Rita Swan, who passed away on October 4, 2022, was a giant in establishing children’s civil rights to health and medical care. We at CHILD USA will miss her dearly.
Rita Swan: A Giant of Children’s Civil Rights to Health and Medical Care
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The Right’s Attack on Children
This blog was written by CHILD USA CEO and Founder Professor Marci Hamilton and published in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas on April 29, 2024. “Parental rights” are all the rage now in some quarters. But when parents gain rights, who loses them? Children. Remember the Dark Ages in America for...
CHILD USA Responds to Bankruptcy Lawyer Fined for Alerting School to Priest’s Past Sexual Misconduct
A New Orleans attorney who represents victims of clerical sexual abuse was fined $400,000 by a federal bankruptcy court judge after he alerted a local Catholic high school that a priest who worked there, Paul Hart, sexually abused a teenage student at another institution in the past.
Who is Watching Out for Those Children?
This blog was written by Mauri Rapp, CHILD USA's Content Manager, after her Q&A with Dr. Paul Offit on the importance of child immunizations, the alarming trend of anti-vaxxers, and how education is the key to ensuring the safety and health of our children. Dr. Paul Offit is the Director of...
Arthur Baselice Jr.’s Story
Arthur’s words stand out. They pull you to the truth, and – like his demeanor – command attention, instead of demanding it; his words have a simple logic the grief behind them never will. T
The United States Must Build on the Decline in Child Poverty and Join the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
Child Trends recently released a study finding that, between 1993 and 2019—a span of only 26 years—the number of children living in poverty in the United States was reduced by more than half (59% to be exact).
Statutes of Limitation: What They Are and Why They Matter to CHILD USA
At CHILD USA, we fight for the rights of children to be free from child sex abuse (“CSA”) through legal reforms that hold individuals and institutions accountable.
One Thing That Governments Must Do to Prevent Child Sex Abuse and Exploitation: To Mark the First World Day for the Prevention of, and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence
We are here today on this first World Day for the Prevention of, and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence, united by our shared passion to save the world’s children from sex abuse and exploitation.
Impacts of the Dobbs Decision on Children: Teen/Child Pregnancy
Impacts of the Dobbs Decision on Children: Teen/Child Pregnancy Cowritten by Sarah Bousquet – Research & Development Intern and Social Science Director – AJ Ortiz This past June, the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson overturned both Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey...