State Representative Gave Adopted Daughter to Rapist
Daily Mail – An Arkansas politician gave away his adopted daughter to a man who then raped her. Representative Justin Harris and his wife Marsha adopted the girl, six, and her sister, three, through...
View ArticleFlorida House Passes Legislation to End Discriminatory Adoption Ban
On Wednesday the Florida House passed HB 7013, a bill focused on adoption and foster care. This bill includes an amendment introduced by Rep. David Richardson which repeals the discriminatory statutory...
View ArticleNew ICWA Guidelines from BIA
When the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed in 1978, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) drafted guidelines for best practices to accompany the law. In adoption cases, adoption practitioners and...
View ArticleMichigan House OKs bills on faith-based adoption refusal
Detroit Free Press – Faith-based adoption agencies could refuse to serve prospective parents based on their religious beliefs under a package of bills that passed the state House of Representatives...
View ArticleNational Coalition Opposes Government Guidelines Restricting Native American...
Washington, D.C. – In response to updated guidelines implemented by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) that severely restrict the options for orphaned or fostered Native American children, a national...
View ArticleThe surprise ending to a foster kid’s plea for adoption
CBS News: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hard to imagine, seeing him now. But Davion Only, a 17-year-old foster kid, was once a media darling. It happened a couple years ago when Davion stood up at a church...
View ArticleTexas House to weigh adoption ban to gay couples
Houston Chronicle – The Texas State House is scheduled to consider legislation Tuesday that would protect faith-based welfare agencies that do not allow same-sex couples to adopt children or let foster...
View ArticleUgandan MPs: Foreigners exploiting law loophole to adopt
Yahoo News – Kampala (AFP) – Uganda MPs have raised fresh concerns that hundreds of children have left the country through “dubious circumstances” as a result of foreigners working with local lawyers...
View ArticleTwo Dads Adopt Their Seventh Child
Yahoo.com – Right from the start of their relationship, Eric Charles-Gallo and Louis Gallo of Kansas City, Missouri, knew they wanted to be dads. “We only wanted one kiddo at first, and thought we’d be...
View ArticleRosie O’Donnell Cancels Adoption of Special Needs Child
Townhall.com – Former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell was ready to adopt her second child, until she got some unexpected news from the doctor. That’s when the birth mother, Jami Weaver, said the child...
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