Adoption has been in the news since the U.S. Supreme Court heard Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the case that overturned the constitutional right to abortion access in June 2022. At the ...

Adoption changed my life in many ways, providing access to a quality education, supportive immediate and extended family, and ...

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

Sisson synthesizes over a decade of research and longitudinal interviews with birth mothers to lay out an extensive history of adoption in the U.S.—which has deep roots in racial capitalism and the ...

Lynard is a graphic designer and marketing manager at Walden Family Services. She lives in Redlands. My personal story of adoption isn’t overly exciting, but to me, my personal journey has been both ...

The woman learned she was one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of babies illegally adopted under Pinochet's dictatorship in ...

My husband and I didn't want to give our children hyphenated last names. We decided they would have his last name and use middle names from my side of the family. When we adopted our fourth child, we ...

Kaitlin Saar, of Smithtown, met her biological mother, María Paulina González Seguel, who'd spent decades looking for her ...

‘Ruined them for a baby’: Birth mother facing eviction after she says Utah adoption provider took back offer for thousands in cash Tammy Perzia reacts to a phone call recording. Tammy Perzia says ...

63% of birth mothers surveyed said they were satisfied with their choice. But about 1 in 5 were not satisfied with their decision to place their child for adoption. The stigma around placing children ...