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Indiana Baby Fatally Overdoses on Fentanyl, Parents Charged

An Indiana couple faces felony child neglect charges after a 6-month-old infant died from fentanyl and methamphetamine poisoning, authorities said. Nicole Neely, 42, and Owen Miller, 43, are each charged with one count of neglect resulting in the death of a dependent and two counts of neglect resulting in the death of a dependent. There […]

Lacey Fletcher’s sad life and death on her parents’ couch

Lacey Fletcher, once a smiling, happy student who played volleyball at Brownfields Baptist Academy in Louisiana, disappeared from public life in 2002 when she was about 16 years old. It appears that few people knew she was alive other than her parents, Clay and Sheila Fletcher. It was literally rotting away on a leather couch […]

Illinois Bill Labels Parents as Child Abusers for Objections to Abortion, Child Sex Changes

Illinois recently changed its definition of “abused child” to include minors whose parents object to their child receiving puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, transgender surgery, or abortions. submitted a bill. House Bill 4876 would also exempt doctors from liability if they prescribe such treatments without parental consent, and would require the Illinois Department of Children and […]

Parents who deny their children ‘gender-affirming services,’ abortions would be called abusers under Illinois Democrat bill

If the Illinois Democratic Party’s bill passes, parents who deny their children gender-affirming services or abortions would be called abusers. What are the details? Proposed by Democratic state Rep. Ann Stuber-Murray. House Bill 4876The bill would amend the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to define an “abused child” as one whose parents have denied […]