Arkansas Adoption Ban Overturned
As reported by The Associated Press:
“A Pulaski County circuit judge has overturned Arkansas’ law banning unmarried couples living together from adopting or fostering children.
“Circuit Court Judge Chris Piazza said in a two-page ruling Friday that people in ‘non-marital relationships’ are forced to choose between becoming a parent and sustaining that relationship.
“Piazza agreed with claims by families who said the ban lessened the number of available adoptive and foster parents to the point where thousands of children could go without homes.
“He said the ban cast ‘an unreasonably broad net’ and did not serve the state’s interest.
“The law was approved by voters in 2008. The American Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of a group of families seeking to overturn the ban.”
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