Adoption

PROOF: Laina and Debi Beasley.

Womb to grow

Lifestyle | The thriving practice of embryo adoption is saving little lives from destruction

Derailing the international orphan train

Derailing the international orphan train

Adoption |  It was a beautiful story, illustrated with photos of African babies firmly folded into white, homeschooling families. Delivered from war-torn, poverty-cursed…

Rosalinda, 9, is a homeless child living on the streets of Romania.

Native adoption trend takes hold in Eastern Europe

Adoption |  Every year since 1990, thousands of American families have adopted children from overseas—22,700 annually at the peak in 2005, according to State Department…

Jeana Bonner, left, of Utah, and Rebecca Preece, of Idaho, sit with their adopted children at a hotel in Moscow, Russia, shortly after the country approved a ban on American adoptions.

Adoption agencies abandon families

Adoption |  Christian World Adoption Agency (CWA) closed its doors last week, filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and ending the adoption process for 15 families without…

French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira delivers her speech following the vote at the National Assembly in Paris.

French lawmakers approve gay 'marriage'

Marriage |  The French National Assembly approved a bill Tuesday that legalizes gay marriage and allows same-sex couples to adopt children, following months of protests…

Baltimore Ravens tackle Michael Oher

Super Bowl trans-racial adoptions

Adoption |  Trans-racial adoption is still controversial among some social workers, but the Super Bowl was an advertisement for it, for Christian compassion, and for…

 Ellyson Hooker, right, runs ahead of her adopted brother Daniel as they play together at a restaurant in Guatemala City.

Fewer fathers for the fatherless

Adoption |  Fewer American parents are bringing home orphans from foreign countries, dropping the international adoption rate to a record low last year. The number of…

Brian Preece and his wife Rebecca, of Nampa, Idaho, who want to adopt a Russian boy with Down's syndrome.

Russia sends mixed signals on adoption ban

Adoption |  In the wake of Russia’s new law banning US adoptions, parents who have poured years of time and thousands of dollars into the adoption process now wait with…

Baltimore's Ray Lewis celebrates after the Ravens' overtime playoff victory against the Denver Broncos.

Signs and Wonders: NFL playoffs, Golden Globes, adoption, homosexuality

Newsworthy |  Football, anyone? I don’t normally spend much time watching NFL games, but when the playoffs roll around I usually give the games a try. Typically, I watch…

Adele with her Grammy for 2012 Record of the Year

Signs and Wonders: Music sells, American furniture does not, adoption gets a (tax) break

Newsworthy |  Worth noting. I normally don’t pay much attention to pop music in this column, but I couldn’t help noting that the British singer Adele’s 21 was the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Putin plans to sign U.S. adoption ban

Russia |  Russian President Vladimir Putin announced today he intends to sign a bill that bans Americans from adopting his country’s orphans. The legislation, passed…

Russian President Vladimir Putin

American adoptions held hostage in Russia

Adoption |  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sent would-be parents into a paroxysm of panic when he signaled he might approve a ban on American adoptions of…

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