Foster care agencies would be prohibited from placing children with single adults engaged in premarital sex under a proposed bill in the Missouri House.
Almitra Smith has more from Jefferson City.
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The bill's sponsor, Republican Jack Jackson, says he wants to insure that foster children are placed in two-parent homes.
Democrat Margaret Donnelly says the bill would keep foster children out of good homes.
The bill has yet to come up for a vote. From the state Capitol, I'm Almitra Smith
State and private foster care agencies would be required to ask applicants if they are having sex out of wedlock under a bill in the Missouri House.
Almitra Smith has more from Jefferson City.
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The bill states no child can be placed with an unmarried individual in a sexual relationship.
Democrat Sharon Sanders Brooks who is on the House Social Services committee says the bill may be aimed at same-sex couples.
Republican Jack Jackson who sponsored the bill says it is about giving children a stabile home.
The bill has yet to come up for a vote. From the state Capitol. I'm Almitra Smith.
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