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The process of adopting a child can be long and demanding but it is a rewarding wait.
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A same-sex couple’s struggle to have their children via surrogacy granted citizenship in Namibia, where marriage between men is not yet legal, is being stonewalled at every turn
The New South Wales government said the change would prevent vulnerable young people from being moved around multiple foster homes
The court found former gynaecologist Eduardo Vela guilty of taking Ines Madrigal, now 49, away from her mother as a newborn in 1969
The ‘stolen babies’ scandal was a dark chapter of the repressive Franco era that shook Spain when it eventually came to light in the 2000s
The Law Reform Commission is examining the rights of donor-conceived children to learn their donors’ identity, but what would a new system look like?
New dads and adoptive parents should have the same time off work as moms who give birth
White South Africans are learning it’s time to confront each other’s problematic race attitudes.
Social workers prefer to avoid transracial adoptions, but supply and demand often override this sentiment when it comes to potential parents.
The ban on foreign gay couples adopting has underscored a growing rift with the West over gay rights under President Vladimir Putin.
Australia will formally apologise for the forced adoption of tens of thousands of babies born mostly to unmarried mothers between the 1950s and 1970s.
One of the biggest challenges faced by child welfare groups involved with abandoned babies and adoption is time. Too much of it, and not enough.
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/ 11 February 2012
Russia has signalled that it could soon slap a moratorium on US adoptions of local children despite the signing of an agreement on the issue in 2011.
Roman Catholic hospitals in Australia apologised on Monday for forcing unmarried mothers to give up babies for adoption decades ago.
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/ 2 December 2009
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Malawi’s highest court on Friday granted American pop icon Madonna the right to adopt a second child from an orphanage in the country.
As a court prepares to decide on Madonna’s adoption bid, a dispute has erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the girl’s father.
A 24-year-old Malawian man who claims to be the father of a girl Madonna wants to adopt vowed Sunday to fight the US pop icon’s adoption bid.
The Malawi Supreme Court will next month hear an appeal by Madonna over her failed bid to adopt a second child, a court official said on Monday.
This is the story of two single mothers in Malawi — one unknown and dirt poor, the other famous and unimaginably wealthy.
Wealthy, famous, fabulous at 50 — but not a mother of four. Pop star extraordinaire Madonna lost a bid on Friday to adopt a second child from Malawi.
A judge has rejected Madonna’s request to adopt a second child from Malawi because of a requirement that prospective parents live there for 18 months.
While Madonna waits to hear on Friday if she can adopt a second child from impoverished Malawi, one person has given the pop diva his blessing.
Madonna has confirmed her attempts to adopt a young Malawian girl and said through a spokesperson that she is following standard procedures.
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/ 27 February 2009
A Congolese family uprooted by war went to court on Friday seeking to be reunited with a Kenyan baby they say they found abandoned on the roadside.
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/ 21 February 2009
Michigan courts can oversee a dispute between lesbian parents who adopted in Illinois even though Michigan doesn’t recognise gay relationships.