Emotional adoption case may weigh state, fed law
BRUCE SMITH Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. A South Carolina adoption case is pitting the couple who nurtured a 2-year-old girl against the child's biological father, a Cherokee Nation tribal member who took her back to Oklahoma after winning custody of her. The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case, and the justices could for the first time be weighing state adoption law …
Virginia lawmakers pass abortion, adoption bills
PORTSMOUTH, Va (Reuters) – Virginia would halt taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income women in cases where the fetus is severely physically deformed or mentally deficient under Republican-backed legislation passed Friday by state lawmakers. The House of Delegates voted 64-35 to strip the Board of Health of its ability to fund abortions for Medicaid recipients when a physician certifies that …
Va. House passes adoption bill
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 3 (UPI)Virginia's House of Delegates Friday passed a bill to protect private adoption agencies' right to decline placement based on religious beliefs.
House passes bill giving leeway to adoption agencies
The House of Delegates today passed its version of the “conscience clause” bill, which protects a private adoption agency's right to refuse placement based on religious beliefs.
Va. House approves anti-gay adoption rule
Virginia legislators have passed a bill allowing private adoption agencies to deny placements that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, including opposition to homosexuality.
Virginia Antigay Adoption Bill Advances
A state senate subcommittee on Thursday approved a “conscience clause” bill that allows adoption agencies receiving state funds to discriminate against potential adoptive parents.
‘Conscience’adoption billwins initial OK in Virginia
RICHMOND — The Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would protect state-licensed private adoption agencies from placing children with families if the placement conflicts with the agency's religious beliefs. The so-called “conscience clause” measure would allow agencies to deny placements based on …
Catholic Adoption Retreat Driven By Rome
During a January 7 debate among the candidates for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, and Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, complained that legalizing same-sex marriage had forced various Catholic Charities organizations to get out of the adoption business.
ASUR Announces Updated Impact to Financial Information Resulting from Adoption of IFRS
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 2, 2012 – Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), the first privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and …
Armenian cause became French domestic policy element – expert
“Clearly, French President supports adoption of the law criminalizing Genocide denial,” Alexander Iskandaryan said.