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Since 1999, our 15-minute weekly radio program, Family Policy Matters features interviews with nationally recognized experts on a wide range of family policy issues.

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NC Family Policy

July 22, 2024

How to Protect Your Children from the Dangers of Social Media (with Dr. Leonard Sax)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Leonard Sax a practicing physician and a New York Times bestselling author to discuss how social media is impacting kids and how parents can mitigate its effects [... more]

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NC Family Policy

July 15, 2024

The Legal Fight to Protect Title IX (with Matt Sharp)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Matt Sharp Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Public Policy at Alliance Defending Freedom to discuss the legal battle that is underway to protect women's and parental rights from the Biden Administration's changes to Title IX [... more]

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NC Family Policy

July 01, 2024

How to Fix Our Falling Fertility Rate (with Lyman Stone)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Lyman Stone Research Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies to discuss America's falling fertility rates what we can do to fix them [... more]

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NC Family Policy

July 01, 2024

Celebrating Independence Across the Country (with Gov. Scott Walker)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Governor Scott Walker President of Young America's Foundation to discuss the importance of teaching America's foundational values and the significance of our independence [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 24, 2024

Why People are Leaving the Church (With Michael Graham)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Michael Graham Program Director for The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics to discuss what is known as the great dechurching and how Christians should respond [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 14, 2024

NC Mom Pursues Medical Career After Unplanned Pregnancy (With Angela Sullivan)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Angela Sullivan a North Carolina mom of four to discuss how she has been able to pursue higher education and a medical career after an unplanned pregnancy at the age of eighteen [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 10, 2024

The Sad Truth About Marijuana (With Luke Niforatos)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Luke Niforatos the Executive Vice President of Smart Approaches to Marijuana SAM to disucss attempts to legalize marijuana and the dangerous impacts that could have [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 03, 2024

Why Christians Must Protect Children: Part 2 (With Katy Faust)

This week on Family Policy Matters hear Part of Katy Faust's keynote address at NC Family's Raleigh Dinner Katy Faust is the founder and president of Them Before Us and speaks on the critical responsibility that Christians have to protect children [... more]

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NC Family Policy

May 28, 2024

Why Christians Must Protect Children: Part 1 (With Katy Faust)

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

May 20, 2024

How to Live in an Anti-Christian Culture (With Aaron Renn)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Aaron Renn Senior Fellow at American Reformer and the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research to discuss how Christianity has declined in the United States and how we can live in the new anti-Christian culture [... more]

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NC Family Policy

May 13, 2024

"It's not an equal protection." Swimmer Speaks Out About NCAA's Transgender Policy (With Carter Satterfield)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Carter Satterfield a swimmer at Roanoke College to discuss her experience swimming with a transgender-identifying male and how that prompted her to join the lawsuit against the NCAA [... more]

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NC Family Policy

May 06, 2024

NC State Swimmer Joins Lawsuit Against the NCAA (With Kylee Alons)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Kylee Alons a former swimmer at NC State University to discuss Kylee's experience swimming against Lia Thomas and why that prompted her to join the lawsuit against the NCAA [... more]

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NC Family Policy

April 29, 2024

Stories, Literature, and Sharing the Gospel (With Dr. Holly Ordway)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Holly Ordway to discuss the growing indifference to religion and how stories and literature can be used to share the Gospel Dr Ordway is the visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University the Professor of Faith and Culture at the Word On Fire Institute and the author of the book Tolkien's Faith A Spiritual Biography [... more]

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NC Family Policy

April 22, 2024

NC's Opportunity Scholarship Gives Parents Educational Options (With Mike Long)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Mike Long President of Parents for Educational Freedom North Carolina to discuss North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship and the impact that it has [... more]

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NC Family Policy

April 15, 2024

A NC Detransitioner Sues Her Doctors (With Josh Payne)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Josh Payne attorney and co-founder of Campbell Miller Payne PLLC to discuss Prisha Mosley's legal case Prisha is a North Carolina citizen who was pushed to pursue so-called gender-affirming care as a teenager including cross-sex hormones and surgery She has now detransitioned and is seeking to hold her medical team accountable for pushing her down this path [... more]

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NC Family Policy

April 08, 2024

The Danger And Detachment Of Surrogacy (With Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) (Re-Air)

This week on Family Policy Matters we are re-airing a show from June where host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down again with Dr Jennifer Roback Morse of The Ruth Institute to discuss the issue of surrogacy Dr Morse shares how surrogacy ignores the rights of the child and often leads down a dangerous path to the commodification of both children and women [... more]

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NC Family Policy

April 01, 2024

Perinatal Hospice: Loving Babies Born With Life-Limiting Conditions

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Mary Szoch Director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council to discuss a new report that explored perinatal hospice as an alternative for babies with a prenatal diagnosis of a life-limiting medical condition [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 25, 2024

How to Create a Media-Savvy Family

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Adam Holz Director at Plugged In and co-author of Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family How to Navigate a Media-Saturated World--And Why We Should to discuss how parents can create healthy media habits for themselves and their children [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 18, 2024

How to Combat a Family-Unfriendly Culture (With Timothy Carney)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Timothy Carney author of Family Unfriendly How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be to discuss how America has created an increasingly family-unfriendly culture and what parents can do to combat it [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 11, 2024

A Biblical View of Immigration (with Joshua Arnold)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Joshua Arnold Senior Writer at The Washington Stand to discuss four biblical principles to inform a Christian approach to immigration [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

March 04, 2024

Is Masculinity Really Toxic? (with Nancy Pearcey)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Nancy Pearcey a professor and author of the book The Toxic War on Masculinity to discuss the many cultural challenges that men are facing today The Toxic War on Masculinity https www amazon com Toxic-War-Masculinity-Christianity-Reconciles dp [... more]

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NC Family Policy

February 26, 2024

How to Teach Your Children a Christian Worldview (With Dr. George Barna)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr George Barna author of Raising Spiritual Champions to discuss why it is critical for parents to instill a Christian worldview in their children and some tips for how they can do so [... more]

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NC Family Policy

February 19, 2024

Sharing the Stories of Those Hurt by the Transgender Movement With Kallie Fell

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Kallie Fell Executive Director of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network CBC Network to discuss the CBC Network's new documentary and book and how they share the stories of those most hurt by the transgender movement [... more]

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NC Family Policy

February 12, 2024

Can Getting Married Save Civilization?

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Brad Wilcox to discuss the importance of marriage and his new book Get Married Why Americans Must Defy the Elites Forge Strong Families and Save Civilization [... more]

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NC Family Policy

February 05, 2024

How North Carolina Compares to Other States on Issues of Life and Death

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Danielle Pimentel Policy Counsel at Americans United for Life AUL to discuss AUL's Annual Life List and how North Carolina ranks compared to other states [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 30, 2024

Why Christians Should Engage in Politics

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Christy Stutzman author of The Spiritual Price of Political Silence to discuss why and how Christians should engage in politics [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 22, 2024

A Rural Church Meets Educational Needs

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Reverend Mark Perko and MiRandi Chewning to discuss Deep Creek Christian Academy the school that they run through their church in rural North Carolina [... more]

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NC Family Policy

January 16, 2024

The Critical Connection: Faith, Race, and Political Engagement

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes John Amanchukwu a pastor at the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh North Carolina to discuss his book Eraced Uncovering the Lies of Critical Race Theory and Abortion [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 08, 2024

A Pregnancy Resource Center Opens a Coffee Shop in NC

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Tonya Baker Nelson Founder and CEO of Hand of Hope Pregnancy Centers to discuss the new coffee shop she is opening this spring You can learn more about Hand of Hope Pregnancy Centers here [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 01, 2024

Protecting Our Teens (Even When They Push Us Away) (Re-Air)

This week on Family Policy Matters we are re-airing a show from January where host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Erica Komisar to discuss ways that we can help adolescents navigate the mental health crisis that is wreaking havoc on our country Erica is a clinical social worker psychoanalyst and parent guidance expert [... more]

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NC Family Policy

December 22, 2023

Get to Know Our Staff, From Top Gun to Upcoming Weddings

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes the staff at NC Family to discuss everything from the best book they read this year to what they're looking forward to in [... more]

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NC Family Policy

December 18, 2023

The Surprising History Behind Some Christmas Traditions

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Michael Foley author of the new book Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe Christmas Traditions Explained to discuss some of our favorite Christmas traditions and the history behind them [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

December 11, 2023

General Education Could Be Getting A Makeover at Public Universities

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Jenna Robinson President of The James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal to discuss new model legislation that would revamp general education courses at public universities to better prepare college students for their adult lives [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

December 05, 2023

What You Need to Know About Critical Race Theory

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Neil Shenvi and Dr Pat Sawyer authors of the book Critical Dilemma The Rise of Critical Theories and Social Justice Ideology Implications for the Church and Society to discuss how Christians should respond to the rise of critical race theory [... more]

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NC Family Policy

November 27, 2023

Raising Kids With character

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Monica Swanson author of Raising Amazing Bringing Up Kids Who Love God Like Their Family and Do the Dishes without Being Asked to discuss some practical ways that parents can raise kids with character [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

November 20, 2023

How to Be God-Honoring Citizens in a Fallen World

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Lynn Wogamon author of Standing for God in America How Christians Can Make a Difference in Today's Society to discuss what the Bible says about being an engaged citizen and impacting the world around us in a positive way [... more]

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NC Family Policy

November 13, 2023

Kids, Phones, and Porn

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Clare Morell Director of the Ethics and Public Policy Center's Technology and Human Flourishing Project to discuss how cell phones and social media are harming children and what we can do about it [... more]

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NC Family Policy

November 06, 2023

A Free Mom For NC State Students

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Nancy Nelson the founder of NCSU Free Moms to discuss the organization and the work that they do loving on kids at NC State University [... more]

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NC Family Policy

October 30, 2023

How Should Christians Use Technology?

This week at Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs Samuel James author of the new book Digital Liturgies Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age to discuss the role of technology in a Christian's life [... more]

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NC Family Policy

October 23, 2023

The Truth About Parenting a Transgender Child

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Josie a parent of a transgender-identifying child and co-editor of the new book Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans Tales from the Home Front in the Fight to Save Our Kids Josie shares what she has learned in her experience with a transgender-identifying child and her experience publishing the stories of other parents in similar situations [... more]

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NC Family Policy

October 16, 2023

How to Build a Christian Worldview

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Joseph Backholm Senior Fellow for Biblical Worldview at the Family Research Council to discuss the importance of having a biblical worldview and how we can cultivate one [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

October 10, 2023

The Highs and Lows of North Carolina's 2023 Legislative Session

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin welcomes NC Family's Sharon Sullivan and Jere Royall to recap the highs and lows of North Carolina's Legislative Session including pro-life protections fairness for women's sports gambling legalization and more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

October 02, 2023

Mixing Red and Blue: Bringing Both Political Parties Together to Have a Constructive Conversation

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Liz Boulware and Laura Gillion leaders in the organization Braver Angels to discuss the organization and the benefits of bringing together individuals from both sides of the political aisle [... more]

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NC Family Policy

September 25, 2023

Defending Life in North Carolina

This week host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Julia Payne Legal Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom to discuss the legal attempt that Planned Parenthood is making to thwart North Carolina's newest pro-life law [... more]

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NC Family Policy

September 18, 2023

The Problems With Feminism

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Carrie Gress a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and author of the new book The End of Woman How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us to discuss the damage that the feminist movement has done over the last two centuries [... more]

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NC Family Policy

September 11, 2023

Parental Rights and Public Schools in North Carolina (School Choice in NC Part 5)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Michael Ramey President of the Parental Rights Foundation to discuss North Carolina's Parents' Bill of Rights and how it will benefit families in the public school system This episode is a part of a series highlighting the school choice movement across North Carolina Tune in each week to learn more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

September 05, 2023

Charter School Offers Classical Education in Rural North Carolina

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Larry Henson the founder of Youngsville Academy This public charter school uses methods such as Direct Instruction to give students a rich education based on the classics and offers a valuable and affordable educational option for families This episode is a part of a series highlighting the school choice movement across North Carolina Tune in each week to learn more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

August 28, 2023

The Best of Both Academic Worlds: A Mom's Take on University-Model Schools

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Georgeanna Weist founder of Heritage Leadership Academy in North Carolina to discuss how University-Model schools have the benefits of both private schools and homeschools This episode is part of a series highlighting the school choice movement across North Carolina Tune in each week to learn more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

August 21, 2023

The Value of Having (School) Choices

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Robert Luddy entrepreneur and founder of Thales Academy to discuss some of the educational options in North Carolina and the many advantages they offer This episode is part of a series highlighting the school choice movement across North Carolina Tune in each week to learn more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

August 14, 2023

A North Carolina Sheriff's Thoughts on Expanding Casinos

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Sam Page Sheriff of Rockingham County and NC Family's John Rustin to discuss the harmful impacts of expanding casino gambling in North Carolina [... more]

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NC Family Policy

August 07, 2023

An Opportunity for All Schools (School Choice Part 1)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Mike Long President of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina to discuss North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship and the impact it has on families across the state This episode is a part of a series highlighting the school choice movement across North Carolina Tune in each week to learn more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

July 31, 2023

The Beauty of Adoption (Pro-Life NC Part 6)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Mike and Carol Sanchez two parents who have adopted four children to discuss the joys and struggles of adoption From sharing some of the differences between domestic and international adoptions to helping some of their children reconnect with their biological parents this couple offers a wealth of resources This episode is a part of a series highlighting the pro-life movement in North Carolina Tune in each week to learn more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

July 24, 2023

Reversing Death: The Abortion Pill Rescue Network (Pro-Life NC Part 5)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Lisa Searle to discuss the Abortion Pill Rescue Network This organization which is a part of Heartbeat International helps women save their babies if they change their mind after taking the abortion pill This episode is a part of a series highlighting the pro-life movement in North Carolina Tune in each week to learn more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

July 17, 2023

Caring For Women, Children, And Families: Part 2 (Pro-Life NC Part 4)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Senator Joyce Krawiec and Representative Kristin Baker to discuss North Carolina's newest pro-life law and the impacts it is expected to have This episode is a part of a series highlighting the pro-life movement in North Carolina Tune in each week to learn more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

July 10, 2023

Caring for Women, Children, and Families: Part 1 (Pro-Life NC Part 3)

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

June 30, 2023

What a Pregnancy Resource Center REALLY Looks Like (Pro-Life NC Part 2)

This week on Family Policy Matters Host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Wendy Bonano and Melinda Delahoyd from Gateway Women's Care to discuss the many ways that pregnancy resource centers support the pro-life movement Gateway has three locations across the Triangle and offers a variety of free and confidential pregnancy and sexual health services This episode is a part of a series highlighting the pro-life movement in North Carolina Tune in each week to learn more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 26, 2023

The Miraculous Way: A Maternity Home Offers Hope to Women in College (Pro-Life NC Part 1)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Debbie Capen the Executive Director at Miravia to discuss what this maternity home looks like and how it serves women in college This episode is a part of a series highlighting the pro-life movement in North Carolina Tune in each week to learn more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 19, 2023

The Strange New World Of Identity Politics (Re-Air)

This week on Family Policy Matters we are re-airing a show from January where host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Carl Trueman to discuss identity politics and his book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self Cultural Amnesia Expressive Individualism and the Road to Sexual Revolution [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 12, 2023

What's Happened In the North Carolina General Assembly So Far This Year

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back NC Family's own John Rustin and Jere Royall to discuss some of the key legislation that is making it's way through the General Assembly this year including bills that protect life women's sports doctors children and more [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 05, 2023

An OB/GYN Corrects Abortion Myths (Re-Air)

This week on Family Policy Matters we are re-airing a show from October where host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Susan Bane to discuss and correct some of the myths surrounding abortion Dr Bane is an OB GYN and is currently the Medical Director at Choices Women's Center in Wilson North Carolina [... more]