Monica Burke is a research assistant in the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.
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Yet another adoption agency is closing its doors, at a time when thousands of young victims of the opioid crisis flood America’s foster care system…. Read More
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Events at the July 7 Pride in London parade revealed deepening fractures that could lead to a schism in the LGBT community. A group of… Read More
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After a Lexington, Virginia, restaurant, the Red Hen, refused service to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday, commentators on the left immediately… Read More
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The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to soon file a proposal that would update regulations of the Title X Family Planning grant… Read More
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Oklahoma is just shy of a major victory for children in the adoption and foster care system—but LGBT activist groups are now threatening the state… Read More
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A parent would go to the ends of the earth for their child. But what if the government forcibly stopped them? What if, instead, the… Read More
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Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for political and religious diversity. Now, a Pennsylvania bill poses an existential threat to that history of… Read More
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A new bill in California claims to protect LGBT people, but actually limits their choices, censors speech, and infringes upon religious freedom. AB 2943 would… Read More
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Earlier this month, Hawaii became the sixth state in the U.S. to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Proponents of the law hail the move as a step… Read More
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Philadelphia has taken a wrong turn in its attempts to handle the city’s growing foster care crisis. Last month, the city put out an urgent… Read More
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Voters in Anchorage, Alaska, will soon have the opportunity to protect the safety of women and girls in private facilities when they consider the Proposition… Read More
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A recent government report has revealed that Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, received over $1.5 billion in taxpayer funds from 2013 to 2015…. Read More
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When Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas in late August, local churches, synagogues, and mosques were there to help. Despite suffering major damage themselves, houses… Read More
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Forty-five years ago Monday, the Supreme Court issued its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, inventing a constitutional right to abortion on… Read More
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It’s been 45 years since Roe v. Wade, and the pro-life movement is stronger than ever. This week, thousands of pro-life Americans will take a… Read More
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Religious liberty and freedom of conscience won big at the Supreme Court last week, just in time for Religious Freedom Day on Jan. 16. The… Read More
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Jack Phillips is a Christian baker from Colorado. Should he be forced to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding in violation of his deeply… Read More
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Religious freedom has set our nation apart from the very beginning. Among its many benefits, religious freedom allows religious individuals and groups to make unique… Read More
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In 2015, a majority of the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges wrote that the view that marriage is exclusively between one man and one… Read More
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Five-year-old Micah Pickering made an appearance on Capitol Hill on Sept. 26 to put a face to the proposed Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act…. Read More
