Tucked quietly into the most recent congressional measure to keep the government open was the most sweeping and ambitious piece of child welfare legislation passed in at least a decade. It’s an attempt to reshape the entrenched foster care system as a raging opioid epidemic swells the population of children in need.
The measure overcame the...
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama Abortion Protections
The Trump administration in late January took two new steps in its ongoing fight against abortion.
The first was a new regulation that further underscored protections for health-care workers who refuse to perform abortions and other medical procedures because of religious and moral objections.
The second rescinded a formal warning issued by the Obama administration in 2016...
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Cake Bakers & Same-Sex Marriage
The Oregon Court of Appeals decided unanimously [recently] to uphold a $135,000 fine against the owners of a local cake shop whose owners declined to use their artistic skills and talents to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding.
Sound familiar? This is a similar case to Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission that...
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U.S. Supreme Court Asked To Hear Child Custody Case
Saying biology matters, an Arizona woman is making a last-ditch effort in court to keep from being forced to share custody of her child with her former wife.
Keith Berkshire, attorney for Kimberly McLaughlin, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn last year’s ruling by the state’s high court, which concluded that Suzan McLaughlin had...
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