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The Impact of Banning Smartphones in Schools 0:06 Good afternoon. I'm Victoria Marshall, and welcome to a special edition of the Washington Watch news desk. For today's episode, I'm interviewing Meg Kilgannon, a senior fellow for education studies at0:18 Family Research Council. Meg is joining me to discuss the latest trends in education. Meg, thanks so much for coming on the show today. Thanks for having me. Now I wanna discuss a positive0:30 trend in education. We're seeing across this country more and more school districts are banning smartphones and social media use in schools. Right now, there are 5 states, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana,0:41 South Carolina, and California that have enacted some form of a ban in their public schools. May, can you tell us why we are seeing this? And do you expect more states to follow suit?0:53 I think we can can expect to see more of this across the country. So many schools are having discipline issues these days, and many, many of the problems that are created in class1:05 between students are, started in the social media of their cell phones. And so when you remove that stimulus from the classroom, it has a much1:17 a great impact on the entire environment of the class. Now, parents are, support this sort of in mixed opinion because some parents really want to be able1:29 to get in touch with their children while they're at school. And so they want their children to have the phones. Other parents are very excited about this and, you know, would like to have no cell phone access among1:39 students at well, while the kids are at school. So I think it's gonna be interesting to see exactly how this progresses and and, what kind of limitations we have. There are all kinds of1:51 models being tested across the country right now. Do1:55 you favor a particular model?1:59 I think that it's good to have the students leave the cell phones in their lockers if they're in high school or in the in the school office if they're in2:10 elementary school. And then if the parent needs to get in touch with the child or if the child needs to get in touch with the parents, they can access that device, you know, with2:22 permission. Keep in mind that many, many schools are issuing devices to students in the so called 1 to 1 policies where every student has a school issued computer2:34 or a school issued iPad. And so there are many ways for students to communicate with their parents, through those devices as well. So it's not as if we're getting rid2:46 of screens entirely. It's mainly that this this vector that this where the school doesn't have any control over the Wi Fi access of the students' cell phones that they have for their personal use2:57 allows so many, so many different things into the school. They can access pornography. They can they can access all kinds of things because of their, the school3:09 can't control that web access on the cell phones the way that the school can try to control it on the computers. So I think this is a positive development.3:19 Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. It's interesting because I think this is related to the the fact that there's a couple outlets that are reporting or just there's some anecdotal evidence of teachers saying and and3:29 college professors are saying that their students do not have the attention span to read books. And I attribute that a lot to smartphone use and smartphone addiction. What do you think about that?3:40 No. I think that's absolutely right. And I think that it's, you know, and it's not just the smartphones. Right? It's it's doing the work on a screen as opposed to doing it from a written page or with the written word.3:52 And so as we see AI coming to be a factor in schools and, professors will have questions as to whether or not the student has actually done the work themselves, You know, we may, you4:04 know, everything old may be new again. And I took my exams in college with a blue book and a pen or a pencil, and that may be what happens again. You get issued a piece of paper, a booklet of4:16 paper to write an essay form, the information that you learned in the class, then they know it's your work. Right. So there are, there are a lot of interesting things happening in education, and I hope that some of these4:27 reforms will will, increase the learning of students, which has so sadly declined over these recent years.4:35 Yeah. Totally. Meg, thank you so much for joining me today. And that's today's segment. I'm Victoria Marshall. Up next is Washington Watch with Tony Perkins. We'll see you next time with more news.4:52 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and5:04 newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Sitting in for Tony is today's host, Jody Heiss.5:13 Good afternoon, and welcome to this special edition of Washington Watch. I'm Jody Heise, the senior vice president here at the Family Research Council and president of FRC Action. Well,The Pray Vote Stand Summit 5:24 with congress out right now, we wanna bring you some special content from our most recent Pray, Vote, Stand Summit. If you're not aware, the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit is our annual event that draws5:36 Christian voters from all across America to the nation's capital. And the summit address some of the issues that are of such critical importance, such as religious freedom, gender ideology,5:48 election integrity, the military protection of the unborn, the importance of the nuclear family, the growing indoctrination of our nation's schools, and so many more incredibly6:00 important topics. It was an absolutely phenomenal event. Well, today, we're gonna share with you the addresses delivered by 2 of the speakers at the summit, Erin Hawley from Alliance6:12 Defending Freedom and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who, by the way, as you know, has been tapped by president-elect Trump to be his nominee for US ambassador to Israel. And we're6:24 excited about that. Stand. So we have a6:36 great show coming your way today. And if you miss any part of it, of course, the website is tony perkins dot com, where you can find not only this edition of Washington Watch, but past editions as well. We also have6:48 a lot of resources there available. So be sure to bookmark that web page, tony perkins dot com. And before we jump into it, I wanna remind you that this Tuesday is Giving Tuesday.7:00 We'd love for you to join Family Research Council in shining the light of biblical truth here in Washington DC.7:14 On our nation's spiritual walls. We're protecting faith, family, and freedom. And thanks to a 50000 dollars challenge match, every dollar you give7:39 to 67742. So give today and make an eternal impact. Okay. As I mentioned this past October, the Family Research Council7:51 and FRC Action held our fourth annual pray vote stand summit, drawing Christian voters from all across America. It came to our nation's capital, and it was an incredible8:03 event. By the way, if you missed it by any chance, you can watch it still by getting our Stand Firm app, and you can do that by texting app app to 6 7 7 4 2.8:15 Well, among the speakers at the summit was Aaron Holly, senior counsel and vice president of the Center for Life and Regulatory Practice at Alliance Defending Freedom. She's also the wife of US Senator JoshAaron Holly on the Dobbs Decision and the Battle for Life 8:27 Hawley from Missouri. Well, in her address, she shared the story behind the Dobbs decision that overturned the infamous Roe v Wade decision in 19 73. And she talked about where we are today in the battle for8:42 environment when Roe was decided.8:45 So I wanted to start this morning with just a little bit about what brought us, to this day and this time, this moment in American history, and to this fight for life and for the family. So we have to8:56 start, with Roe. Roe was an egregiously wrong decision that overturned the pro life law of almost every single state. It's largely conceded that it was wrong.9:08 Professor at Yale and Harvard, John Hardyly talked about it being not constitutional law and barely giving any sense of trying to be constitutional law. Lawrence Tribe from Harvard says its reasoning was a quote,9:20 verbal smokescreen. Even late justice Ginsburg criticized it for disrupting the democratic process. The 7 male justices who authored and joined Roe said that9:31 it, quote, forced upon women a distressful life and future. This was the vision of motherhood that gave us Roe, and yet9:43 no 1 thought Roe would be reversed. If we think back to just months before the Dobbs oral argument, I I was at a debate with a professor from Columbia, and he had actually worked for the Reagan9:55 administration. So I was making all these points that that Roe's wrong, there's nothing in the constitution that talks about the right to abortion, that the factors all justify that the Supreme Court overruled that wrong10:06 decision rather than sticking to it. And the professor sort of threw up his hand and said, look, I agree with you. I actually wrote a brief, in the Reagan administration asking, the the the Supreme10:17 Court to overrule Roe. Said that it didn't happen then, and it won't ever happen. We have Dobbs now, and it's nothing short of10:29 miraculous. So many of you marched and prayed, volunteered at pregnancy care10:41 centers, supported pregnancy care centers, supported moms for years. And I just wanted to to share a few of the background details of the dog story that you may not know. 1 of the key players was a10:53 single mom turned nurse turned legislator named Becky Curry in Mississippi. So 1 of the most amazing parts of the dog story to me is that while she was a nurse, Becky Curry helped11:04 deliver a 15 week old child. The child was too young to live, and Becky describes holding the child, that child, as it struggled to live. Then11:16 Mississippi enacts its 15 week law, and Becky sponsors it. We have a third petition that languished for months at the United States Supreme Court until that court changed, until justice Amy Coney Barrett11:28 replaced justice Ginsburg. We had Mississippi elect a new attorney general who was staunchly pro life, Lynn Fitch. And she hired Scott Stewart, an accomplished appellate litigator who11:40 insisted that the right thing to do was ask the supreme court to overrule Roe and not take any moderate steps. Now that may seem, you know, hindsight's always 20 20. That may seem like the11:52 obvious thing. But even staunchly pro life lawyers at the time were saying, we need to take it easy. The Supreme Court's not going to overrule Roe. We need to ask for something moderate. Thank heavens, the attorney12:03 general and her team, asked for the right results. And 1 of the great things, about the Dobbs decision is that it took place in what we could think of as the year of jubilee. Roe governed12:15 for nearly 50 years. And of course, we know that the year of jubilee is sort of a super Sabbath. It's a time to rest and be restored, to set the captives free. It's a year that is holy12:27 to the Lord. So there's no question that Dobbs was a monumental victory for life. It returned to the people the power to protect life. But as we sit here today, the pro abortion forces12:39 have responded in kind. Today, we're seeing an all out assault on the family, on children. We're seeing an administration that pushes abortion drugs across state lines without even necessary safeguards for women's12:50 health. Far from the now passing mantra that abortion be safe, legal, and rare, the left now says that women should shout their abortion. We're seeing medical information, peddling false13:02 information, terrifying women, When the reality is that every state law, everyone allows doctors to do whatever is necessary to save the life of a mother, and no13:14 state prevents treatment for miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies. So we see 4 key areas of assault. I just wanna talk about them briefly and then about where where we can go from here. So first13:26 abortion drugs. We know that the Biden administration allows them to be males. They can be male to women, to their dorm rooms, to their home without women ever seeing a doctor. In 2001, the FDA13:38 took away that last remaining doctor's visit. It's the only opportunity for a woman to check for things like an ectopic pregnancy or to accurately assess gestational age. But women's health was sacrificed13:50 to free or or more access, I should say, to abortion drugs. And make no mistake, these drugs are dangerous. They have a black box warning. They send roughly 1 in 25 women to the emergency room, and that was14:02 before the FDA took away that last remaining doctor's visit. Second, we have a media by and large that pedals the pro abortion story. You all probably all heard about14:14 the tragic death of miss Amber Nicole Thurman. She died from an infection caused by abortion drugs. And a media outlet, ProPublica tried to to pin her death on Georgia's pro14:26 life law. Many members of the media and even politicians, even when running for president, jumped on the bandwagon and blamed Georgia's law. There's just 1 problem with this narrative. It is14:37 absolutely false. Treatment of Amber Thurman. In fact, that law didn't apply for at least 2 reasons. First, Amber's twins were already14:49 passed. The law didn't apply because any procedure would not have taken their life. And second, as mentioned, Georgia's law, like every law in the country, allows treatment, whatever treatment is15:01 necessary to save the life of a mother. I'm not sure why Amber didn't get that treatment, but I know it wasn't because of Georgia's pro life law. In fact, the doctors involved in her case15:13 have never even suggested that their hands were bound by the law. Third, we see pro abortion forces sort of changing their tune. They've long called themselves the the the15:24 pro choice movement or or the pro choice party. But the recent action suggest is not really about choice at all, but about being pro abortion. I'd like to introduce you to a young woman named McKenna.15:37 McKenna is a young new mom in Colorado. She was unexpectedly pregnant, and as she tells it, absolutely terrified. At 5 weeks, she ordered the abortion drugs and took the15:49 first 1. She immediately regretted her decision and was distraught. She went online, googled the googled, you know, is there any way to reverse this And contacted the16:00 abortion pill reversal network. They set her up with a nurse practitioner who was able to provide progesterone. Progesterone, of course, is something that has been safely used to maintain pregnancies, for16:12 50 some years. So or excuse me. This woman, McKenna, took, progesterone and recently delivered a healthy, beautiful baby girl that16:24 she said she could not imagine life without. There's a wonderful video, and McKenna just describes how she couldn't16:36 imagine life without her wonderful daughter. But there's just 1 catch. McKenna lives in a state for abortion pill reversal, just this provision of progesterone is outlawed.16:48 You can take the abortion drug, but you can't try to shave your baby. And in fact, the attorney generals of New York, as well, as states like California have sued pregnancy care centers just17:00 for sharing information about abortion pill reversal because they don't want women to change their minds. They don't want to give them the option of saving their baby's life. Fourth,17:12 the the elephant in the room. We all know that we've seen tens of millions of dollars being dumped in a pro abortion ballot ballot initiatives across the country. They say the proponents that they just want to go back to17:24 Roe and Casey, but the reality is much different. If you look at the language of those amendments, many of them go far beyond Roe and Casey. They impose something called strict scrutiny that would take17:36 away even modest things like a waiting period or informed consent or the requirement that a doctor be involved in a chemical abortion. They might also open up the door under the guise of reproductive17:48 care to the taxpayer funding of things like gender transition drugs or surgeries. It's not just going back to Roe. So with Roe gone, today at this17:59 moment, we're confronted with a reality, 1 we always knew, that its demise is not enough. What we need, what we've always needed is a culture of life.18:11 That was Elias Defending Freedom's Aaron Holly during the 20 24 Prevost Stand Summit, and you're tuning in to Washington Watch. Today, we're broadcasting special content from that summit,18:24 which took place in Washington, DC. And after the break, we're going to continue with Aaron's address and hear her exhortation for Christians today to act counter culturally18:36 as Jesus in the early church had done. Incredible information is coming your way so stay tuned much more right after this.18:53 The throne of Jesus Christ is unchallenged. His name was never on the ballot to begin with, and it's never gonna be on the ballot. He's the king of kings, and he's the lord of lords, and nothing's gonna change19:05 that. And so our mission stays the same, preach the gospel, make disciples, get ready for heaven. In the meantime, that we're to advance the concerns of the kingdom of god here on Earth.19:17 America has entered a critical and vulnerable period from now until January the twentieth. Join Family Research Council for Operation Prayer Shield, a 10 week prayer initiative for our nation. From now until January19:27 twentieth, our country faces global challenges, a transition of leadership, and a lame duck session of Congress. This season calls for heightened spiritual vigilance, discernment, and prayer. Text the word shield to 619:39 7 7 4 2 to join us. You'll have access to prayer points, scripture, prayer calls. Text shield to 6 7 7 4 2. Unite with us and pray for our nation.19:53 Let's not be discouraged. Don't lose heart. Don't lose the faith. Stand now strong because the lord has given us the great privilege of living in a time when our choices matter, when our lives matter, when our20:05 courage matters. So let's stand together and save this great country. God bless the United States of America.20:11 The American Republic has a freedom like no other. It has roots in the scriptures far more than any other heritage. And if we as followers of Jesus20:22 and conservatives don't defend it,20:25 who will? Neutrality is not an option. There are many Christians who believe that if we just keep our heads down, if we just don't say the wrong thing, that that somehow we will come20:37 out of this unscathed. You're naive if you think that. Because what they want from us is not our silence. What they want from us is our submission.20:48 Part of the dilemma of Christianity in our generation is that we've relied a little too much on human wisdom and human reasoning, human strength, human resource, and we've relied too too little on the power21:00 of God and God's ability to open doors that we can't open and do things that we couldn't even hope to begin to do.21:07 This may not be an easy task, but we are living in a moment of challenge, but also a great opportunity. And we know always that we are not alone, that his21:19 spirit empowers us and protects us, and that he can do the unimaginable. Dobbs, after all was never supposed to happen.21:28 Father, we thank you. You have entrusted us with this moment in history and I pray that we would be found faithful. And that as a result of our faithfulness to you that thousands, millions would come into the21:40 kingdom as they would experience the forgiveness of sin and the new life that is found only in Jesus Christ. Amen.21:53 And welcome back to Washington Watch. I am your Friday host, Jody Heise. And the website is tony perkins dot com. Today, we're broadcasting special content from the 20 24 Prevost Stand Summit that22:05 was held in Washington, DC. Address that was delivered by Erin Hawley, senior counsel and vice president of the Center for Life and Regulatory Practice22:17 at Alliance Defending Freedom. Erin, of course, is also the wife of U. S. Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri. Well, in this next part, Erin shares some lessons that we all can learn from22:29 the early church, and they acted counter culturally just as Jesus did. And they did so during a time when infanticide, abortion, child sex abuse, and other awful practices wereLessons from the Early Church 22:41 commonplace. So here's Erin.22:43 Jesus had so much to say about the dignity and worth of children. Jesus delighted in them, and he radically reformed culture. He called the little children to him and he flummoxed the22:55 religious leaders of the day when he said that the kingdom of heaven would be made up of such of these. In addition to23:06 those that the world regarded as outcasts, he said, be wary if you cause these little ones to stumble. We know that Jesus showed the father's heart.23:18 Of our daughter, Abigail, who I've mentioned. We have 2 gorgeous boys, almost 12 and almost 10, that that are the delight of our eyes. But I have to say,23:30 Abigail's name means the father's delight. And Abby knows that she is her father's delight. She bats his little 3 year old eyes, and and her daddy is, like, totally slayed.23:42 So he's been traveling a lot, as you might expect. And so every time before he leaves, she says, daddy, bring me something. And daddy obliges. Recently,23:54 we were at the grocery store and she wanted some stuffed animal. I was like, no, Abigail. We're not gonna get anything today. We're just here for groceries. And you could tell she was debating between, like, throwing a24:03 full scale tantrum or or acquiescing. So she thought about it for a second, and she goes, that's okay. I asked daddy. So and I just I24:15 love this picture that that Abigail shows. It's just the full confidence, in her dad's love. She knows that she is her father's delight. And the truth of that is that's true for all of us. It's true for24:27 women who have unplanned pregnancies, and it's true for those unborn children. Church.24:39 First, they boldly spoke countercultural truth that women and children matter. And second, they created this culture of life that we've been talking about it. They did24:51 this sacrificially. Theologian Rodney Snark attributes the rapid growth of Christianity in the first century to the fact that its adherents improved people's lives.25:03 Rome endured 2 devastating plagues in the first couple of centuries and Christians acted counter culturally. In his Easter letter, Dionysus writes about the heroic nursing efforts of early25:14 Christians, so much so that it irritated the emperor Julian. He instructed pagan priests to keep to keep pace, with Christians. And he wrote to the high priest in Galatia in 325:26 62, demanding that pagans, the pagan worshipers needed to equal the virtues of Christians. He said that the growth in Christianity was caused by their, quote, moral character,25:38 however pretended, specifically, their benevolence towards strangers. They support not only their poor, but ours as well, and everyone can see that we lack aid to them.25:50 This culture of life that the Christian community, committed to, and encapsulated in the first century extended dignity and worth to every member of society.26:02 This was a stark contrast to ancient Rome where their father determined whether a pregnant woman would have an abortion. Even today, we know that fathers are often the most influential person in a woman's decision.26:15 Yet at a recent White Dudes for Harris event, Pete Buttigieg pushed Kamala Harris for president because, quote, men are more free when abortion is easily accessible.26:28 He said the quiet part out loud, acknowledging that maybe, just maybe, abortion isn't all about a woman's choice. In fact, evidence shows that most women who have an abortion26:40 don't do so from a position of empowerment. 1 survey performed by human coalition says that the vast majority of women who've had an abortion said they would have chosen to parent if their circumstances were different.26:53 Nearly a quarter in another survey survey said that their abortions were either coerced or unwanted. And an astounding 60 percent of women said they would have preferred to have a child if27:05 they'd had either greater emotional or financial security. These statistics are heartbreaking because they suggest that many women don't think they have a real option.27:17 Yet in the tradition of the early church, Christians can act counter culturally. We can come alongside these moms telling them that they are the beloved daughters of the king27:29 most high, that they matter more than any mistake that they might have made. Through pro family policies, through supporting pregnant moms, through pregnancy and beyond, through27:41 pregnancy care centers that are under such assault from the left, through economic policies that make it possible to support a family and have children, we must transform culture. The27:53 threats facing our children, facing women, facing our families, it turns out are far from new. But thankfully, we as believers can return to 1 of our earliest missions28:05 that is supporting women and children. We can recover the legacy of the first century believers and radically transform culture. This may not be an easy task,28:17 but we are living in a moment of challenge, but also a great opportunity. It's a moment that matters to the direction of our country. It's a moment when it matters28:30 to be a conservative, to be pro life, to be pro woman, and to be pro family. When your voice, the voice of all of the people in this room is all the more important.28:42 And we know always that we are not alone. That his spirit empowers us and protects us, and that he can do the unimaginable.28:54 Dobbs, after all, was never supposed to happen.28:58 That was Elias Defending Freedom's Aaron Hawley during the 20 24 Pray Vote Stand Summit. And you're tuned in today to a special edition of Washington Watch as we're broadcasting some of the29:10 highlights from that summit that was held in Washington, DC. And let me just say this, if you missed that summit, I assure you, you wanna go back and see it. And we encourage you to do29:22 so by downloading our Stand Firm app. You can get that app just by going to your app store or Google Play, wherever you get your apps, and you can simply text the word app,29:34 a p p, to 6 7 4 2. 6 7 7 4 2. And you will be able to watch this. Alright after the break we're going to highlight some more addresses from the summit.29:46 Mike Huckabee is coming your way right after the break.29:52 Everything we do begins as an idea. Before there can be acts of courage, there must be the belief that some things are worth sacrificing for. Before there can be marriage, there's the idea that30:04 man should not be alone. Before there was freedom, there was there was the idea that individuals are created equal. It's true that all ideas have consequences, but we're less aware that all consequences are the fruit30:16 of ideas. Before there was murder, there was hate. Before there was a holocaust, there was the belief by some people that other people are undesirable. Our beliefs30:28 determine our behavior, and our beliefs about life's biggest questions determine a world deal. Where did I come from? Who decides Our30:40 answers to these questions explain why people see the world so differently. Debates about abortion are really disagreements about where life gets its value. Debates over sexuality and gender30:52 in marriage are really disagreements about whether the rules are made by us or for us. What we think of as political debates are often much more than that. They're disagreements about the purpose of our lives and the31:04 source of truth. As Christians, our goal must be to think biblically about everything. Our goal is to help you see beyond red and blue, left and right, to see the battle of31:15 ideas at the root of it all. Our goal is to equip Christians with a biblical worldview and help them advance and defend the faith in their families, communities, and the public square. Cultural31:27 renewal doesn't begin with campaigns and elections. It begins with individuals turning from lies to truth. But that won't happen if people can't recognize a lie and don't believe truth exists.31:40 We wanna help you see the spiritual war behind the political war, the truth claims behind the press release, and the forest trees.31:55 Welcome back to Washington Watts. I am your Friday host, Jody Heise. So glad to have you joining us today. And of course our website tony perkins dot com. Well, today we're broadcasting content from32:06 the 20 24 Pray Vote Stand Summit. And in this particular segment, we'll turn to the address that was delivered by Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and now president-elect Trump's32:18 nominee for US ambassador to Israel. And we'll start with his take on the times in which we're living. Here's governor Huckabee.Show more In this video 0:06 The Impact of Banning Smartphones in Schools5:13 The Pray Vote Stand Summit8:15 Aaron Holly on the Dobbs Decision and the Battle for Life22:31 Lessons from the Early Church32:27 Mike Huckabee on Civic Engagement and Voting
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