Muddling Toward Maturity Blog: The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- July 19, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles. For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here. The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

"The DIY approach to education," Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Officials Overstep Their Bounds, Families Threatened," Home School Legal Defense Association

Legislation and Policy Proposals

"School Is Too Easy, Students Report," Crosswalk
"Hundreds of Thousands Seek Education in U.S. History, Government," The Heartlander
"Creating a National Education System through Federal Waivers," National Review Online
"The Single Most Important Experiment in Higher Education," The Atlantic

College Debt

"Indentured Students Rise As Loans Corrode College Ticket," Bloomberg
"The Education Glut," The Street
"Burst the higher-education bubble," The Washington Times

Government Reform
Regulation

"And the Regulatory State Drones On," The American
"The heavy hand of federal government regulation," Contra Costa Times

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

"Julia's mother: Why a single mom is better off on welfare than taking a $69,000 job," AEI Ideas
"Happy Cost of Government Day," U.S. News and World Report
"Obama's Imperial Presidency," The Wall Street Journal

Health Care
Abstinence

"Congressional Report: Abstinence Education is Best Sex-Ed Approach," LifeNews.com
"More reason to reinforce abstinence education," OneNewsNow

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

"We, the people, must save health care," Fox News
"If You Don't Buy Insurance, Will You Really Pay the Tax?," The American
"A Dissection of the ObamaCare Ruling," Right Reason
"Where Health Care Can Happen," First Things
"The Obamacare Decision: A Mixed Bag," The Center for Vision and Values
"Will the Obamacare "Tax" Trump Religious Liberty?," The Public Discourse

Homosexuality

"Homosexuality: Does Jesus Even Care," The Two Cities
"Episcopal Church Approves Same-Sex Blessing Rites," Christianity Today
"Episcopal Church Clears Way to Ordain Transgenders," Religion Today

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

"RU--Serious? Jennie McCormack, the Next "Roe"? Good Grief!," Family Research Council
"Architect of Reproductive Rights Dies as Her Legacy Unravels," C-FAM
"Ninth Circuit Weighs Idaho's Law Against Self-abortion," Alliance Alert
"Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Trends at Midyear, 2012," The Guttmacher Institute
"Billions against births," WORLD Magazine
"Casey at Twenty: Pro-Life Progress Despite a Judicial Setback," The Public Discourse
"Abortion, the Economy, and the 2012 Election," American Thinker

Bioethics and Biotechnology

"34 years after first test tube baby, ethical questions remain," Minnesota Public Radio
"When Liberal Presumptions Skew Science," Secondhand Smoke
"Cheap DNA Sequencing: What's in it for You?," Mashable

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

"Death with Dignity? More Like War on New Mexico's Elderly!," Family Research Council
"Pro-Euthanasia Forces at Work at Home and Abroad: The Latest in the Battle over Assisting Suicide," National Right to Life News
"Now's the time to stand against euthanasia, urges Canadian bishops' group," LifeSiteNews.com

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

"Cord Blood Stem Cells Restore Toddler's Hearing," ABC News
"Cells Derived From Burn Victims May Be Useful For Tissue Engineering," Science Blog
"Cell-Based 'Tracking Devices' Might Help Monitor Treatments," U.S. News and World Report
"California stem cell institute hits jackpot... with adult stem cells," Stemcellnews
"The Ethical Stems of Good Science," Charlotte Lozier Institute

Human Trafficking

"'Economic activities behind spurt in human trafficking'," New York Daily News
"Attorney general calls on N.J. law enforcement to increase efforts against human trafficking," The Star-Ledger

Women's Health

"Indian Girl Dies After Eggs Extracted," Secondhand Smoke
"Time for China to Abandon Its Population Control Policy," Council on Foreign Relations Blog

Marriage and Family
Adoption

"Orphanology: What Each Family Should Consider About Adoption," Family Research Council
"US-Russian Adoption Pact Met With Caution, Hope," ABC News

Family Economics

"The American Project and Earned Success," Values & Capitalism
"What's Really Behind the Entitlement Crisis," The Wall Street Journal
"Challenging Liberals on Economic Immobility," National Review Online
"The Road to Recovery," City Journal

Family Structure

"What Do You Think of E-Harmony?," Challies.com
"FAMILY rooted in DIVINE NATURE," OneNewsNow
"My Three Daddies: California Considers Multiple Parenting Law," The Gospel Coalition
"Why Women Still Can't Have It All," The Atlantic
"California Bill Tests Traditional Notions of Parenthood," The Wall Street Journal
"Marriage for the 99%: Seeing Family as a Social Justice Issue," Christianity Today
"Marriage and Caste," City Journal

Media
Pornography

"Child Pornography at Work," Human Resource Executive Online
"Scholars Unite To Urge An End To Hotel Porn," KTLA.com
"Hotel Pornography and the Market of Morality," The Public Discourse

Internet

"Facebook Does Not Lead to Depression," Crosswalk
"Friendship Does Not Compute," The New Atlantis
"No More Internet Porn Domains," PornHarms.com

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

"Religious Freedom Under the Gun: The Obama Administration's Failure to Defend International Religious Liberty," Family Research Council
"Fortnight for Freedom - Religious Liberty and Its Contemporary Enemies," First Things
"The Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act," The Acton Institute

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.