US Supreme Court upholds Native American adoption rights
Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a law that gives Native American families priority in adoptions and foster care placements of tribal children. In a 7-2 vote, the nation's highest court rejected challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) brought by a non-Native American couple seeking to adopt an Indian child and the state of Texas. They had argued that the ICWA, passed by Congress in 1978, was unconstitutional and discriminates on the basis of race. "The issues are complicated," said Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who authored the majority opinion. "But the bottom...