshear, please care for the unborn as well as you do everyone else
Thank you, Gov. Beshear, for working diligently on the COVID-19 pandemic for all Kentuckians. I am sure that you could be critiqued for “missing this” or “overstating that,” but all-in-all, given what we know, and more importantly, given what you know, you’ve done a...
PRESS RELEASE: Family Group Wants to Prevent Even More Loss of Life
FRANKFORT, KY– “We are here today to underscore how the Governor himself can do even more to save life, especially for the weakest and most vulnerable of us — He can allow Senate Bill 9 to become law,” said Kent Ostrander, Executive Director of The Family Foundation,...
Years of Life Overlooked
It’s been roughly seven weeks since the coronavirus entered Kentucky, causing citizens to wrestle with its grim realities. As of April 19th, according to the Governor’s calculations, there have been 148 COVID-19 related deaths in the Commonwealth. Using the Governor’s...
Years of Life
Since the First of March through April 15, 122 Kentuckians have died from COVID-19. Most have been older citizens who lost their last, precious years of life. During the same period of time, 561 unborn babies lost their lives in the Louisville abortion clinic. Let’s...
The Family Foundation Joins Legal Brief Asking Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
UPDATE: The United States Supreme Court has announced that oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case will take place on December 1. The Family Foundation joined with the Constitutional Government Defense Fund (“CGDF”) and 21 other state...
Is this the case pro-life advocates have been waiting for?
The U.S. Supreme Court, with three justices appointed by President Trump, is considering Mississippi’s pro-life law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks. The case is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Mississippi filed its brief on July 22, and the opening...
Gov. Beshear’s “Covid-19 / abortion” problem
He may genuinely care for the health of many, but like most “pro-choicers,” he’s blind to the abortion carnage. Sadly, numbers don’t lie. There is only so long that you can continue to lament the loss of some life while ignoring the loss of other life on a much...
Has the UN accomplished its primary goal to prevent death?
After two devastating world wars within a 30-year time span, the world lost roughly 100 million military and civilian lives. Because of this, much of the world assembled for lasting peace negotiations. In hopes to prevent another mass extermination of human life, 50...
Supreme Court Disappoints Advocates for Life
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court published its decision in June Medical Services, a highly anticipated abortion case from Louisiana. Again, the Court disappointed conservatives. Chief Justice Roberts joined with the four “liberal” justices to give abortion clinics a...
“You Will Know Them by Their Fruits: Unbridled Abortion in Kentucky”
Just last May, Kentuckians were viewing the controversial end to the Kentucky Derby and voting in statewide primaries. Since then, the Abortion Industry has quietly continued to produce bitter “fruits” in Kentucky. Kentucky’s website says the state’s slogan,...
An Open Rebuke is Better than Silent Love: Why I Must Call Him “Abortion Andy”
“Better is open rebuke than love that is concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend.” – Proverbs 27:5-6a ESV Jesus openly and forcefully labeled the religious rulers of His time (the Pharisees, the scribes and the Sadducees) as “whitewashed sepulchers,” “brood...
Memorial Day: Remembering the Fallen Who Defended Against All Enemies
A selfless segment of every American generation has fought for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In all, roughly 1,264,000 Americans have valiantly sacrificed their lives in protecting our great land and Constitution. However, a covert “domestic enemy” has...
Planned Parenthood Imports Nefarious Doctor to Kentucky and Indiana
The abortion industry routinely creates news headlines for its nefarious activity. From refusing to report human trafficking and sexual abuse to selling and illegally storing fetal remains, the industry’s rap sheet is comparable to one of a notorious cartel. For...
Notorious PP operative impacting IN and KY
LEXINGTON, KY– “It is a shame that the person embodying one of the ugliest moments in the ongoing Roe v. Wade debate has expanded her influence to have an impact in both Indiana and Kentucky,” said Kent Ostrander, executive director of The Family Foundation. “Dr....
Who is Dividing KY?
On April 24th, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear chose to veto pro-life Senate Bill 9. His veto was shocking in its disregard for the overwhelming bipartisan majority of lawmakers that had voted for its passage. Gov. Beshear also refused to honor the wishes of more than...
Louisville PP Expands into Abortion during COVID-19
Many Kentucky cities have been hit hard by COVID-19, but none harder than Louisville. The city accounts for roughly one-fourth of all COVID-19 cases in Kentucky. During this crisis, Louisville has gained an additional “medical” service provider - for abortion, no...
The Beshear legacy
Abortion on demand is a high priority of both father and son. It has been a long time in coming, but finally the Steve Beshear family is achieving what it has wanted for decades — the establishment of an abortion-providing Planned Parenthood in Kentucky. Late in...
UofL, abortion & COVID-19 violations
Opinion by Martin Cothran, Senior Policy Analyst: A cabal of abortion in a profoundly pro-life state! You cannot make these things up. In late February, The Family Foundation reported troubling information that one of the state’s two largest universities was involved...
Sad facts: COVID-19 & Abortion
Gov. Beshear has a double standard: Abortion “Yes,” Medical clinics “No.” Clearly, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a serious circumstance for Kentucky, the United States and the world. It has been good that most civic/political leaders have given themselves to mitigate...
The Family Foundation focuses on lawmakers, but we also engage courts . . .
We do “friend of the court” (amicus) briefs to protect Kentucky families. In some sense, as the Declaration of Independence foresaw, as long as we have life and First Amendment liberties, then every American can indeed choose the pursuit of happiness. Over the past...
U of L’s significant ties with abortion unmasked
The school has taken a radical pro-abortion posture to the end that its professors currently do ALL of Kentucky’s surgical abortions. What stunned many Kentuckians during the time period of the 2020 General Assembly was the revelation that the University of...
Dear Gov. Beshear, please care for the unborn as well as you do everyone else
Thank you, Gov. Beshear, for working diligently on the COVID-19 pandemic for all Kentuckians. I am sure that you could be critiqued for “missing this” or “overstating that,” but all-in-all, given what we know, and more importantly, given what you know, you’ve done a...
PRESS RELEASE: Family Group Wants to Prevent Even More Loss of Life
FRANKFORT, KY– “We are here today to underscore how the Governor himself can do even more to save life, especially for the weakest and most vulnerable of us — He can allow Senate Bill 9 to become law,” said Kent Ostrander, Executive Director of The Family Foundation,...
Years of Life Overlooked
It’s been roughly seven weeks since the coronavirus entered Kentucky, causing citizens to wrestle with its grim realities. As of April 19th, according to the Governor’s calculations, there have been 148 COVID-19 related deaths in the Commonwealth. Using the Governor’s...
Years of Life
Since the First of March through April 15, 122 Kentuckians have died from COVID-19. Most have been older citizens who lost their last, precious years of life. During the same period of time, 561 unborn babies lost their lives in the Louisville abortion clinic. Let’s...