The advent of ultrasound technology is usually considered a boon to the pro-life movement. Ever since its rise to common use, countless lives of unborn children have been saved, as women gaze in wonder at the beautifully formed human beings inside them.....[more]

Family Law - Part I - The Fallacy
By Kenneth C. Wiggins aka "Wiley"

The fundamental changes in American Law that lead to the body of law we now call, "Family Law", arose in 1960's, born of the Feminist Rights Movements. Primarily they were promoted by the then new National Organization of Women (N.O.W.), which included founding members and authors Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem. Originally they prompted California to pass no-fault divorce statutes in 1970, and worked to spread that concept across the nation. In the early 1970s, they promoted statutes in the state of Minnesota regarding child support, custody and other issues, particularly the concept of "the best interest of the children" and the States involvement as parens patriae "owners" of the children's welfare.....[more]

How Slavery Has Effected the Black Family Today

Many believe that the effects of slavery have passed and that no issues or problems Black Americans face today can be attributed to the crimes of slavery, but nothing can be further from the truth. The truth being, the Black family structure suffered greatly because of separation of mother/father and child or husband and wife or by the tearing down of the pure African bloodline mingled with the blood of past Euro-rapist.....[more]

Start With the Children

Many Black organizations, churches, and individuals toss in two to 4 cents of opinion where it pertains to giving back to and improving the Black community. Advocates come from various walks of life; race, income and educational levels; however, besides donating money to a cause or paying dues to fund a Black charity, in what ways can these humanitarians actually trigger change........[more]

Protection From Child Protective Services

Some government services are needed in our society, those such as water filtration, garbage collection, and military protection, but there are other agencies that may mean well but sometimes overstep their boundaries, such as Child Protection Services. Organized to protect children from abusive and neglectful parents, this agency is not beyond error, and sometimes to a devastating result......[more]

Adoption: The Moral Alternative to Abortion.

Survey statistics overall showed that adoption in the millennium has a better reputation than ever, and that people are connecting with the idea of adoption as good for their families and for society:

· 4 in 10 American adults (81.5 million) have considered adoption for their own families
· 63 percent of all American adults have a very favorable opinion about adoption (seven percentage point increase since measured in 1997)
· 64 percent have experienced adoption within their own families or among close friends (a six percentage point increase since 1997)
· 78 percent believe the country should be doing more to encourage adoption · 95 percent think adoptive parents should receive the same maternity and paternity benefits from employers as biological parents
· Hispanic populations are more likely (54 percent) to consider adoption than African-American (45 percent) and White populations (36 percent) – though African-Americans are most likely to consider adopting a child who has been in foster care for a few years

Be Part of the Solution and Foster A Child

Why are there so many Black children in foster care? Because the Black single-parent family rate is twice as high as any other ethnic group in America and social service agencies make it their business to dissect the Black family brick by brick and child by child. It's not a father thing or a mother thing, it's a business thing......[more]

Stats on Foster Care

How many children were in foster care on September 30, 2000? 556,000
How many children entered foster care during FY 2000? 291,000
How many children exited foster care during FY 2000? 275,000
How many children were waiting to be adopted on September 30, 2000? 131,000
How many children had their parental rights terminated for all living parents? 75,000
How many children were adopted from the public foster care system in FY 2000? 51,000

Source Stats from the Administration of Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The stats on children entering foster care increases every year. In 1992 there were 494,000 children in foster care nationwide. That is an increase of 62000 over eight (8) years. That's 7750 a year on average breaking down to 645 a month and 21 children a day nationwide that goes into foster care.

If this cycle continues at this rate, in 2010 there will be an additional 54,250 children in foster care give or take a rate of change. The cases of children being put into foster care could increase each day or decrease.

For instance, at the end of 1982 there were 262,000 children in foster care, which means that in a ten year period of time - between 1982 and 1992, 232,000 more children came into foster care, that's 23200 a year and 1933 a month averaging to 64 children a day going into foster care. However, this is based on a ten (10) year span (from 1982-1992) as opposed to an eight (8) year span (from 1992-2000). If calculated accordingly, the findings would indeed show that the rates are decreasing over the years as to the number of children going into foster care.

What would the reason for this be? Either the States have refrained from extracting children from the families as much, more families are staying together and providing better living environments, or less children are being born today than in the eighties.

12 Step Program
By AJ

Time and time again I found myself in this same predicament. Whether through running women, or through dogging them out - I was ultimately doomed.

Something about me was constantly looking for prey. Why I was always hunting I don't know. What I do know is that through years of 'hunting' I had ultimately become a pro, and the ladies - had no idea they were being preyed upon until it was too late. It was either be eaten - or fight back with all their strength.......[more]

Internet Dating
By Phyllisa Smith

Of course there have been many conversations about Internet dating, however, I would like to examine it in relation to the future state of the Black community. I recently looked at three Internet dating websites, an interracial dating site, Black Planet and then Match, the one advertised on Black America Web. I would like to discuss each site and what I gathered from these sights that allow the future Black family to appear bleak......[more]

Pro-Choice Support is Diminishing Among Blacks

Never in the history of the world, has there ever been a medical practice such as abortion - the premeditated killing of a child fetus within a woman's womb. The post-modern scientific United States has concocted and made law one of the most heinous acts of human sacrifice ever......[more]

Own Up To Womanhood

What can society do to reduce the rate of single young women birthing illegitimate children into society, which in turn births deadbeat fathers into the child support system and millions of children into poverty?......[more]

Planned Parenthood: An Enemy of Morality

The Planned Parenthood organization is the perfect example of dealing with a problem once it is too late. The initial problem is teen pregnancy and the logical solution is better parenting and or a lesson on simple abstinence. But, because society has become too indifferent to face problems head-on and instead take the easy way out, the consequences only adds more problems thereby ignoring any logic......[more]

America's Fascination with Dating

The singles scene in America has never been more fanatical. Not since the seventies when the bar scene, the mood ring, and the horoscope was the fad has America gone to such extremes to find the right soul mate or any kind of mate. Today there is the Internet, reality TV matchmaking and marriage shows, and the rise in personal ads. Could this exaggerated search for companionship be the result of an unwillingness to commit by the general public as a whole, or the need to fulfill the emptiness of a loveless society?.....[more]

Selecting A Method of Birth Control

Today a large percentage of sexually active people believe that both partners in a sexual relationship should share the responsibility for fertility control. The most important way to share this responsibility is to discuss it. In an ongoing relationship, there are many opportunities to talk about fertility control.

Partners who share the responsibility are more likely to use their chosen methods properly, which makes fertility control more effective. Tale a look at the advantages and disadvantages of different fertility control methods and remember, both partners are responsible if an unintended pregnancy occurs.....[more]