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Stand with Jessica Bates

Imagine feeling a conviction to adopt and care for other children—to love those who lack a loving home.

And now imagine that your state is excluding you from adoption because you won’t contradict your beliefs—you won’t encourage a child to identify as the opposite sex or take them to receive cross-sex hormone shots intended to block their natural biological development.

This is exactly the situation Jessica Bates faces in Oregon.

Oregon officials are preventing Jessica and others like her from adopting a child if they believe sex is unchangeable—whether based on Scripture or biology.

It’s a blatant act of harm and religious discrimination, and it must end.

In 2022, the Department reported having nearly 8,000 children touch Oregon’s foster care system. Many of these children are waiting for their forever homes.

We’re taking on Jessica’s case to ensure that Oregon cannot arbitrarily exclude Jessica and people of faith from adoption—opening the door for more placements into forever homes.

A lower court ruled against Jessica in 2023. That’s why we’ve taken her case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. We’re asking the court to put children’s welfare above the state’s ideological agenda.

As a non-profit, this case is only possible because of support from people like you. Will you consider a gift of any size today to help defend religious liberty and protect the “least of these”?

Give today and your gift will be added to a $500,000 challenge grant and help further the impact of the grant. Please don’t wait to take advantage of this opportunity to amplify the impact for freedom!

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