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Michelle Obama’s String of Falsehoods Reveals Why Dems Lost the Male Vote

WASHINGTON / June 4, 2025 – This past week former First Lady Michelle Obama made numerous claims during her IMO podcast that unfairly stereotyped men and promoted provably false claims (1). Democrats who hope to attract the male vote in future elections need to speak out against such extreme falsehoods.

The following paragraphs quote Michelle Obama’s claims, followed by the relevant facts:

Bizarre Claims: “A lot of men don’t feel a connection to women’s health.” FACT: 14% of the NIH research budget is allocated to women’s health, while only 6% goes for men’s health (2). This long-standing imbalance in favor of women has happened largely at the behest of male lawmakers and male administrators.

Playing the Victim: “We haven’t been researched, we haven’t been considered, and it still affects the way a lot of men lawmakers, a lot of male politicians, a lot of male religious leaders think about the issue of choice.” FACT: In contrast to the aggressively promoted feminist claim, women have been fully included in medical research for decades (3). A 2001 government report revealed, for example, “GAO found that women were a majority of the clinical trial participants in the new drug applications (NDA) it examined” (4).

Stating the Exact Opposite of the Truth: “I implore men in the world who have women that they say they care about, daughters that they are raising, that [women’s health] is their issue, too.” FACT: The US Department of Health and Human Services currently has seven offices of women’s health, and no offices of men’s health (5). A more truthful statement would have been, “I implore women in the world who have men that they say they care about, sons that they are raising, that men’s health is their issue, too.”

Fantasy Statements: “I mean for men to sit on their hands over this issue and trade out women’s health for a tax break … is a sad statement about that man’s level of value of the women in their lives.” FACT: This make-believe claim lacks a factual basis. “No studies or polls explicitly ask men about supporting tax breaks for women’s health services,” according to Grok (6).

Outdated Sex Stereotypes: “There are a lot of women who vote the way their man is going to vote. It happened in this election.” FACT: Obama’s claim is false. A 2020 report from the Center for American Women and Politics reveals long-standing and growing differences in male and female voting patterns (7).

Last week’s IMO podcast was not the first time that Michelle Obama has directed her ire towards men. During last year’s presidential campaign, Obama berated men for their alleged “misogyny” towards women (8). In truth, anti-male misandry is far more widespread than anti-female misogyny (9).

The male vote is now recognized as the new “power demographic.” (10). Ignoring this reality is one of the reasons why Democrats lost the recent presidential election.

If Democrats wish to emerge from the political wilderness and reconnect with the male electorate, they need to cease the gross misrepresentations that permeated Michelle Obama’s recent IMO podcast.

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ablSb_oaF0A&list=PL2wU-5VFkxvtgjdrTy9j0g2HmVRNaF4W1&index=2
2. https://jameslnuzzo.substack.com/p/nih-funding-of-mens-and-womens-health
3. https://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2001/09000/Did_Medical_Research_Routinely_Exclude_Women__An.20.aspx, Table 3.
4. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-01-754
5. https://www.saveservices.org/2025/02/deceptive-feminist-narrative-has-tragic-consequences-for-mens-health/
6. https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1929904752290075018
7. https://cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/voters/gender-gap
8. https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/michelle-obama-speech-abortion-trump-tucker-carlson-rcna177655
9. https://endtodv.org/pr/kill-all-men-revealing-the-feminist-death-wish-complex/
10. https://mises.org/mises-wire/ignore-new-power-demographic-your-own-risk-young-male-voters

Paternity Fraud is Serious and Widespread, But Incidents May Go Unpunished

SAVE

May 15, 2025

The problem of paternity fraud has been recognized for many years. Paternity fraud is believed to be widespread, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom. Adverse mental health consequences often follow when a person discovers their true parentage. In addition, the seriousness of the problem will increase in the future as customized medical therapies become more widespread. (These are therapies that are tailored to the unique genetics of a particular patient.)

One unfortunate recent development is the growing brazenness of fraudsters. In the past, the fraud was usually “just” a lie. In recent years, however, we are seeing some women go to extreme lengths to perpetrate paternity fraud, including forging documents and pictures.

Given the seriousness of the problem, states should take action to protect all parties involved, both the defrauded, falsely-identified male, as well as the children. States already have testing requirements in which newborns are tested for a variety of medical conditions. It would be easy to add a DNA test to the battery of tests that are already being run.

Lawyers should also consider adding language to premarital agreements that states DNA tests will be performed on every child of the marriage.

Scope of the Problem

The exact scope of the problem remains unknown, perhaps because certain constituencies are trying to minimize or even suppress information about the problem. However, the information that has been reported suggests the problem is widespread. According to one article, “[a]t 23andMe, those types of calls [about paternity surprises] are so frequent that preparing for them is integrated into the company’s months-long training program.”

Following are two articles about the prevalence of paternity fraud:

1. Paternity fraud is ‘like a Pandora’s box’ and ‘one of society’s last taboo subjects’

Campaigners say the true rate of paternity fraud – the intentional misidentification of a child’s biological father – remains unknown

Mirror, April 8, 2025

https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/family/paternity-fraud-statistics-uk-dads-35002112

Statistics on the percentage of men affected by paternity fraud in the UK vary dramatically according to different studies. Figures vary, with a 2018 study from the University of Warwick estimating 3% and a 2021 study from the University of Oxford suggesting 1%.

Conversely, in one striking study by DNA Clinics, a subsidiary of the BioClinics Group in Salford, looking at 5,000 results randomly selected from January 2014 to June 2016, found that a staggering 48% of the men tested were not the biological father.

2. Mommy’s Little Secret

The Globe and Mail, December 14, 2002

https://canadiancrc.com/newspaper_articles/Globe_and_Mail_Moms_Little_secret_14DEC02.aspx

Some peg the range at 5 to 10 per cent; others, such as Jeanette Papp of the University of California at Los Angeles, feel that 15 per cent is reasonable for the Western world, even if there is no hard evidence. “It’s hard to do studies on these things for ethical reasons,” says Dr. Papp, director of genotyping and sequencing in UCLA’s department of human genetics. “I mean, how do you tell people what you’re really looking for?”

A British survey conducted between 1988 and 1996 by Robin Baker, a former professor at the University of Manchester, confirmed the 10-per-cent figure. That seems high to skeptics such as Dalhousie University geneticist Paul Neumann, although even he admitted that “my colleague, who’s a woman, tells me women have no trouble believing it. . . . It’s the men who can’t.”

Bernard Dickens, a specialist in health law and policy at the University of Toronto, said that in another British example, the non-paternity rate was three times that.

In the early 1970s, a schoolteacher in southern England assigned a class science project in which his students were to find out the blood types of their parents. The students were then to use this information to deduce their own blood types (because a gene from each parent determines your blood type, in most instances only a certain number of combinations are possible). Instead, 30 per cent of the students discovered their dads were not their biologically fathers.

Mental Health Effects 

These five articles document the severe mental health consequences of paternity fraud:

1. When a DNA Test Shatters Your Identity

“Each person comes into our group thinking they are a freak.”

The Atlantic, July 17, 2018

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/dna-test-misattributed-paternity/562928/

2. Surprise DNA Results Are Turning Customer Service Reps Into Therapists

Bloomberg, December 19, 2018

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-12-19/surprise-dna-results-are-turning-customer-service-reps-into-therapists

At 23andMe, those types of calls are so frequent that preparing for them is integrated into the company’s months-long training program. The most common issue, said Hillyer, is when a customer’s presumed father doesn’t show up on a test as the genetic dad. But sometimes mothers or siblings are a surprise, too.

3. After A DNA Surprise: 10 Things No One Wants to Hear

Severance Magazine, June 19, 2019

https://severancemag.com/after-a-dna-surprise-10-things-no-one-wants-to-hear/

Mind-blowing DNA revelations are becoming so common that some DNA testing companies have trained their customer service staff representatives to respond empathetically.

4. Home DNA tests can lead to shock and trauma, but mental health resources are scarce

1 in 5 Americans has spit in a tube and learned that their ancestors hailed from Greece or they have a cousin in Texas. But DNA tests can also dig up family secrets, such as an affair or insemination.

Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 28, 2021

https://www.inquirer.com/health/home-dna-tests-trauma-mental-health-resources-20211028.html

5. Discovering your presumed father is not your biological father: Psychiatric ramifications of independently uncovered non-paternity events resulting from direct-to-consumer DNA testing

Psychiatry Research, May 2023

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178123000938

Direct-to-consumer DNA tests provide information on ancestry and family relations. Their increased use in recent years has led many to discover that their presumed father is not their biological father, a non-paternity event (NPE). We aimed to explore and quantify the psychiatric effects of discovering one’s father’s identity was misattributed. We distributed questionnaires in a private online community of individuals who learned they were NPEs.

Questionnaires included clinical scales assessing depressive, anxiety, and panic symptomatology as well as background and personal details regarding participants’ NPE discovery and demography. A total of 731 people participated.

Results demonstrated increased levels of depression, anxiety, and panic symptoms relative to controls. Multiple factors influenced such effects, including demographics, background information, family members’ reactions, and personal reactions. We identified a worsening relationship or attitude toward the mother as a risk factor for worse mental health. The ability to openly discuss the discovery and acceptance of it were identified as protective factors.

This is the first paper to explore the psychiatric sequelae of discovering misattributed paternity in a large cohort. This unique psychosocial stressor is likely to become more common as direct-to-consumer DNA tests gain popularity, requiring the attention of mental health professionals.

Legal Consequences

Recent accounts reveal that women who engage in paternity fraud may escape meaningful legal consequences:

1. Woman indicted for fraud, other charges after accusing former ‘Bachelor’ star of getting her pregnant

12 News, May 6, 2025

https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/laura-owens-indicted-fraud-for-falsely-accusing-clayton-echard-of-getting-her-pregnant/75-aca0b67d-971f-4034-ad6e-1cef70a67155

PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that a grand jury has indicted a woman who a judge said falsely accused a former star of “The Bachelor” of getting her pregnant with twins.

Laura Owens sought a paternity case against Scottsdale resident and former “Bachelor” star Clayton Echard in July 2024. Echard categorically denied the allegations and stated the two never had sexual intercourse. Owens later claimed she had a miscarriage but a family court judge ruled her claim was false and referred Owens’ actions to the county attorney’s office for review.

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office investigators said Owens altered an ultrasound image, fabricated a pregnancy video and lied multiple times under oath about the pregnancy. She’s been charged with one count of fraudulent schemes, one count of forgery, four counts of perjury and one count of tampering with physical evidence.

Judge Julie Mata was the family court judge who presided over the hearings regarding the original paternity claim. Mata issued an unprecedented 19-page ruling after the case, determining Owens knowingly presented a false claim. She also wrote that Owens has a pattern of similar, if not identical, behavior.

Echard previously told 12News he has gotten to know some of the other men Owens has allegedly accused of impregnating her.

2. Mother, 26, who tricked ex-boyfriend into believing he was the father of her child by forging paternity test results avoids prison

Daily Mail, April 15, 2025

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14614589/Mother-ex-boyfriend-father-child-paternity-test-prison.html

A 26-year-old mother who forged paternity test results and lied to her ex-partner about him being her child’s father has avoided prison.

In April 2019, Beth Fernley told Ryan Hampson she was pregnant and was unsure about who the baby’s father was, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

On Tuesday, Gareth Roberts, prosecuting, told the court that Fernley had asked Mr Hampson for £300 towards a DNA test.

After this, she sent him screenshots which she claimed were from company EasyDNA and showed there was a 99.9% probability he was the father.

Mr. Hampson purchased items for the unborn baby and resumed a relationship with Fernley, who he had been with for four years before they broke up in early 2019, the prosecution said.

He was at the baby’s birth, named on the birth certificate and purchased a house with Fernley in 2020.

The 26-year-old later forged another letter which claimed the company had made a mistake and he was not the father, the court heard.

But when Mr Hampson contacted the firm he was told they had no record of the tests.

3. After Ancestry.com Raises Paternity Questions, Pa. Appeals Court Orders Genetic Testing in Child Support Fraud Claim

“We hold that to apply the doctrine of paternity by estoppel under the circumstances of this case would punish appellant, who ‘sought to do what was righteous’ by assuming parental duty of child, and reward mother, who might be guilty of perpetrating a fraud,” King said.

The Legal Intelligencer, January 9, 2023

https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2023/01/09/after-ancestry-com-raises-paternity-questions-pa-appeals-court-orders-genetic-testing-in-child-support-fraud-claim/?slreturn=20250419140215

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Rep. Ilhan Omar Needs to Apologize for Falsehoods About Men

May 7, 2025 / WASHINGTON – Democratic lawmaker Ilhan Omar has claimed, “We should be monitoring, profiling, and creating policies to fight the radicalization of white men.” (1) Omar made her statement under the pretext that white men are causing a disproportionate share of deaths, a claim that FBI homicide data quickly dispel (2).

And opinion polls reveal that young women — not men — have become radicalized in their political views, embracing a variety of extreme political positions. In contrast, young men have moved slightly to the right in recent years (3).

Omar’s statement is the latest example of claims made by progressive politicians that are not only false, but represent the exact opposite of the truth:

Misogyny vs. Misandry: During the recent presidential campaign, Michelle Obama and other Democrats berated men for their alleged “misogyny” towards women (4). Truth: Anti-male misandry is far more widespread than anti-female misogyny. A recent analysis found that “calls to ‘kill all men’ have become a staple of feminist advocacy.” (5)

Patriarchy: Democrats often allude to the existence of an oppressive “patriarchy” that seeks to eliminate the rights of women. Truth: In 2025, there is no such thing as a “patriarchy.” To the contrary, chivalrous male lawmakers often enact laws that favor women over men, such as the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. The 2010 Affordable Care Act mandates that health insurance plans cover female-specific services like mammograms and cervical cancer screenings. But the ACA does not require any sex-specific services for men, such as prostate cancer screening.

 Domestic Violence: Democrats often make statements about male-perpetrated domestic violence, making no mention of the greater problem of female-perpetrated abuse of men. Truth: The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control shows that each year, there are 6.5 million male victims and 5.6 million female victims of physical domestic violence (6).

Columnist Wendy McElroy has characterized young male voters as the “new power demographic.” (7) Indeed, exit polls from the November 5 presidential election confirmed that majorities of married men, men with children, White men, and Latino men pulled the lever in favor of Donald Trump (8).

Afterwards, Democratic governors Wes Moore of Maryland, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, and Ned Lamont of Connecticut began to make good-faith efforts to reach out and address the broad range of male disadvantage (9).

Unless Democrats wish to continue their spell in the political wilderness, they will need to stop promoting unfair stereotypes of men. And Rep. Omar needs to apologize for her extreme proposal to start “monitoring, profiling, and creating policies to fight the radicalization of white men.”

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

1. https://www.blabber.buzz/buzztube/1066187-ilhan-omar-wants-to-profile-and-monitor-white-americans?utm_source=site&utm_medium=site-buzztube&utm_term=buzztube
2. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2021/crime-in-the-u.s.-2021/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-6.xls
3. https://www.americansurveycenter.org/featured_data/the-growing-political-divide-between-young-men-and-women/
4. https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/michelle-obama-speech-abortion-trump-tucker-carlson-rcna177655
5. https://endtodv.org/pr/kill-all-men-revealing-the-feminist-death-wish-complex/
6. https://www.cdc.gov/nisvs/documentation/NISVSReportonIPV_2022.pdf
7. https://mises.org/mises-wire/ignore-new-power-demographic-your-own-risk-young-male-voters
8. https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-results/general/president/0
9. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/progressives-are-starting-to-come-around-on-the-importance-of-marriage-and-fatherhood/

 

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Seventeen Organizations Call on Congress to Cut Budget for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

April 23, 2025 / WASHINGTON — Seventeen national organizations have sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee in Congress calling for changes to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the FY2026 Federal budget (1) and (2).

According to the Centers for Disease Control, each year there are 6.5 million male victims and 5.9 million female victims of domestic violence (3).

One of its largest VAWA programs is the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant program, which each year awards over $170 million to states. It allocates the funding in this way: (4)

• 25 percent for law enforcement
• 25 percent for prosecutors
• 30 percent for victim services
• 5 percent to state and local courts

The 17 organizations called upon the House Appropriations Committee to reduce the funding for this Grant Program, as part of its Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriation bill. These reductions are essential to curb federally funded programs that are wasteful, harmful, and violate the Fourteenth Amendment which promises equal treatment under law to all citizens.

They are requesting a 50% reduction to $85 million annually in funding until the following problems areas are resolved.

1. Domestic violence programs openly discriminate against male victims: (5) Only 9% of victims served under VAWA are male: (6)
2. Biased training of police results in 80% of DV arrestees being male: (7)
3. Prosecutors are less vigorous in their prosecution of women accused of domestic violence: (8)
4. Biased training of judges has undermined the principle of “equal justice under law.” (9)

The 50% reduction is appropriate, given the fact that men, who represent over half of all domestic violence victims, are largely ignored by VAWA funded programs and services.

In addition, the American Bar Association recently announced that the Trump administration is terminating all of their grants received from the DOJ’s Office of Violence Against Women. (10)

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

1. https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Shortchanging-Women.pdf
2. https://www.saveservices.org/2025/04/house-appropriations-fy26-budget-request-concerning-vawa/
3.   CDC, https://www.cdc.gov/nisvs/documentation/NISVSReportonIPV_2022.pdf
4. https://www.justice.gov/ovw/stop-violence-against-women-formula-grant-program
5. https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Discrimination-Against-Male-Victims.pdf
6. https://www.vawamei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2022-Biennial-Report-to-Congress_FINAL.pdf
7. https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Arrest-Policies.pdf
8. https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Diversion-Programs.pdf
9. https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Bias-In-The-Judiciary.pdf
10. Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social)

 

 

 

April 17, 2025

Congressman John Carter

Member, House Appropriations Committee

2208 Rayburn House Office building

Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Congressman Carter,

Thank you for inviting us to submit our budget request for the FY26 appropriations process. As part of the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill, the undersigned organizations are requesting several changes regarding the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

According to the Centers for Disease Control, each year there are 6.5 million male victims and 5.9 million female victims of domestic violence (CDC, https://www.cdc.gov/nisvs/documentation/NISVSReportonIPV_2022.pdf , Table 2).

One of its largest VAWA programs is the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant program, which each year awards over $170 million to states. It allocates the funding in this way: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/stop-violence-against-women-formula-grant-program

• 25 percent for law enforcement
• 25 percent for prosecutors
• 30 percent for victim services
• 5 percent to state and local courts

We are writing to request that the House Appropriations Committee reduce the funding for this Grant Program, as part of its Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriation bill. These reductions are essential to curb federally funded programs that are wasteful, harmful, and violate the Fourteenth Amendment which promises equal treatment under law to all citizens.

The undersigned organizations are requesting a 50% reduction to $85 million annually in funding until the following problems areas are resolved. The 50% reduction is appropriate, given the fact that men, who represent over half of all domestic violence victims, are largely ignored by VAWA funded programs and services.

1. Domestic violence programs openly discriminate against male victims: https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Discrimination-Against-Male-Victims.pdf  Only 9% of victims served under VAWA are male: https://www.vawamei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2022-Biennial-Report-to-Congress_FINAL.pdf
2. Biased training of police results in 80% of DV arrestees being male: https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Arrest-Policies.pdf
3. Prosecutors are less vigorous in their prosecution of women accused of domestic violence: https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Diversion-Programs.pdf
4. Biased training of judges has undermined the principle of “equal justice under law.” https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Bias-In-The-Judiciary.pdf

We are asking the Appropriations Committee to institute the following changes with the VAWA program:

• Require 100% audits of all VAWA grants. See report, Continued Culture of Corruption at Domestic Abuse Shelters https://www.saveservices.org/2024/03/continued-culture-of-corruption-at-domestic-abuse-shelters/
• More outreach to male victims, equal services to male victims across the full spectrum of services, especially housing,

If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Sincerely,

Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE)

Colorado Children’s Center

Colorado Parental Alienation Support

Colorado Resilience

ConservativeHQ.com

Domestic Violence Wears Many Tags

Family Preservation Alliance

Father X Productions

Men Are Good

Men Need to be Heard

Mission America

PA Support & Intervention

Parental Alienation Consortium

Parental Alienation is Real

Parental Alienation Study Group

Washington Initiative for Boys and Men

Working Well With Men

 

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Transgender Ideology Being Used to Remove Children from Their Fathers 

April 16, 2025 / WASHINGTON — The U.S. Constitution affirms the fundamental right of parents to make decisions about their own child’s education, healthcare, and religious upbringing. But this right is now being threatened by state agencies and courts throughout the country, thanks to a wave of transgender activism. (1)

These are examples in which parents have lost their children through the court system:

• Jeff Younger, a Texas father, lost his years-long battle in the courts to keep his ex-wife from allowing their pre-teen son, who identifies as a girl named “Luna,” to receive gender-affirming care. (2)

• Dennis Hannon, a New York father — – thanks to a decision by the Erie County Supreme Court — lost all parental rights except for visitation rights to see his nine-year-old son, who had been living as a girl on the days he stayed with Hannon’s ex-wife. (3)

• Jeremy and Mary Cox, an Indiana couple, lost custody of their trans teen when the Department of Child Services recommended to a County Judge that the teen be placed in a home that “affirms her identity.” (4)

On the state level, the Colorado legislature is currently considering HB25-1312, ‘Legal Protections for Transgender Individuals.’ This bill allows one parent to declare that their child is LGBTQ or transgender, and then accuse the other parent of abuse or coercive control simply for disagreeing—even if the child never expressed that identity themselves. (5)

To counter this wave of transgender activism, earlier this year, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), introduced the Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act, (S.204) (6) and (H.R. 650) (7) This legislation would protect the right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and health care of their children by applying the strict scrutiny standard. (8)

Part of the problem lies with public schools that have established transgender policies that serve to keep parents in the dark about their child who is being transitioned:

• Illinois: Community Unit School District 300 uses a gender support plan that states the gender identity of students can be hidden from parents. (9)

• Washington: Cheney Public Schools has a policy that states the gender identity of students should be hidden from parents. (10)

SAVE calls upon Congress to swiftly pass the Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act.

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

1. https://americafirstpolicy.com/issues/parental-rights-are-constitutionally-established-and-deeply-rooted-in-the-supreme-law-of-the-land#
2. https://nypost.com/2024/11/22/us-news/jeff-youngers-ex-can-proceed-with-gender-affirming-care-of-preteen-son/
3. https://nbcmontana.com/news/nation-world/framed-as-a-bigot-ny-father-loses-custody-of-son-after-questioning-gender-transition-software-engineer-dennis-hannon-32-told-the-national-desk-tnd-monday-the-erie-county-supreme-court-upstate-new-york-transgender-lgbtq-rights-trans
4. https://www.reddit.com/r/transgender/comments/1asefs0/it_can_happen_anywhere_indiana_parents_lost/?rdt=65480
5. https://coloradoresilience.org/hb25-1312-a-dangerous-weapon-in-family-court/
6. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/204/related-bills
7. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/650
8. https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-lankford-foxx-introduce-bill-to-protect-parents-rights/
9. https://defendinged.org/incidents/community-unit-school-district-300-uses-gender-support-plan-that-appears-to-explain-the-gender-identity-of-students-can-be-hidden-from-parents/
10. https://defendinged.org/incidents/cheney-public-schools-has-policy-that-explicitly-states-that-the-gender-identity-of-students-should-be-hidden-from-parents/

 

State Bills Designed to Strengthen and Celebrate Fathers

SAVE

April 7, 2025

The following 10 bills, designed to strengthen and celebrate fathers, have been introduced in five states around the United States:

Missouri HB927 

Establishes provisions relating to fathership:

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1785825/43389

This bill establishes two key initiatives related to fatherhood in Missouri: first, it designates June as “Fathership Month” to raise awareness about fathers’ importance in children’s lives. More substantively, the bill creates the “Missouri Fathership Project” within the Department of Social Services, which includes a grant program to support agencies and organizations that help fathers reconnect with and support their children. The project aims to empower fathers by helping them build life skills, improve self-esteem, and overcome barriers to family reunification. Agencies receiving grants will hire “fathership project specialists” who serve as one-on-one contacts for fathers seeking to reestablish relationships with their children, acting as liaisons with state agencies and helping fathers develop personalized plans to maintain connections with their kids. The bill establishes a dedicated state treasury fund to support these grants, requires annual reporting on project outcomes, and mandates that the Department of Social Services develop performance metrics to measure the project’s success in improving father involvement and case plan completion.

Missouri HB1441

Establishes provisions relating to duties of the department of social services

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1844913/43389

This bill establishes new reporting requirements and creates an Office of Fatherhood within the Department of Social Services aimed at supporting two-parent families and fathers. The bill mandates annual reports to the General Assembly and Governor starting December 1, 2026, covering multiple areas: actions taken to implement the fourth goal of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program related to two-parent family formation, interdepartmental coordination to identify policies that impact two-parent families, and an analysis of child support guidelines and their potential negative consequences. The bill also establishes an Office of Fatherhood within the department, led by an assistant director, tasked with promoting father-supportive measures across state and local governments. The office will assess government programs’ impact on fatherhood, produce annual reports, and identify barriers to father participation. Additionally, the bill requires the department to partner with organizations to offer grants for programs promoting two-parent family formation, including marriage education, counseling, mediation, and public awareness campaigns. The legislation aims to encourage two-parent family stability by examining and potentially reforming policies that might inadvertently discourage or complicate family maintenance, with a particular focus on supporting fathers and their relationships with children.

Missouri HB380

Modifies provisions relating to the custody and support of children

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1755884/43384

This bill modifies Missouri’s laws regarding child custody, support, and visitation, with several key provisions. The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that equal or approximately equal parenting time is in the best interests of the child, requiring courts to consider specific factors when determining custody arrangements. It expands child support obligations, allowing support to continue until a child is 22 if they are enrolled in secondary or higher education, with specific requirements for maintaining eligibility. The bill introduces new provisions regarding termination of child support, including automatic termination under certain circumstances and processes for ending support through sworn statements. The legislation also strengthens protections for children by restricting custody and visitation rights for parents convicted of certain offenses involving children and emphasizes the importance of maintaining meaningful contact between children and both parents. Additionally, the bill adds a new provision that a parent who has not maintained contact with a child for six years or more may lose visitation rights. The overall aim is to create more comprehensive and flexible guidelines for child custody, support, and visitation that prioritize the child’s best interests while ensuring both parents have opportunities for meaningful involvement in their child’s life.

Missouri SB262

Modifies provisions relating to child custody

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1755379/43353

This bill modifies Missouri’s laws relating to child custody, support, and guardianship, with several key provisions. It establishes a rebuttable presumption that equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child, meaning courts should default to shared custody unless specific evidence suggests otherwise. The bill expands requirements for notifying parents about potential custody transfers, relocation, or changes in a child’s residence, including mandatory notification to relatives and interested parties. It provides more detailed guidelines for terminating child support obligations, such as when a child reaches certain age milestones or becomes self-supporting. The legislation also strengthens protections for children by restricting custody for parents convicted of certain child-related criminal offenses and mandates more comprehensive reporting about a child’s living history and potential custody proceedings. Additionally, the bill clarifies procedures for third-party custody and guardianship, prioritizing relatives and establishing more transparent intervention rights for interested parties. The overall intent appears to be creating more comprehensive, transparent, and child-focused processes for managing custody, support, and guardianship arrangements, with an emphasis on maintaining meaningful relationships between children and parents while ensuring child safety.

New York A01211

Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to any and all initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all marginalized fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1771543/43389

This bill directs the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) to establish a Center for Fatherhood Initiatives, which will have the primary responsibility of issuing grants to support various fatherhood-related programs. Specifically, the center will focus on promoting and advancing fatherhood initiatives, with a particular emphasis on marginalized fatherhood groups. The grants are intended to help expand opportunities that improve fathers’ parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy. The bill requires the OCFS commissioner to develop and implement the necessary rules and regulations for creating, operating, and maintaining the center. By establishing this dedicated center, the bill aims to provide targeted support to fathers across different communities, recognizing the important role fathers play in child development and family dynamics. The act is set to take effect immediately upon passage, allowing for prompt implementation of the new fatherhood initiatives center.

New York A07035

Establishes the office of black male excellence to analyze and provide recommendations regarding issues relating to black males including education, criminal justice, health, mental health, economic opportunity, employment, fatherhood, mentorship, violence, public safety, and quality of life.

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1872359/43389

This bill establishes the Office of Black Male Excellence within the executive department of New York state, to be led by a director appointed by the governor. The office’s primary mission is to comprehensively analyze and provide recommendations on critical issues affecting Black males, including education, criminal justice, health, mental health, economic opportunity, employment, fatherhood, mentorship, violence, public safety, and quality of life. The director will be responsible for appointing staff, serving as a liaison to other state agencies and the public, and submitting an annual report by January 31st to the governor, senate president, and assembly speaker. The annual report must detail the office’s analyses, recommendations, interactions with individuals (disaggregated by demographics and geography), programs offered, and suggestions for improving state and municipal services. The bill specifically requires that the recommendations acknowledge any inequities Black males experience in these various areas, with the goal of addressing systemic challenges and improving outcomes for Black males in New York state. The legislation will take effect immediately upon passage.

North Carolina HB 780

HB 780, sponsored primarily by Representative Brenden Jones, aims to “empower North Carolina fathers by funding pro-father organizations like All Pro Dad.” The intent, as expressed in public statements, is to strengthen families, schools, and communities by supporting fathers’ roles, based on the premise that children with involved fathers tend to have better outcomes.

Tennessee HB1131

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to children.

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1821054/43354

This is an equal shared parenting bill.

Texas HB3784

Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission for Boys and Men.

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1853998/43389

This bill creates the Texas Commission for Boys and Men, a temporary commission designed to study and address challenges facing boys, male youth, and men in Texas. The commission will consist of 11 members (5 appointed by the governor, 3 by the lieutenant governor, and 3 by the speaker of the house), with members having expertise in areas like economics, education, criminal justice, and mental health. The commission is tasked with conducting a comprehensive study examining issues affecting males, including marriage, family stability, education, workforce participation, health, criminal justice involvement, substance abuse, and death rates. Members will evaluate existing state laws and regulations to identify those potentially hindering male prosperity and develop recommendations for improving outcomes. By November 1, 2026, the commission must publish its study and submit specific policy recommendations to state leadership aimed at promoting male well-being and advancing what the bill describes as “traditional, positive manhood.” The commission will operate without compensation for its members and is set to be automatically abolished on December 31, 2026, with the bill taking effect either immediately upon receiving a two-thirds legislative vote or on September 1, 2025, if immediate passage is not achieved.

Texas HCR16

Affirming that fatherhood is essential to the development of all children.

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1751211/43389

That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby (1) affirms the importance of fatherhood in caring for, nurturing, and supporting children throughout their lives

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GWU Law Professor Mary Anne Franks Espouses Extremist Views, Urges Violence Against Men

April 3, 2025 / WASHINGTON – Mary Anne Franks is a law professor at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (1) In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 25, Franks was asked about an article she recently wrote in the New York University Law Review (2) that made extreme claims which are derogatory to men:

• “When the Supreme Court declares that there is a constitutional right to armed self-defense in public, it openly embraces and promotes a culture that privileges white men’s ability to terrorize and kill those they perceive as threats.”

• “By simultaneously expanding white men’s right to kill and constricting women’s right not to die, this Supreme Court has turned the constitution into a homicide pact, as well.”

• “Taken together these two cases demonstrate that the Supreme Court has embraced the use of the constitution as a tool of racial patriarchy.”

During the same hearing, Senator John Kennedy inquired about Franks’ tweets on Twitter that expressed her belief in the existence of “white male supremacy,” such as: (3)

• “There is a reason why the conservative dominated Supreme Court thinks the constitution does not contain a right to an abortion, but is convinced it contains an individual right to possess firearms and that reason is white male supremacy.”

In response, Senator Kennedy commented, “It feels like your favorite feeling is anger.”

Over the years, Mary Anne Franks has published at least two professional articles that openly advocate for vigilante justice against men:

• “Society would be better off as a whole if more women were willing to engage in justified violence against men… To that end, women’s justified violence against men should be encouraged, protected, and publicized.” — University of Miami School of Law, 2016 (4)

• “Legal and social practices must be transformed to disrupt this suboptimal status quo regarding violence, and this transformation should include focusing on encouraging women’s willingness and ability to engage in responsive violence against men, as well as raising the visibility of such responsive violence, in order to drive down the incidence of male violence.” University of Illinois Law Review, 2016 (5)

According to its Code of Ethical Conduct, George Washington University “strives to create a positive and ethical environment…The personal actions of each community member should establish and maintain the culture of acceptance and respect for which we strive.” (6)

SAVE urges persons to convey their concerns to the GWU Office of Ethics about Mary Anne Franks’ extreme and misandrous statements: (7) Persons also can convey their concerns directly to Professor Franks: m.franks@law.gwu.edu

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

1.   https://www.law.gwu.edu/mary-anne-franks
2.   https://www.nyulawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/98-NYU-L-Rev-1881.pdf
3.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd-lH8SihAs&list=WL&index=139
4.   https://repository.law.miami.edu/fac_articles/200/
5.   https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Franks.pdf
6.   https://compliance.gwu.edu/code-ethical-conduct
7. https://compliance.gwu.edu/reporting

 

 

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DOGE Must Investigate Neglect of Men by the U.S. Department of Labor 

April 1, 2025 / WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor, headed by Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, announced last week that the Labor Department has cancelled $577 million in grants, including one $10 million grant to address “gender equity in the Mexican workplace.” (1) The decision is part of the broader effort by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to reduce government waste and fraud in the federal government.(2)

The Department of Labor (DOL) has a long history of addressing women’s issues in the U.S. workforce. In 1921 the Department of Labor established the Women’s Bureau in order to “formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.” (3)

In the meantime, the workforce participation of men has witnessed a significant drop in recent decades, falling from about 80% in the 1970s to 69% by 2020. (4) But a search of the DOL website fails to identify any DOL program or office that addresses this decline.

This is exemplified by a December 19, 2024 News Release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that highlights the rate of fatal occupational injuries for women, Hispanics, and African-American workers. (5) Despite the fact that men account for 91.5% of all occupational deaths, the DOL News Release makes no mention of this disturbing fact.

Indeed, the DOL has long neglected the challenges facing men in the workplace. Historically, workplace mortality has disproportionately affected men, with men accounting for over 90% of fatal work injuries. This fact is evident across various industries and time periods.

The Department of Labor also publishes a Databook on Women in the Labor Force. (6) But again, the DOL has no reports on men in the labor force.

SAVE calls upon DOGE to:

1. Terminate any remaining DEI programs that discriminate against men
2. Rename the DOL Women’s Bureau to the Bureau for Men and Women, and expand its scope to give at least equal attention to challenges facing men.
3. Promptly establish programs to address the occupation mortality problem among men, and the declining participation of men in the workforce.

Studies show men have fallen behind women in 12 major areas such as health, education, workplace deaths and injuries, and more. (7)

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

1.   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/28/doge-department-labor-cancels-577-million-america-last-grants-including-for-gender-equity-mexican-workplace/
2.   https://doge.gov/
3.   https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/about/history
4. https://blog.allegisglobalsolutions.com/exploring-the-decline-of-the-male-employment-rate#:~:text=Over%20the%20past%20few%20decades,to%20roughly%2069%25%20by%202020
5. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cfoi_12192024.pdf
6.   https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2022/
7. https://www.saveservices.org/2025/01/12-areas-of-male-disadvantage-in-the-united-states/