Orphans and Foster

Did You Know?

Adoption is a multi-billion-dollar for-profit industry.

https://adoptioncouncil.org/blog/where-does-all-the-money-go/

https://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/adoption-truth/adoption-industry/#:~:text=The%20problem%20is%20that%20adoption,because%20they%20need%20their%20money.

https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/the-adoption-trap/264499

https://urge.org/the-adoption-industry-family-planning-tool-or-reproductive-injustice/

https://www.ibisworld.com/united-states/industry/adoption-child-welfare-services/1606/

https://open.spotify.com/show/3JWCSfFXnutyd6lARu7Dn0

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/liberty-lost/id1815337795

1982

1982-01-01 Televangelist Jerry Falwell founded Virginia’s Liberty Godparent Home as an alternative to abortion. Former residents alleged coercion, shame, manipulation, forced birth, and pressured adoptions.

https://www.vpm.org/news/2025-08-12/liberty-lost-tj-raphael-maternity-home-family-life-services-adoption

https://msmagazine.com/2025/07/10/liberty-university-maternity-home-unwed-mothers-teenagers/

https://religiondispatches.org/2025/08/07/liberty-universitys-baby-business-forced-birth-coerced-adoption-white-christian

https://therevealer.org/all-aboard-the-orphan-train/

2021

2021-06-17 The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Catholic charity that wanted to exclude gay couples from the placement of foster children in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. Justice Samuel Alito felt the ruling did not go far enough, writing, “This decision might as well be written on dissolving paper sold in magic shops”.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/06/court-holds-that-citys-refusal-to-make-referrals-to-faith-based-agency-violates-constitution/

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/996670391/supreme-court-rules-for-a-catholic-group-in-a-case-involving-gay-rights-foster-c

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-catholic-social-services-philadelphia/

https://www.impactfund.org/legal-practitioner-blog/fulton-decision#:~:text=Catholic%20Social%20Services%2C%20a%20third%2Dparty%20private%20foster,right%20for%20taxpayer%2Dfunded%20foster%20care%20agencies%20to

https://georgiarecorder.com/briefs/supreme-court-sides-with-catholic-agency-in-gay-foster-care-dispute/

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/996670391/supreme-court-rules-for-a-catholic-group-in-a-case-involving-gay-rights-foster-c

2026 May

2026-05-07 ICE had arrested the parents of at least 27,000 children during the first seven months of expanded immigration operations, raising concerns about renewed family separation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/08/trump-administration-parents-arrested

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-ice-arrested-parents-least-170854889.html