Bill would increase access to adoption records

Bill would increase access to adoption records:

INDIANAPOLIS – A bill that would give adopted Indiana residents easier access to their birth records is headed to the full Senate despite concerns about its potential impact on biological mothers.

Stop bashing the parents

Stop bashing the parents | Chicago:

There has been a child welfare system crisis every decade in Illinois since the 1970s. The current focus on what ails the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is, at last, about the kids, not their presumably awful parents. That’s fortunate, because the only way to change the child welfare system, including its understaffed, yet expensive, residential care component, is to stop blaming the parents and start working with them constructively to keep families together.

Social media reacts to 'free-range parenting'

Social media reacts to 'free-range parenting':

SILVER SPRING, Md. (WUSA9) -- A WUSA9 report that a Montgomery County couple is under investigation for child neglect for letting their children walk unaccompanied around their neighborhood has sparked a firestorm reaction on social media.

State takes action against Antioch foster mother after youth's death

State takes action against Antioch foster mother after youth's death - San Jose Mercury News:

ANTIOCH -- State social services officials have moved to revoke an Antioch woman's right to care for foster children, stating she "failed to provide adequate care and supervision" for a 16-year-old who died in his sleep after showing signs he was heavily sedated.

Woman accused of killing foster child back in court

Woman accused of killing foster child back in court:

MESA COUNTY,Colo. The foster parent accused of killing an 11 month old baby in her care was back in court today. 20 year old Sydney White now has a preliminary hearing set.

Baby Screamed During Live-Birth Abortion, We Can't Forget This Baby's Cries

Baby Screamed During Live-Birth Abortion, We Can't Forget This Baby's Cries | LifeNews.com:

Members of Congress next week have an opportunity to right a travesty of injustice. Every day in the United States, babies are silently screaming in late-term abortions that deprive them of their right to life.As Congressman Trent Franks told LifeNews.com recently, “More than 18,000 ‘very late term’ abortions are performed every year on perfectly healthy unborn babies in America. These are innocent and defenseless children who can not only feel pain, but who can survive outside of the womb in most cases, and who are torturously killed without even basic anesthesia.”

CPS Threatens to Take Children Away from Parents for Letting Them Walk to the Park

CPS Threatens to Take Children Away from Parents for Letting Them Walk to the Park:

Danielle and Alexander Meitiv say they are being investigated for neglect…. in a case they say reflects a clash of ideas about how safe the world is and whether parents are free to make their own choices about raising their children