Adoption

Russian adoption ban leaves U.S. families in an agonizing limbo

2013-05-21 00:00:00

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Andy and Bethany Nagel left photos of themselves at the orphanage for the little boy with Down syndrome who was going to be their son. We'll be back, they told 4-year-old Timofey, blowing kisses from the doorway and...

'The Mothers' follows one couple's attempt to adopt

2013-05-02 14:45:00

Our cultural obsession with babies and motherhood has raged for decades. The media take stock of every new celebrity baby bump; women go to undreamed of lengths to procure progeny, freezing eggs, implantation and surrogates. As in the culture at large,...

Happy birthday, Superman! A look back at 75 powerful years

2013-04-18 11:52:57

Supreme Court hears custody dispute over adopted girl

2013-04-16 23:05:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to decide who should raise a 3 1/2-year-old girl who was given up by her single mother: the South Carolina couple who adopted her at birth or her biological father, who invoked his rights as a...

Dorothy DeBolt dies at 89; adoption advocate raised 20 children

2013-03-12 00:00:00

It was a story Dorothy Atwood DeBolt enjoyed telling, one that any harried parent of young children might find somewhat familiar. The phone rang one day as the busy mother raced around her home, getting ready for an out-of-town trip and wrapping up...

Superman turns 75: 75 super images of the Man of Steel

2013-03-28 08:42:35

Reuben Pannor dies at 90; trailblazer for open adoptions

2013-01-01 00:00:00

People have an intrinsic right to know their ancestry — at least Reuben Pannor thought so. A Los Angeles social worker and trailblazer for the open-adoption movement, Pannor co-wrote "The Adoption Triangle," a 1978 book that served as the...

Russian ban on U.S. adoptions meant to cast Americans as abusers

2012-12-28 02:00:00

Anyone unfamiliar with the hyperbole of post-Cold War politics might be perplexed by Moscow’s move to outlaw American adoption of Russian orphans. More than 60,000 Russian children once condemned to a hellish institutional life have been brought...

African adoptions raise alarm about safeguards

2012-06-02 16:40:30

If Catholic Charities can't accept same-sex marriage, it should get out of childcare and adoption business [Most Commented]

2011-06-22 16:35:46

Term 'embryo adoption' is misleading, medical group says

2009-12-02 16:32:29

Annette Baran dies at 83; crusader for open adoption

2010-07-19 00:00:00

Living with a secret is psychologically destructive — that concept was nearly an anthem for Annette Baran, a clinical social worker and psychotherapist who co-wrote "The Adoption Triangle," an influential 1978 book credited with giving early shape...

Where do we start? In 2005, Pitt accompanied girlfriend Angelina Jolie to Ethiopia, where she adopted her second child, Zahara Marley, a decision which Jolie later stated she and Pitt had made together. In 2006, Pitt legally adopted Jolie's two children, Zahara and Cambodia-born Maddox Chivan.

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, an adoptive parent himself, wishes Raheem Fisher a happy sixth birthday. The Fishers currently have six adopted children including Raheem, but over the years have been foster and adoptive parents to many more.

2010-08-18 00:00:00

Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, an adoptive parent himself wishes Raheem Fisher a happy sixth birthday. The Fishers currently have six adopted children including Raheem, but over the years have been foster and adoptive parents to many more.

2010-08-18 00:00:00