adoption

A U.S. federal judge delivered a major victory to a faith-based adoption agency last week by permanently blocking the state of New York from closing the provider due to its Christian beliefs.

The faith-based, adoption-themed movie Lifemark opened at No. 7 in theaters over the weekend, marking the sixth straight time that a movie made by filmmaking brothers Alex and Stephen Kendrick opened in the Top 10.

Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, announced on Friday that it will expand abortion coverage and abortion-related travel expenses for its employees.

The director of such faith-based hits as War Room and Courageous says Hollywood studios refused to distribute his latest movie, Lifemark, due to its pro-life message and its portrayal of the subject of abortion.

This week, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed multiple items in the state budget designed to promote adoption, including tax credits for adoptive parents and a marketing program that would have promoted adoption as an alternative to abortion. The veto decision sparked frustration and confusion among lawmakers and pro-life groups.

Christ for All Nations has announced that it will reimburse its employees for adoption expenses up to $5,000.

Abortion is twice as popular an option as adoption among women of childbearing age, according to a new survey that asked what they would likely do if faced with an unintended pregnancy.

The same filmmakers who were behind the faith-based hits War Room and Overcomer will release their next movie, Lifemark, in theaters on September 9, spotlighting the subject of adoption by focusing on two families brought together by the birth of a baby.

Many of us have started moving on from the pandemic. We’re at the two-year mark now, cases are dropping, and we’ve started living our normal lives again. But for so many, this return to normalcy is impossible. Human trafficking spiked during the pandemic, as did the sheer number of those vulnerable to traffickers. And hundreds of thousands of these newly-vulnerable people all over the world are just children.

The state of Michigan has agreed to pay a Catholic ministry $250,000 in attorney’s fees for trying to force the non-profit to violate its religious beliefs by placing children in LGBT homes.