Matters of life and death deserve serious attention as well as discernment and grace. But the serious issue of abortion has become a political tool that treats women as pawns. For decades (especially at election time) women are bludgeoned and manipulated by the twin weapons of fear and anger to get women’s votes. No one wins. Death and suffering results for baby, mother, father, entire families, and even society.

America’s Women believes parents—not government institutions—should have the final say over what materials their children access. Across the nation, families are waking up to the reality that many public and school libraries contain sexually explicit, obscene, or age-inappropriate books in youth sections. We’re fighting back through advocacy, education, and collaboration, and we’re seeing real results.

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6)   Americans have the God-given right—and the constitutional right—to direct the upbringing and education of our own children. The U.S. Supreme Court affirms this fundamental right declaring that “the child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.