U.S. Bishops And Faith Leaders Urge Protection For Religious Child Welfare Providers

U.S. bishop chairmen and faith leaders called Tuesday for an act that would prevent the government from discriminating against religious child-welfare providers.

Three bishop chairmen sent a letter signed by several nonprofit organizations and other faith leaders to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady on Monday, calling the committee to push for the adoption of the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017. The act, if passed, would prevent both federal and local governments from discriminating against child welfare providers for the religious or moral standards to which they adhere with regard to placing children in foster or adoptive families, according to USCCB.

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