Maureen responded to leaked Facebook documents revealing that the social media giant knowingly targets children in a harmful way, especially teenage girls, in an article for National Review entitled “Parents: Your Teens Don’t Need a Smartphone.” Maureen highlights the difficulties parents face in trying to…
In a piece for the Washington Examiner, Senior Fellow Maureen Ferguson highlighted China’s extreme religious liberty violations. She focused on the Uyghur genocide, in particular on the testimony of Tursunay Ziyawudun, a Uyghur Muslim woman from East Turkestan. “Though it is exceedingly difficult for me to…
Statement from Maureen Ferguson, Senior Fellow for The Catholic Association: “It is tragic and ironic that pro-abortion Democrats are insisting on subsidizing the taking of innocent lives in a bill aimed at saving lives. The Hyde amendment, which protects American taxpayers from funding abortion, has…
The latest COVID relief package failed to include protections that would have prevented tax dollars from funding abortion. One such pro-life protection not included in the COVID relief package was the Hyde Amendment. TCA Senior Fellow Maureen Ferguson pointed out the tragedy of removing the…
A recent case that has gone before the Supreme Court is pitting religious liberty against same-sex marriage regarding foster care. In newly-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first hearing, Philadelphia officials have decided that if Catholic Social Services, following its firm belief in traditional marriage, did…
“Faith-based adoption and foster care agencies should not be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs. Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments as to whether or not the Constitution holds that to be true. Catholic adoption and foster care agencies in Philadelphia have been…
“Judge Amy Coney Barrett is officially on her way to a Senate confirmation vote to become Justice Barrett. During a flawless hearing performance, Judge Barrett masterfully fielded questions about Constitutional law without a note for 20 hours, her impressive flock of children seated behind her….
“Democrats on the Judiciary Committee this morning revealed their support for activist judges who read rights like a right to late-term abortion into the Constitution. Sen. Whitehouse specifically praised Justice Ginsburg’s defense of late-term, partial-birth abortion in the Gonzales vs. Carhart case – the 2007…
Statement from Maureen Ferguson, Senior Fellow for The Catholic Association: “Judge Barrett is a brilliant and esteemed constitutional scholar who is admired as much for her magnanimous heart as for her intelligence. In the hearings, Americans will get to know an extraordinary woman: a principled…
Statement from Maureen Ferguson, Senior Fellow for The Catholic Association: “President Trump continues to keep his promise to transform the federal judiciary and his newest list of potential Supreme Court picks is further evidence of this. In releasing this expanded list, he brings transparency and clarity to…
