Obama's Birth-Control Rule Will Help Prevent Accidental Pregnancies

Obama's Birth-Control Rule Will Help Prevent Accidental Pregnancies

In the United States, nearly 50 percent of pregnancies are unintended. A new health care rule — which stirred controversy due to its implications for church-affiliated organizations' coverage of contraception — has the potential to significantly reduce accidental pregnancies by increasing access to birth control, according to public health experts.

River Forest foster dad to be indicted Feb. 24

River Forest foster dad to be indicted Feb. 24

A River Forest foster dad will face a direct indictment on sexual assault charges when he returns to court later this month. That action was set by a judge at a preliminary hearing Thursday morning.

China to ban names that signal 'orphan' status

China to ban names that signal 'orphan' status

Institutions in China that care for orphans will no longer be allowed to name children in their care in ways that signal their parentless status, a government ministry said this week, according to a report in the state-controlled China Daily.

Baby P effect: Record toll of children being taken into care as figure hits 10,000 in a year

Baby P effect: Record toll of children being taken into care as figure hits 10,000 in a year

The number of children taken from their parents by social workers is poised to hit a record 10,000 this year.

That's worthy of some Kinks, eh?



"Someday you're gonna self destruct."

Website listing 'deadbeat parents' launched by federal government

Website listing 'deadbeat parents' launched by federal government

The Office of the Inspector General has started a website that lists parents who are far behind on child support obligations or who have fled the state or country to avoid paying child support payments. The Office of the Inspector General is in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Baby Braxton investigation continues

Baby Braxton investigation continues

Ben FitzPatrick and wife Sarah can't believe the foster mother who killed Braxton Taylor got just 10 years in prison.

Usher's Ex-Wife Tameka Foster Asks Him To Pay Child Custody Case Legal Fees

Usher's Ex-Wife Tameka Foster Asks Him To Pay Child Custody Case Legal Fees

Usher's ex-wife Tameka Foster has asked the singer to pay her legal fees so she can take him to court to strip him of joint child custody.

Don't abandon foster kids — help them thrive

Don't abandon foster kids — help them thrive

Imagine abused youngsters growing up in Florida's foster care system somehow morphing into mature adults living independent lives by age 21. Statistics and countless studies show this idyllic notion borders on wishful thinking. Unfortunately, some prominent legislators in the state capital are banking on this illusion.

Okla. judge accused of fraud announces resignation

Okla. judge accused of fraud announces resignation

An Oklahoma County judge facing felony counts of fraud, perjury and conspiracy said Friday she will resign on March 1, a day before she is scheduled to be formally arraigned on the charges.

Okla. District Judge Tenders Resignation

Fear of the 'next Baby P' drives increase in children taken into care

Fear of the 'next Baby P' drives increase in children taken into care

Budgets are shrinking and demand rising for social services to intervene before families reach crisis point

Sunday: Oklahoma overuse of foster-care shelters cited

Sunday: Oklahoma overuse of foster-care shelters cited

Emergency foster-care shelters are vastly overused in Oklahoma, which also spends less on child welfare programs than states of similar child populations, according to officials from a national nonprofit dedicated to advocating for families.

Halle Berry Custody Showdown: Gabriel Aubry NOT In Jeopardy Of Losing Daughter

Halle Berry Custody Showdown: Gabriel Aubry NOT In Jeopardy Of Losing Daughter

Media reports have surfaced that Gabriel Aubry is in jeopardy of losing custody of Nahla, his three year old daughter from Halle Berry, but sources close to the situation tell RadarOnline.com exclusively that is categorically not the case.

Probe smells sex racket in orphanage, more FIRs soon

Probe smells sex racket in orphanage, more FIRs soon

The Delhi Police may file more FIRs on the sexual abuse of children at central Delhi’s Arya Orphanage amid suspicion that a sex racket thrived at the premises.

Man accused of child abuse challenges social worker

Man accused of child abuse challenges social worker

An Orange County jury saw something uncommon this week: a father getting the chance to cross-examine a social worker who had labeled him a child abuser.

Child abuse hotline restored

Child abuse hotline restored

The line failed at about 2:45 p.m., and the phone provider had it back in operation shortly after 4 p.m., a spokesman for the Children, Youth and Families Department said.

Sandusky lawyer: Evidence is being withheld

Sandusky lawyer: Evidence is being withheld

Jerry Sandusky's lawyer says prosecutors have redacted or withheld hundreds of pages of evidence in the child sex-abuse case against the former football coach, including records that could help show Sandusky's accusers colluded against him.

School Embroiled in Child Abuse Scandal to Reopen with New Staff

School Embroiled in Child Abuse Scandal to Reopen with New Staff

A Los Angeles-area school at the center of a shocking child abuse scandal reopens Thursday with an entirely new staff, including the principal, teachers, administrators and janitors.

Austin lawmakers back bill to toughen penalties for child abuse

Austin lawmakers back bill to toughen penalties for child abuse

Austin lawmakers are introducing legislation to toughen the criminal penalties for parents who chain, cage or tie up a child for prolonged periods of time in response to a Dexter child abuse case.

First Nations child welfare on the line in Federal Court

First Nations child welfare on the line in Federal Court

Is the federal government discriminating against First Nations children on reserve by giving them less money for education, health and child-welfare services than their fellow Canadians?

Facebook Parenting: Ticked-off dad shoots laptop

A teenager in North Carolina learned the hard way not to complain about her parents on Facebook after her dad read her rant and decided to take control of her Internet usage — by shooting her computer.

Runaways are less a part of life for social workers

Runaways are less a part of life for social workers

Social worker Henny Heawood – who currently works for York council – has dealt with scores of young people who have gone missing during her 40-year career.

Running away let me regain a sense of control

Running away let me regain a sense of control

Annie, from Sheffield, was 14 years old when she ran away from her foster placement because she was being abused by her female carer.

A mother on a visit to the UK loses three children to social workers

A mother on a visit to the UK loses three children to social workers

A particularly disturbing case emerges, as the media wake up to the soaring numbers of children being taken into care.

Critics troubled by changes in child services

Critics troubled by changes in child services

The number of reports of child abuse and neglect that have been determined not to merit further investigation has more than doubled statewide since Indiana's Department of Child Services moved to a centralized call center.

Russia to halt U.S. adoptions amid domestic violence claims

Russia to halt U.S. adoptions amid domestic violence claims

Russia's Foreign Ministry is asking the government to suspend adoptions of Russian children by U.S. nationals following an "incessant string of crimes" allegedly committed by American adoptive parents.

Russia May Halt Adoptions by U.S. Citizens on Child Abuse