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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. â The presumably brave but difficult decision to place a baby for adoption was tough for many birth parents in a pre-pandemic world. During the COVID-19 crisis, some coping with that decision found that has been even more challenging.
âI think for all of us this has been kind of an isolating time, and thatâs no different in an unplanned pregnancy,â said Kristen Schlee, a pregnancy counselor with Bethany Christian Services. âItâs already kind of an isolating time for women that are facing that.â
Bethany Christian Services is an adoption agency that has locations across the country, including a center in Virginia Beach known as Bethany of Virginia. The adoption agency provides support and vital resources to women facing an unplanned pregnancy.
Central New York officials are reflecting on the struggles facing Syracuse children at home and in their neighborhoods as they mark National Child Abuse
A man has been charged after he allegedly had sexually explicit conversations with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.
Detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit say they began engaging online with the man earlier this month.
Police will allege in court that the man engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform on the child and sent sexually explicit material.
Strike Force Trawler detectives arrested a 50-year-old man at a home at Gunnedah about 8.30am yesterday.
A search warrant was subsequently executed, where detectives seized a mobile phone.