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	<title>Ruth Institute Blog &#187; adoption</title>
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		<title>Catholic Charities in IL closed foster care and adoption services</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/21/catholic-charities-in-il-closed-foster-care-and-adoption-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/21/catholic-charities-in-il-closed-foster-care-and-adoption-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[STATEMENT OF  MOST REVEREND EDWARD K. BRAXTON, BISHOP OF BELLEVILLE,  MOST REVEREND R. DANIEL CONLON, BISHOP OF JOLIET, AND MOST REVEREND THOMAS JOHN PAPROCKI, BISHOP OF SPRINGFIELD IN ILLINOIS  REGARDING THE ENDING OF APPEALS OF FOSTER CARE LITIGATION It is with deep regret that we have decided to relinquish our appeals in the litigation concerning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of Illinois Catholic Charities</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/the-end-of-illinois-catholic-charities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/the-end-of-illinois-catholic-charities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Charlie Butts and Bob Kellogg After 90 years of assisting in providing foster care for children, Catholic Charities of Illinois has been forced to cease services. The problem began with passage of the Illinois civil unions law for same-gender pairs, which led the state to force Christian foster care and adoption organizations to consider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Intelligent Response to an Idiotic Comment: Adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/10/another-intelligent-response-to-an-idiotic-comment-adoption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/10/another-intelligent-response-to-an-idiotic-comment-adoption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRTIC's]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You would be amazed at how often I hear some version of this one: “You say marriage is about attaching mothers and fathers to their children and to one another.  What about adoption?”  Or, “you say kids need a mom and a dad. I had a stepfather who was better than my biological dad.” Or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>67</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ohio Court Gets a Custody Case Right</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/07/19/ohio-court-gets-a-custody-case-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/07/19/ohio-court-gets-a-custody-case-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parental rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This post was researched and written by Mr. Austin Muck, second year law student  at SMU, and legal intern for the summer at the Ruth Institute.  Dr J   Recently the Supreme Court of Ohio appropriately decided a case that protected the constitutional right of parents to determine what is in the best interest [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>Suffer the Little Children: Cohabitation and the Abuse of America&#8217;s Children</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/05/suffer-the-little-children-cohabitation-and-the-abuse-of-americas-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/05/suffer-the-little-children-cohabitation-and-the-abuse-of-americas-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 23:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay and Lesbian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesbian adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Study after study confirms that children do best when raised by a married couple, and worse when reared by a cohabiting couple. Yet the ACLU has been pursuing a legal campaign against states that have adoption laws which favor married couples. And just last month the Arkansas Supreme Court bought the ACLU argument and struck [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why No Adoption in the DE case? Does it Matter?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/23/why-no-adoption-in-the-de-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/23/why-no-adoption-in-the-de-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same sex parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t seen many details on the Delaware case I posted the other day.  But one fact is clear: the non-mother in same sex couple did not do a second party adoption. If she had done an adoption, she would have the same parental rights as the woman who went to Kazakhstan to adopt the child [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arkansas case: Children&#8217;s needs vs. adults&#8217; wants</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/29/arkansas-case-childrens-needs-vs-adults-wants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/29/arkansas-case-childrens-needs-vs-adults-wants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Co habitation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Bumpas &#8211; OneNewsNow &#8211; 3/28/2011 An Arkansas law that allows only a married man and woman to adopt or foster children was up for debate recently before the state Supreme Court. The measure, designated as Act 1, was approved by 57 percent of voters in November 2008.  It reads: &#8220;A minor may not be [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Religion, Politics, and the Culture&#8221; podcasts</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/03/religion-politics-and-the-culture-podcasts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/03/religion-politics-and-the-culture-podcasts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(March 1, 2011) Maggie Gallagher appears on Dennis O&#8217;Donovan&#8217;s &#8220;Religion, Politics, and the Culture&#8221; to discuss President Obama&#8217;s refusal to uphold DoMA and the ramifications of this approach to legal and policy matters.  Listen here. (March 2, 2011) Dr J appears on Dennis O&#8217;Donovan&#8217;s &#8220;Religion, Politics, and the Culture&#8221; to discuss the links between redefining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption works well</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/12/14/adoption-works-well/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/12/14/adoption-works-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=4824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan Adoption has been under attack in recent decades and has almost disappeared within western countries as an option for a mother who is not in a position to bring up her child. Perhaps it was often handled badly in the past, but family scholar Pat Fagan has found solid evidence that adoption [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Test Tube Parenthood on Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/10/30/test-tube-parenthood-on-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/10/30/test-tube-parenthood-on-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article from Canada&#8217;s National Post focuses on a woman&#8217;s quest to give Donor Conceived Persons the right to search for their genetic, but absent parent. This is a right accorded to adopted children, but not to Donor Conceived Persons. One young woman I interviewed some months ago, who is making a documentary about her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Privatizing Marriage? Part 1. Marriage Equality is Impossible</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/02/privatizing-marriage-part-1-marriage-equality-is-impossible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/02/privatizing-marriage-part-1-marriage-equality-is-impossible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fathers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privatize marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Same Sex Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same sex parenting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Part 1. in a series of responses to a question posed by a student. No one contract can treat same sex couples and opposite sex couples identically. (Warning: this post is long! But Worth the effort if I do say so myself!) 1. If you believed that it is not possible for the government to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>More disputed lesbian custody cases:Second class mothers?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/05/24/more-disputed-lesbian-custody-cases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/05/24/more-disputed-lesbian-custody-cases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Same Sex Marriage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two more disputed lesbian custody cases are coming in Ohio. both these cases have the following features: 1. a biological mother does not want her former lesbian partner to have parental rights over her child. 2. the former partner and the mother dispute many details of their relationship to each other and their agreement regarding [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Have Mother&#8217;s Day?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/05/13/why-have-mothers-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/05/13/why-have-mothers-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 01:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chuck colson&#8217;s Center just published an article of mine by that title. We&#8217;ll have the whole thing up soon, I&#8217;m sure. In the meantime, here is a snippet. And don&#8217;t forget to visit the Colson Center for more cool info. As a woman who has given birth to a child, who has been an adoptive [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Adoption law axed, pro-family appeal to come</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/26/adoption-law-axed-pro-family-appeal-to-come/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/26/adoption-law-axed-pro-family-appeal-to-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From OneNewsNow: &#8220;A pro-family leader in Arkansas is denouncing a state judge&#8217;s decision to strike down a law banning unmarried, cohabiting couples from adopting or fostering children. &#8220;The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit against the law that was approved by 57 percent of Arkansas voters&#8230;.&#8221; Read it here.]]></description>
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		<title>Reengineering the Family</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/reengineering-the-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/reengineering-the-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Same Sex Marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heather MacDonald has an outstanding article in National Review on the impact of artificial reproductive technology on the family. Every time a homosexual couple conceives a child, there is another parent offstage somewhere whose sperm or egg has allowed conception to occur (and, in the case of male homosexuals, whose womb has allowed gestation to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do genetic ties matter?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/21/do-genetic-ties-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/21/do-genetic-ties-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biological parents]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Margaret Somerville , Mercatornet.com Should adopted children have the right to be connected in some way to their biological parents? Does each of us have a right to know, where possible, through whom life travelled down the generations to us? Do other individuals and society have obligations not intentionally to make it impossible for us [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two British-born orphans adopted by regal Italian family in legal battle over £1bn fortune</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/21/two-british-born-orphans-adopted-by-regal-italian-family-in-legal-battle-over-1bn-fortune/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/21/two-british-born-orphans-adopted-by-regal-italian-family-in-legal-battle-over-1bn-fortune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surrogate motherhood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Nick Pisa At the orphanage the two babies were known as Archibald and Mary. They didn’t even have surnames. But within a few months they had been adopted and their lives transformed. They became Prince Jonathan and Princess Gesine and grew up surrounded by stunning wealth. However, it seems the fairytale may not end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same-Sex Marriage: Not in the Best Interest of Children</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/15/same-sex-marriage-not-in-the-best-interest-of-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/15/same-sex-marriage-not-in-the-best-interest-of-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Trayce Hansen, Ph.D. As mental health professionals, it’s our ethical and moral obligation to support policies that are in the best interest of those we serve, particularly those who are most vulnerable—namely, children. Same-sex marriage may be in the best interest of adult homosexuals who yearn for social and legal recognition of their unions, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spreading the word &#8211; embryos can be adopted</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/02/spreading-the-word-embryos-can-be-adopted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/02/spreading-the-word-embryos-can-be-adopted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow The National Embryo Donation Center has received federal grants to educate the public. Much of the public is unaware that stored embryos can be adopted. Center spokesman Dr. Jeffrey Keenan tells OneNewsNow the first grant will be used to remedy that problem.   &#8220;[We will] harness the power of new media in order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s stolen babies</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/09/30/chinas-stolen-babies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carolyn Moynihan Girl babies adopted by American and other overseas couples from orphanages in China in recent years may have been forcibly taken from their parents, not abandoned, as the adoptive parents were told. The Los Angeles Times reports at length on a scandal that can be laid at the door of China’s inhuman population [...]]]></description>
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