Why does CW's "Vampire Diaries" leave us cold, while WE's "Adoption Diaries" has us crying our little eyes out?
By Heather Havrilesky Sep 6, 2009
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Self magazine sets out to dispel myths about accidental pregnancy but ends up reinforcing some very old stereotypes.
By Amy Benfer
March 26, 2009
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I feel that she should know the truth -- but should I tell her?
By Cary Tennis
September 18, 2008
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I never thought I'd be able to enjoy Mother's Day again. Then, life brought me Annabelle.
By Ann Hood
May 10, 2008
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I was desperate to adopt a girl from India -- until I discovered she might have developmental problems. Will I ever stop thinking about the child I rejected?
By Jessica Berger Gross
January 3, 2008
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Stories we didn't get to cover: Women more concerned about the economy than men, sex for food, and why are males the gender most likely to adopt?
By Logan Scherer
August 8, 2008
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See, there's this maverick single dad with three adopted kids, and he buys this old houseboat and starts restoring it ...
By Cary Tennis
July 14, 2008
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Increasing the former does not decrease the latter, contrary to "middle ground" belief.
By Lynn Harris
October 31, 2007
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I know how Ellen DeGeneres feels: My adventures with private dog shelters convinced me that years of rescuing animals sometimes turns people into self-righteous tyrants.
By Heather Havrilesky
October 19, 2007
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Should obesity prevent prospective parents from adopting?
By Thomas Rogers
June 28, 2007
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My stepson's daughter, you see, is not biologically related to my husband and, well, it's complicated ...
By Cary Tennis
May 11, 2007
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Years after reuniting with my own birth mother, reading A.M. Homes' new memoir of adoption was like finding the journal I never kept.
By Emma Pearse
April 12, 2007
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Gay rights advances threatened by nasty custody battle.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
March 26, 2007
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Coming soon to a third world country near you.
By David Puner
March 2, 2007
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I'm troubled by the ethical implications of taking money for my ova.
By Cary Tennis
January 25, 2007
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New Chinese regulations block overweight, disabled and frequently divorced prospective parents from adopting.
By Carol Lloyd
December 21, 2006
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Human rights organizations will help decide whether the Material Girl can adopt a Malawian boy.
By Carol Lloyd
November 30, 2006
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My adopted son, already the father of three, faces a future of dead-end jobs and near poverty. What do I owe him and my unexpected, fragile grandchildren?
By Sallie Tisdale
November 29, 2006
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Madonna will soon find out it's tough enough to be an adoptive parent without being accused of "baby buying."
By Mary Kane
October 25, 2006
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Let's just dive right into the Madonna Malawian adoption scandal, shall we?
By Pamela Merritt
October 18, 2006
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Madonna in Malawi, the war on children, cat poop affects babies' sex and more!
By Carol Lloyd
October 12, 2006
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The breast-feeding advocates have allied themselves with a virulently antigay writer.
By Carol Lloyd
October 12, 2006
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Journalist Melissa Fay Greene talks about the enormity of the African AIDS crisis and why, as the mother of five, she decided to adopt four Ethiopian orphans.
By Curtis Sittenfeld
September 12, 2006
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In the decades between World War II and Roe v. Wade, 1.5 million young women were secretly sent to homes for unwed mothers and coerced into giving their babies up for adoption. Now their stories are finally being told.
By Sarah Karnasiewicz
May 11, 2006
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Jesse, and his two mommies, are embraced by a Boston-area Catholic school.
By Lynn Harris
April 19, 2006
Tears for fears
Single and knocked up
My niece was adopted 35 years ago -- and never told!
Little girl lost, little girl found
The baby I turned away
Ellen, the dog bullies and me
An adoptee, exposed
"The Jolie Doctrine"
A mother's love
Don't justify my love
The whole world in her home
The children they gave away
Joan Walsh
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