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Join Engage with Eagle Forum host Tabitha Walter as she interviews Focus on the Family's Ashley Brannon about her experience in the foster care system. Brannon provides a powerful testimony of the impact her foster parents had on her life and helped shape the trajectory of her future.

Time Stamps:

2:34 Ashley’s foster care story

14:45 How Ashley benefitted from her foster family

21:56 Wait No More program through Focus on the Family

25:23 Families who are considering fostering teens

27:54 How you can help foster families

30:49 How the Equality Act would upset the foster care system

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In this week’s episode of Engage with Eagle Forum, hosts Tabitha Walter and Kirsten Hasler share a bit of their experience as young mothers. From recovering from infertility, to the joy of hearing their toddlers pray, it’s a fun and light-hearted episode!

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Chemical abortion use has increased 120% in the last ten years. While it's often touted as a safer alternative to surgical abortion, it still poses grave risks to women. Heritage Foundation's Melanie Israel joins the Engage with Eagle Forum podcast to explain how chemical abortion, along with its side-effects, and how it's regulated by the government, ultimately hurts women.

Time Stamps:

2:40​ What is a chemical abortion?

4:43​ History of chemical abortion

9:06​ Access to abortion-inducing drugs

16:44​ Symptoms of taking abortion pills and importance of in-person evaluations

20:03​ State and federal efforts on chemical abortions

26:29​ Help for pregnancy or post-abortive healing

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Sexual orientation and gender identity seems to permeate every aspect of our lives and now it is affecting girls in sports. As states hurry to pass legislation protecting girls privacy in locker rooms and fair access to scholarship opportunities, transgender activists are loudly opposing those efforts. Alliance Defending Freedom's Christiana Holcomb joins the Engage with Eagle Forum podcast to talk about the importance of protecting girls in sports, the actions being taken by lawmakers, and the cases that are making their way through the courts.

 1:12​ Protecting the bodily privacy rights of girls

2:58​ SOGI targets women’s sports 6:13​

Why did Gov. Noem veto legislation to protect girls?

7:40​ State & federal efforts to protect girls’ sports

9:43​ How you can engage on this issue

12:54​ Colleen & Tabitha discuss this issue & possible outcomes

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Georgia's new voting law has come under attack by leftists, even spurring corporations and major league sports to speak out against it. But, is it true what they are saying? Eagle Forum's Georgia State Leader Suzi Voyles joins guest host, Eagle Forum's President Colleen Holcomb, to set the record straight. Suzi's expertise and first-hand experience with Georgia's elections couldn't come at a better time.

2:11​ SB 202 Facts

4:07​ Bringing water to people in line

6:25​ Shorter hours for polling places

7:09​ Absentee ballots

9:51​ Voter I.D.

13:09​ Long lines

15:35​ Drop boxes

17:46​ How SB 202 compares to other states' laws

22:13​ How to take action on unfair boycotting

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Biden recently rolled out his infrastructure plan that hardly has anything to do with infrastructure. Instead, it pushes a far-left agenda that pushes the Green New Deal, encroaches on education, and makes job-creators pay for it. FreedomWorks's Sarah Anderson joins Engage this week to explain the impending harmful effects of the American Jobs Plan.

1:25​ What is "infrastructure"?

2:22​ Overview of Biden's infrastructure plan

6:08​ Education in infrastructure

14:15​ The effect of harmful climate change policies on labor

17:54​ Is there "good" infrastructure policy?

20:00​ Who is paying for this bill?

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As soon as candidate Joe Biden told immigrants to come to the U.S., they began flooding our borders. Now, President Biden has a crisis on his hands. NumbersUSA's Rosemary Jenks joins us to talk about our immigration system, the disastrous policies of the Biden Administration, and the solutions needed to put American workers first.

2:31​ Rosemary's path to working on immigration

4:55​ Is NumbersUSA anti-immigration?

6:18​ Immigrants who cross border vs. visa holders

10:59​ Discussion on DACA, Dreamers, and TPS

15:52​ Difference in Trump's vs. Biden's immigration policies

18:06​ Biden's comprehensive immigration plan

21:38​ Solutions for our current immigration crisis

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South Carolina's Rep. Nancy Mace has fought for responsible government spending for years earning her the title of Most Fiscal Conservative in the SC statehouse. Now she is in Congress using her strengths to fight against massive government spending. We had the privilege of discussing that topic with her and more in this week's episode.

1:49​ What formed her passions?

3:06​ How her children shape her perspective

4:43​ Problems within COVID spending bills

7:37​ Crisis at the border

9:34​ What gives her hope?

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In honor of Women's History Month, we want to highlight a Congresswoman who is known for standing up for American rights. Rep. Lauren Boebert from Colorado joined us to talk about why she chose to run for Congress and what shaped her conservative views.

5:34​ Passion for American Freedoms

8:11​ How she is being a voice for the American people

9:05​ Who she places her hope in

12:27​ How you can keep up with Rep. Boebert's efforts.

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As Women's History Month gets underway, we want to highlight some of the women's issues that prevail today and the women who are fighting for womanhood to remain. We had the honor of speaking with Congresswoman Debbie Lesko from Arizona who has championed the fight against harmful bills like the Equality Act, Equal Rights Amendment, and the Violence Against Women Act.

1:54​ How did she get started in politics?

3:59​ A day in the life of a Congresswoman

8:24​ Position on Equality Act

11:40​ Opposition to VAWA & ERA

14:58​ How to engage on Conservative issues

18:07​ Her biggest challenge and how she has overcome it.

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Music Credit: Inspirational Outlook: Scott Holmes