Abortion Amendments are on state ballots this fall along with the Presidential election, and these state initiatives provide a critical reason to be sure to vote this election season.   Ten states have an abortion amendment on their ballot.  Although the language of these proposed amendments can be intentionally vague, the lack of clarity does not change the fact that they will be adding a right to abortion to that state’s constitution.  Citizens who want to protect human life at all stages and restore families should vote NO on these extreme amendments. Details for each ..read more

   This guest post is courtesy of Alex Daniels, Regent Family Law student: Domestic abuse is a brutal and horrifying problem that has reached epidemic proportions. Domestic abuse stands out among other crimes because, unlike other violent crimes such as robbery, which is a one-time crime, domestic abuse is an ongoing, constant cycle. This cycle is well-documented to involve three phases: (1) tension building, where the battered individual often feels like they are walking on eggshells; (2) an explosion, where abuse—often physical—occurs; and (3) the honeymoon phase, where the abus ..read more

  This guest post is from Chloe Holden, Regent Family Law student: Ezekiel 18:14: But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things. Each season of Love is Blind is a reality television show that draws in viewers to see if couples can fall in love with who a person truly is without ever seeing the person; but the viewers usually end up seeing how broken people are and the devastation that brokenness brings to relationships. An experiment where couples blindly get engaged, Love is Blind is designed to offer ho ..read more

This guest post is from Alexander “Rev” Ioannidis, Regent Family Law student:    “[P]arenthood is the relationship between a parent and child, which at the individual level reflects existing social relations. [This] position is based on the rights of the child . . . to have ties with its mother and father.” I wish I could tell you that this quote came from a conservative group defending parental rights or the biblical view of family, but I cannot. The quote comes from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) in opposition to the recent legislation that recognized gay marriage. Tragical ..read more

   This guest post is offered by Megan Smith, Regent Law Family Law student: In Virginia, there are nine possible grounds for annulment. Under Virginia Code § 20-38.1, there are two grounds for annulment that make a marriage void as a matter of law—bigamy and incest. Whereas, under Virginia Code §20-89.1, there are seven grounds that make a marriage voidable. The first ground for a voidable marriage is fraud or duress; the second is mental incompetence; the third is physical impotence; the fourth is if the husband had a child with another woman within ten months of the marriage unb ..read more

This guest post is from Elizabeth McNally, Regent 3L & Family Law student: Tennessee along with twenty-two other states has banned transition treatment for minors. Tennessee Code Annotated § 68-33-101 bans:   medical procedures from being administered to or performed on minors when the purpose of the medical procedure is to:   (1) Enable a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex; or   (2)            Treat purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the ..read more

  Yesterday a judge issued a preliminary injunction in NIFLA v. James regarding a case in NY where the New York Attorney General had issued a prohibition on speech surrounding abortion reversal. (The National Institute for Family and Life Advocates – NIFLA – is a leading protector of pro-life speech rights.) Efforts to prohibit medical advice to a mother who has ingested chemicals to bring about an abortion were ruled a restriction on free speech. The injunction now protects speech and care surrounding abortion pill reversal (APR) treatment. Medical professionals and pregnancy ..read more

   This guest post is from Regent Family Law student Ryan Bianchi:           When it comes to surrogacy laws, the United States truly is the Wild West. Few countries rival the United States’ unfettered access to surrogacy. Commercial surrogacy is prohibited in the entirety of the European Union. The United Kingdom, Denmark, and Belgium allow surrogacy only in altruistic circumstances. Most European states—regardless of how secular or progressive—have outlawed the practice of surrogacy altogether. Nations without a significant church pres ..read more

  This guest post is from Marianna Nimmo, Regent Family Law student: Relationships Matter—But it's Not about You - It's about the Child   There are many reasons a third party may desire to establish visitation or even custody of a minor child: ·        Grandparents may desire continued visitation with a grandchild they have bonded with over a long period of time; ·        Former Stepparents may desire visitation with their former step-children after living with the child during the formative years of the child’s ..read more

  This guest post is from Miranda Neal, Regent Law Family Law student: In November 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments for the United States v. Rahimi, which is set to decide whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders, violates the Second Amendment on its face. The United States argued in brief and at oral arguments that New York Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which introduced a historical analogous test for Second Amendment restrictions, allowed Congress to take ..read more