National Adoption Month: Meet the Birth Mom Who Chose Life After God Saved Hers
That’s when Kelly heard a small voice speak to her. She now believes it was an encounter with God that not only saved her life, but also the life of her unborn baby.
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In Supreme Court 9-0 ‘Fulton’ Ruling Fissures Lurk Beneath the Surface
NEWS ANALYSIS: Legal experts think the bigger decision will come in overturning 1990’s ‘Employment Division v. Smith.’
Virginia House Advances Bill Repealing Protections for Faith-Based Adoption Agencies
The Virginia Catholic Conference expressed alarm at the bill’s passage, warning that removing the conscience protections could threaten the work of the state’s Catholic adoption and foster care agencies by allowing the state to deny them licenses, grants, or contracts.
HHS Issues Final Rule Protecting Faith-Based Adoption Agencies
On Thursday, the legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) praised the new rule for upholding the religious freedom of faith-based adoption and foster care agencies.
Catholic Foster Care in Philadelphia: How Will the Supreme Court Decide?
COMMENTARY: Oral arguments in the First Amendment case Fulton v. Philadelphia began Wednesday.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Philadelphia Foster Care Case
Sharonell Fulton and Toni Simms-Busch, who have fostered more than 40 children and who partnered with Catholic Social Services, brought the case against the city that is currently before the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Fulton Case Will Soon Decide Fate of Faith-Based Foster Care
COMMENTARY: Shutting agencies like Catholic Social Services down or forcing them to close is a national disgrace.
Christian Adoption Agency in NY Receives Temporary Protection from Court
New Hope Family Services, based in Syracuse, New York, has placed more than 1,000 children for adoption in the last 50 years.
President Trump Signs Order to Support Work with Faith Groups on Adoption
Bethany Christian Services, which provides social services in more than 30 states and more than a dozen countries, praised the order for its insistence that the federal government work together with community and faith-based organizations in an “‘all hands on deck’ approach.”
Tenn. Governor to Sign Bill Protecting Faith-Based Adoption Agencies
The bill would protect adoption agencies that follow their religious convictions in declining to place children with same-sex couples.
