Pros & Cons of LGBTQ Adoption and Foster Care
Religious Freedom vs. LGBTQ Rights
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a new rule in November 2019 that would allow HHS grant recipients, including adoption and foster care agencies, to decline services to individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
The proposed rule, which was announced on the first day of National Adoption Month, would roll back a 2016 regulation that added nondiscrimination language to grant-funded programs to protect the rights of LGBTQ individuals. As it stands, federal law does not provide …