adoption
Montana acts to protect Native American priority in adopting Native children
By Matthew Brown — May 24, 2023
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — It's a proactive move to protect such rights as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could undercut them nationally.
Before a month celebrating adoption, a day to recognize adoptees’ trauma
By Kathryn Post — October 28, 2022
(RNS) — For many adoptees, the day is a chance to reclaim their adoption narrative from religious groups that often portray it as a spiritual win-win.
Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby
By Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman, and Claire Galofaro — October 20, 2022
(AP) — A U.S. Marine became fiercely determined to bring home an Afghan war orphan, and praised it as an act of Christian faith to save her.
These adoptees refuse to be Christian pro-life poster kids
By Kathryn Post — July 25, 2022
(RNS) — They're challenging the often-religious argument that adoption is a simple, sacred and mutually beneficial solution to abortion.
My pro-life mom worked at Planned Parenthood — her legacy shapes my pro-choice hope
By Erin S. Lane — June 30, 2022
(RNS) — She told me of the consequences of a life that happens to you and not with you.
Comments renew debate over adoption as abortion alternative
By David Crary and John Hanna — December 31, 2021
(AP) — Discussion of adoption as an alternative to abortion intensified when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks.
Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic foster care agency, in narrow win for religious rights
By Yonat Shimron — June 17, 2021
(RNS) — The justices once again showed they were receptive to claims by religious groups — in this case Catholic Social Services, which refuses to work with same-sex couples.
The Fulton Supreme Court decision could increase discrimination against religious minorities
By Samuel D. Brunson — May 28, 2021
(RNS) — While most of the analysis of this case has centered on the possible impact on LGBTQ Americans, we should also be aware of how a potential ruling could affect religious minorities.
Transracial adoptive families say talking about race is not a ‘woke test’
By Bob Smietana — May 14, 2021
(RNS) — A new Bethany Christian Services report argues that a colorblind approach to adoption can hurt Black children. In response, a critic labeled the agency racist and woke.
Marriage & divorce amid pandemic: Couples’ challenges abound
By David Crary — February 15, 2021
(AP) — When it comes to marrying, divorcing and having kids, people have become more cautious amid the pandemic.
We want to save children, but distressed and vulnerable parents need help, too
By Chris Palusky — December 18, 2020
(RNS) — We're quick to judge parents who abandon their children. Our first instinct should be to help parents provide for them
Black children in foster care need relief from systemic racism, too
By Chris Palusky and Kimberly Offutt — June 26, 2020
(RNS) — We need to support Black families to keep them together and prevent generation after generation of children from achieving their full potential.
The Stauffers let go of an adopted child. Five reasons why their critics are wrong.
By Heidi Weimer — June 11, 2020
(RNS) — Critics of parenting vloggers who ‘rehomed’ their 4-year-old adopted son haven’t experienced the devastation of adoptive parents who have to place their children in others’ care.
The future of adoption is in a child’s own community
By Kristi Gleason — December 9, 2019
(RNS) — Children in US foster care are kept as close to their biological home as possible to minimize trauma. The same should be encouraged in our child welfare work overseas.
George Clements, Chicago priest known for adopting sons, dies at 87
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 26, 2019
CHICAGO (RNS) — The civil rights activist's life turned into a made-for-TV movie after he became the first Catholic priest to adopt a child.
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