Families First

Protecting Life, Strengthening Families, Restoring Values.

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MISSION

The Family First Campaign is dedicated to protecting life, strengthening families, and restoring shared American values. Our goal is to uphold our founding principles, which includes ensuring religious freedom, maintaining parents’ God-given rights to raise their children without government interference, affirming the life of every American, both born and preborn, and safeguarding biological reality. As we return to the ideals that made this nation great, we will build a stronger, healthier, freer, and more united future for all Americans.

Focus Areas / Policy Pillars

Defend religious liberty: We advocate for the protection of parental rights and the recognition of religious freedoms, including the ability to make informed decisions about vaccinations in alignment with personal beliefs and values.

Protect women’s sports: We support efforts to ensure fairness in women’s sports by promoting policies protecting opportunities for female athletes in alignment with Title IX.

Defend children and restore parental rights: We are committed to defending children and restoring parental rights.

Biological Reality on Men and Women: We support efforts to defend biological women from gender ideology extremism and to promote policies recognizing biological truth within federal guidelines.

Protect American families: We are dedicated to supporting women in difficult situations through our H.O.P.E. Agenda by promoting life-affirming resources, strengthening families through preventative care, and improving support systems for foster children and adoptive families.

Initiatives

H.O.P.E. Agenda- The HOPE Agenda is a 20-point pro-life, pro-family, pro-woman state policy framework aimed at caring for the two lives involved, the mother and child. Our goal is to provide support for women as they thrive in both their careers and motherhood alongside their children, encouraging family-building, supporting involvement of the community and pregnancy centers in the provision of support services as well as foster care and adoption resources, and more. This Agenda recognizes that compassion and support are needed when creating policy focused on the health, opportunity, prosperity, and empowerment of women, the unborn, and their families. With the aim of reducing the number of abortions and providing necessary resources during challenging situations, the HOPE Agenda serves as a unifying framework that captivates the very essence of what it means to be pro-life — compassionately caring for all lives involved and uplifting the family as the foundation of society.

Biblical Foundations- Since the inception of America First Policy Institute, the Biblical Foundations Project was designed to equip Americans of faith in with empowering language to speak to the core moral issues challenging our nation’s future. The original (since it's being rewritten) America First Agenda: 10 Pillars for Restoring a Nation Under God document interpreted the policy objectives through the lens of their biblical foundations and applications, providing Christians with information regarding the issues and solutions needed to restore our nation. The Biblical Foundations Project 2.0 will continue to equip pastors, churches, and all people of faith with language that will empower them to speak to the core issues challenging America’s future, and more. The goal: Inspire people to articulate why America First policies are not only the right direction for the American people but are also grounded in the eternal truth of Scripture. These truths include the dignity of life, the reality of two genders, the sanctity of female safe spaces, the protection of children and mothers, and the rights of Americans to live in communities free from violence or to attend a university without exposure to woke propaganda and antisemitism and more.

The Women’s Initiative - The America First Women’s Initiative envisions an America in search of T.R.U.T.H. We set forth the following principles as the core of a new movement for women: Transparency, Revitalization, Unity, Trust, and Health. With foundations based in Kellyanne Conway’s S.A.F.E. Agenda, the T.R.U.T.H. Initiative celebrates the strength and resilience of women and mothers, reminding them of their important role in society and inspiring them to be warriors in a movement that will Save the Nation for generations to come.

Team

Dr. Richard Rogers

Vice Chair, American Values

Jennifer Bauwens, Ph.D.

Director, American Values

Margo Nicholas

Senior Policy Analyst, American Values

Stephanie Whitt

Chief State Action and Engagement Officer

Stacey Schieffelin

Chief External Affairs Officer and Chair, America First Women's Initiative

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Statement | March 6, 2026

AFPI Applauds Texas AG Opinion Solidifying Ban on Social Transitions for Children

The America First Policy Institute applauds the recent opinion issued by the Texas Attorney General clarifying that Texas' ban on gender transitions for children applies to mental health professionals. If they facilitate hormone treatments or sex transition surgeries for children, they risk losing their license or being criminally prosecuted for child abuse.

Statement | March 3, 2026

AFPI Celebrates Major SCOTUS Win for Parental Rights

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds the Supreme Court for signaling its strong support for parental rights in the case of Mirabelli v. Bonta.

Statement | February 27, 2026

Religious Liberty Includes the Right to Worship in Peace

Washington, D.C.— Today, following reports that approximately 30 individuals were arrested after disrupting a church service in Minnesota, Dr. Richard Rogers, Vice Chair of American Values at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), issued the following statement: “Today, churches across America can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that the law will be enforced and houses of worship will be protected by the highest levels of government. No faith community should feel abandoned when their sanctuaries are targeted.

Statement | February 19, 2026

Kansas SB 244 Reinforces Sex-Based Protections in State Law

Washington, D.C.—The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) issued the following statement from Stephanie Whitt, Chief State Action and Engagement Officer, in response to Kansas lawmakers’ decision to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of the state’s transgender bathroom ban, ensuring that women will no longer be forced to share private spaces with biological men in public buildings. “Kansas lawmakers have taken an important and bold step to stand up for women and girls by restoring clarity, common sense, fairness, and safety to state law and affirming that sex is a biological reality, not a subjective identity.

Statement | February 16, 2026

AFPI Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief Urging Clarification of Parental Rights in Gender Transition Cases

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court of the United States supporting petitioners in International Partners for Ethical Care, v. Ferguson, urging the Court to take up this case to clarify that parents have standing to challenge state policies that facilitate gender transitions of minors without parental consent.

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Parents Fight Back: A Mother’s Legal Battle Against Secret Gender Policies in Schools

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AFPI Calls on Washington State to End Dangerous Inmate Policy After Assault at Women’s Prison

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Watch: AFPI Takes Legal Action Against OSAA For Violating Girls’ Free Speech

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Jessica Hart Steinmann Interviews Senator Jack Johnson SCOTUS Upheld TN Transition Ban

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