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H.R.6181 John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
Prohibits discrimination in foster care and adoption based on sexual orientation or gender identity (119th Congress)
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Over 100,000 children await adoption (HHS); restricting qualified LGBTQ+ parents based on orientation harms children's welfare.
HHS AFCARS — over 120,000 children waiting to be adopted from foster care (FY2019 peak; ~35,000 legally free for adoption under revised FY2024 methodology)
- Williams Institute (2019): same-sex couples 7x more likely to foster and 4x more likely to adopt than different-sex couples
- U.S. Const. amend. XIV — Equal Protection
Every Child Deserves a Family Act. 122,000 children await adoption (HHS) and restricting qualified adoptive parents based on orientation harms children's welfare.