The SoCon Report Podcast

1 year ago today, life won. Roe v. Wade was overturned. On June 24, 2022, The Supreme Court came to the conclusion that Roe v. Wade was “egregiously wrong” and incorrectly decided.  After years of limiting the extent to which states and Congress could protect unborn children, the Court finally returned the issue back to the One year after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, there is still much work to be...

Families need fathers, but fathers don’t always feel like they’re needed. In a culture that downplays the importance of fathers for the family, this Father’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate the unique and vital role that fathers play. To celebrate, Craig DeRoche, CEO of Family Policy Alliance and dad to 3 girls, sits down with another father to talk about their experiences and insights on fathe...

You might have already seen the explosion of pride propaganda at your local Target, but did you know Sesame Street is also promoting the LGBT ideology? It’s hard to escape these days, and the likelihood you’ll have to talk about this with your children is high. So, how do you tell your kids that the LGBT ideology does not align with God’s word? And how do you help them navigate the “Pride Month” e...

To kick off Pride month this year, we'll be chatting about something that has taken over the headlines recently - drag performances. The explosion of drag shows has seeped its way into sports, politics, and even schools and libraries. Autumn Leva and Craig DeRoche of Family Policy Alliance talk about how drag performances expose inappropriate content to kids, mock Christian values and women, and w...

One organization in particular is leading the charge to protect female athletes in Texas. They call themselves Texas Values, and they advocate for faith, family, and freedom in the lone star state.   This year, Texas Values has made great strides in saving girls’ sports and protecting minors from gender transition in Texas. In our live video today, Mary Elizabeth Castle, Director of Government Rel...

Imagine this: In one wing of a hospital, a premature baby is placed on a ventilator. Under the same roof, a baby the same age is being aborted. Former respiratory therapist AJ Hurley saw this dichotomy firsthand, and it made him realize the urgency of ending abortion. Now as the Director of Activism at Live Action, one of the nation’s leading pro-life advocacy groups, AJ has dedicated his career t...

Being a mother is never easy, but being a mother in today’s world comes with its own unique challenges. The value of women is being challenged by radical gender ideology, schools are telling our kids dangerous messages, and modern culture is silencing Christian values. To celebrate Mother’s Day this year, Autumn Leva and Amanda Banks, colleagues here at Family Policy Alliance, discuss their experi...

Imagine this scenario: At home, your daughter lives as the girl God made her to be. At school, she claims to be a boy, and her teachers and classmates affirm this. The shocking twist? You, the parent, are left in the dark about her life at school. Sage’s parents experienced this firsthand when the school their daughter attended kept Sage’s decision to identify as a boy hidden, even after she was s...

“Sometimes I would, like, cry for hours on end and I just wouldn't feel anything other than empty,” said Chloe Cole as she recalls how she felt after almost years on cross-sex hormones. By the time she was 12 years old, Chloe Cole felt she should have been a boy – and she had heard that the only solution was to pursue irreversible bodily changes to make her look more like a boy, too. Chloe began t...

Family Policy Alliance hosted the nation's largest convening of the most important social conservative policy leaders in America. Together, they debated ideas, developed strategies and action steps, and casted fresh vision to increase their impact and influence in family-first public policy. Hear from two of those leaders - Katy Faust, Founder and President of Them Before Us, and Joseph Backholm,...

As you watch TV or scroll through social media, it becomes pretty clear that we live in a culture that does not follow Christ. How can we navigate and lead our families through this culture? And how can we help kids see the world around them through a Biblical lens.   Dr. Jeff Myers, president of Summit Ministries, joins Craig DeRoche to talk about navigating an un-Biblical world with a Biblical w...

If you listen the narrative pushed by mainstream media, you’d think that there are just a few people who are against transgender interventions for kids. But, the coalition pushing back on transing kids is much broader than the media wants you to see. Today, meet one of those “unlikely allies.” Mario Presents is the Director of Chapters at Gays Against Groomers. Since he started vocalizing his conc...

As a young child and trauma survivor, Erin Brewer hated that she was a girl. Life would be easier, she thought, if she were only a boy. So, she began walking down the path of transgenderism. But that wasn’t the end of her story. Hear Erin’s inspiring story of how she came to love her God-given identity, and her encouragement for struggling children and their loved ones. A word to parents: this int...

Chemical abortions come with a high risk of complications such as hemorrhage, sepsis, and infection. In fact, they have 4 times the likelihood of complications in comparison with surgical abortion. Concerningly, the FDA recently decided to allow local pharmacies to carry these pills. But the good news is that pro-life groups are fighting back to protect women and the unborn. In our live video toda...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed her state’s Help Not Harm Act, making South Dakota the second state in the nation with a law of this kind. It protects vulnerable children from transgender interventions, including both dangerous sex-change surgeries and experimental hormones. The bill holds healthcare professionals accountable by providing child victims an opportunity to sue for damages. J...

Their children changed into a completely different, unrecognizable person. The cause? A rampant political agenda. Journalist Brandon Showalter of The Christian Post joins us today to talk about the new indie film, Dead Name. Dead Name showcases three stories of parents whose children suddenly began to “transition” in an attempt to live as the opposite sex. The film was recently canceled from its p...

How did America become so fragmented? Tim Goeglein, author of the new book, Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story, believes it’s due to poor teaching of the American story at home and in the classroom. Today’s youngest generations do not understand or appreciate American excellence because they never learned proper American history to begin...

Perhaps you’ve heard a story like this before: a person seeks a meal at a restaurant but is denied service. You might associate that story with the 1950s. But it just happened (our state ally in Virginia), and not for the reasons you’re thinking. Our friends at The Family Foundation in Virginia believe life is a basic human right, and that marriage is a lifelong union between one man and one woman...

Every year in January, tens of thousands of people come together to celebrate life. The March for Life has occurred for almost 5 decades, but this year’s march is a little different than the rest. The overturn of Roe v. Wade has changed the conversation on abortion. While we celebrate the lives saved by the overturn of Roe, a new journey has begun: we are on a mission to fully protect life federal...

And that's a wrap for 2022! To celebrate the new year, we’ll look back on what happened in family policy in this past year. Craig DeRoche, President and CEO of Family Policy Alliance, is joined by three special guests to unpack 2022. Plus, hear his take on the main events of the year in under 1 minute! Ryan McCann is the Executive Director of the Indiana Family Institute, which has been a longtime...

How should Christians respond to children in need? Dr. Sharen Ford of Focus on the Family says the Body of Christ needs to stand up, and that we are called to be a father to the fatherless. November is Adoption and Foster Care Month! This month, we reflect on the children in need of a loving home and take action to do our part in caring for our brothers and sisters in Christ. We wrap up Adoption a...

Three phrases that don’t belong together: government-funded, transgender interventions, for minors. You read that right: the government is paying to help John look like Jane. And, in the state of Pennsylvania, it amounts to more than $16.7 million in taxpayer dollars. Join us today to hear from our state ally Pennsylvania Family Institute about this shocking discovery, and what else they learned w...

As Christians, we are called to let our light shine, and that can look different for each of us. For Representative Josh Brecheen, he chose to listen to the still small voice telling him to be a political leader. Join us as Congressman Brecheen shares how being a father inspired him to run for office, and how he chooses to lead not with ambition, but with faith. Our sister Foundation’s Statesmen A...

Family Policy Alliance's own Craig DeRoche and Autumn Leva are joined by Julaine Appling of Wisconsin Family Action and John Stemberger of Florida Family Policy Council for a roundtable discussion about the #2022Election. They’ll put results in perspective, share what this election means for families, and talk about what comes next for #SocialConservatives. Don’t miss it! Support Wisconsin Family...

Macy's tears were tears of joy that Roe was overturned. But to the Democrats who shared this image, that didn't make sense: to them, they were tears of sadness. Join us to hear Macy tell her story, and get the inside scoop: why is the Democratic party so obsessed with abortion? With the 2022 Election less than a week away, you’ve probably already seen countless ads telling you who to vote for (or...