Ban on partial-birth abortion closer

June 12, 2003

The House of Representatives voted in convincing fashion June 4 to outlaw a gruesome abortion procedure on a partially delivered child. The 282-139 vote in

Mothers, kids fare best in Sweden, worst in Niger

June 5, 2003

WASHINGTON — Save the Children’s annual “Mothers’ Index” finds that mothers and children fare best in Sweden and worst in Niger. The fourth annual index,

Children’s grief often misunderstood, left untreated

May 29, 2003

Although Helen Harris has years of experience as a hospice worker and social worker, she learned an important lesson about grieving by taking her 10-year-old

House rejects two school voucher proposals

May 29, 2003

WASHINGTON — In the first congressional floor vote on private-school voucher programs since the Supreme Court declared them legal last year, members of the House

Alabama Children’s Homes ‘son’ shares lessons of love

May 22, 2003

Dana Watson is compassionately drawn to the restlessness and confusion he sees in the lives of inner-city children in Fort Worth, Texas. He struggled with

Sardis member shares experience with special-needs child

May 8, 2003

Sardis Baptist Church, Birmingham, member Patricia Redmond completed writing her book, “In the Fullness of Time: My Faith Journey,” last spring but the story is