HHS issues final rule protecting faith-based adoption agencies
by Matt Hadro, CNA: The Trump administration finalized a rule this week allowing faith-based adoption agencies to receive federal funding regardless of their views on same-sex marriage. In a final rule issued Jan. 7, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revised a 2016 rule by the Obama administration that had conditioned federal grants on adoption agencies’ willingness to match children with same-sex couples. The U.S. bishops’ conference had opposed the 2016 rule, saying that it...
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