parental rights

Tennessee public health clinics will no longer give teens access to routine healthcare — including birth control, sexually transmitted infection treatment and pregnancy tests — without parental consent, according to the Department of Health’s interpretation of a new parental rights law that took effect July 1.

The bill would allow parents to sue if they believe the government is interfering in their parental rights.

Republican lawmakers have advanced a bill that would alter a significant feature of Kentucky’s school governance—stripping curriculum and principal hiring decisions away from local school councils and giving the power to local superintendents.

Trinitii Puente became a foster parent because she believes every child deserves to feel loved. It’s a lesson from her grandmother, who grew up in an…

Separating parents will get joint custody of their children as a default under a bill signed into law by Gov. Matt Bevin last week.A judge can still deny…

The Kentucky House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a bill that overhauls the state's struggling child welfare system. House Bill 1 would…

Drug-dependent babies born in Kentucky could automatically be labeled a "abused or neglected child," a change that would require state officials to…