US Politics
The Cruel Calculus of Missouri's Foster Care Proposal: Trading Child Safety for Religious Exemption
Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow unlicensed Christian boarding schools to receive state foster children by registering with a faith-based group, bypassing state licensing requirements. This reckless proposal seeks to legalize a dangerous, proven system of unregulated facilities where systematic abuse has already traumatized vulnerable children, prioritizing religious exemption over child safety in a blatant betrayal of government's most sacred duty.
