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Lawsuit Seeks Injunction Declaring Requirement to Provide Insurance for Abortions Unconstitutional TUPELO, Miss., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Liberty Institute and the Center for Religious Expression on behalf of their client, American Family Association (AFA), filed a lawsuit against the federal government's HHS Mandate in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Aberdeen Division. AFA is a national distinctly Christian,...
Executive VP Carol Steinberg Named Acting CEO NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) Board Chairman Bert E. Brodsky announced today that Eric J. Hall, AFA's founding CEO and president, resigned effective February 1. AFA Executive Vice President Carol Steinberg has been named Acting CEO, while the AFA board of trustees conducts a national search for the organization's next CEO. Steinberg has served as AFA's executive vice...
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- We applaud President Obama and his administration for quickly proposing comprehensive legislation that will help protect American families, and we call on Congress to pass these common-sense measures designed to address the epidemic of gun violence in America. In particular, One Million Moms for Gun Control supports the administration's proposal to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips, as well as proposed...
First-Week Guests include Mike Huckabee, Pat Toomey, David Vitter, Dr. David Jeremiah WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, the new daily radio show hosted by Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins launches today on the nationwide American Family Radio (AFR) network and other stations. Among the guests for the first week are Senators David Vitter and Pat Toomey and former Governor Mike...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins will host a daily radio show airing on the nationwide American Family Radio (AFR) network and other stations beginning Monday, January 7. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins will provide a fresh new perspective on inside-the-beltway news by offering a distinctly Christian conservative worldview. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080930/FRCLOGO) "Radio has become an...
LOS ANGELES, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Fertility Association (The AFA) congratulates National Spokesperson Brenda Strong on the premiere of the TNT series "Dallas." Ms. Strong plays Ann Ewing on the continuation of the famous show. "Brenda has been a tireless advocate for The AFA and its mission to provide hope for all those trying to build their families through assisted reproduction and adoption," said Stuart Bell, immediate past Board Co-Chair and current Board...
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Fertility Association (The AFA), a 501(c)(3) national not-for-profit organization, announced that a new slate of officers has been elected to lead the organization. Both outgoing Co-Chairs will remain as members of the Board of Directors. Former Co-Chair Patricia Mendell said, "Over the last four years, I have been honored to have led this organization, through a period of challenges and growth, with my Co-Chair Stuart Bell. We...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today urged all public figures to boycott this weekend's Values Voter Summit, which is hosted and co-sponsored by two groups that demonize members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community with false propaganda. "The Family Research Council and the American Family Association are among the chief purveyors of lies about the LGBT community - lies that stoke hate and violence," said...
NEW YORK, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Fertility Association (The AFA) will host Family Building Tents at Gay Pride Festivals nationally in June to recognize and support Gay Pride Month. Each staff member will represent The AFA - the only all-inclusive family building fertility organization - at Gay Pride events in Boston on June 11th, Brooklyn on June 11th, Philadelphia on June 12th, and San Francisco on June 25th and 26th. The AFA will debut its new LGBT (lesbian, gay,...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Family Radio (AFR), a division of American Family Association, has come together with Faith Comes By Hearing - the world's foremost Audio Bible ministry - to help raise awareness and funds for the ministry's Military BibleStick project. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090210/DC68397LOGO) The Military BibleStick is a digital audio player pre-loaded with a dramatized recording of the entire New Testament. About...
