August 29, 2018
Originally posted at The Daily Signal
Yet another adoption agency is closing its doors, at a time when thousands of young victims of the opioid crisis flood America’s foster care system.
This time, it’s Catholic Charities of Buffalo, New York. The agency can no longer cooperate with the government…
August 02, 2018
Originally posted at Alliance Defending Freedom
“I’ll do anything for them,” ten-year-old foster kid Jerimiah told reporters at a local news channel in Oklahoma City.
He wasn’t talking about the latest video game. Jerimiah was talking about a family. “There would be a nice woman. There would be a nice husband,” he said describing his dream…
July 31, 2018
Originally posted at National Review
On July 12, the House Appropriations Committee passed a funding bill with an amendment protecting religious adoption agencies from state laws that force them to place children with same-sex couples. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) denounced the congressional…
July 13, 2018
Originally posted at The Hill
The last few weeks have seen a worldwide outcry over the treatment of children at the U.S.-Mexico border. Many have been separated from their parents and placed in temporary housing, including foster care…
July 05, 2018
Originally posted at Alliance Defending Freedom
I’ve found that one of the side effects of becoming a mother is that I have become extremely sensitive to hurting children—no matter the cause. And really, there’s no getting away from it these days. From the repercussions of the opioid epidemic, poverty, broken families, abuse, and bullying, to severely declining mental health of kids, and the widespread atrocities committed on unborn children, it is an ever-growing list…
July 03, 2018
Originally posted at Alliance Defending Freedom
Fifteen years after I started the process—affectionately known as the “paper pregnancy”— to adopt my daughter, I am still in awe of how God knits families together. Adoption was His plan for my family, as it is for many others.
I vividly remember every stage of my “paper pregnancy.” The first “trimester” comprised a prayerful and careful search for an adoption provider. The second “trimester” involved seemingly endless paperwork…
