Adoption

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Trial by public humiliation
Some birth mothers in Florida must publish their sexual histories in local newspapers if they wish to place their child for private adoption.
Summers at Camp Ethnicity
Are camps for foreign adoptees just a place for their parents to exorcise white guilt, or do they help the kids develop pride, cope with prejudice and get in touch with their roots?
So much for family values
Right-wing moralists threaten to take a child out of the only home he's ever known, simply because his parents are gay.
Future mothers of America
For a while, I traded e-mails with a pregnant, terrified 18-year-old. Then she stopped writing, and I'll always wonder.
A persistent old fart with St. Vitus' dance
How one member of the Liver Spot Set beat Mexican bureaucracy; the joy of giant duck love; and the geezer is asked to revisit fatherhood.
Now you're a parent, now you aren't
A California procedure used by same-sex partners to become legal parents is declared illegal, a move that could invalidate thousands of adoptions.
Blue Glow
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"I hope you have a good life"
A mother and daughter reunite only to face permanent separation.
Elizabeth Kim
Ten Thousand Sorrows
Dating the birth mother
By Caroline Leavitt
What's wrong with foreign adoption?
By Barb Reinhold
Dating the birth mother
Before you adopt a baby, you've got to sweep Mom off her feet.
Richard knows best
The naked schemer of "Survivor" answers to child abuse charges -- with a confession.
Picking parents for Joshua
His biological mom and dad nearly killed him. Now I must find the perfect people to give him a fresh start.
The cry that came in from the cold
By Steve Kimian
The cry that came in from the cold
Will a new measure adopted by the Putin administration change who profits from Russia's lucrative baby-selling business?
Letters to the editor
Should adoption records be open to adult adoptees? Plus: Oral sex self-portraits aren't art; "U-571" director has no right to question the authenticity of "Das Boot."
Stalked by my birth mother
I didn't want to be her baby, not now, maybe never.
Nonparent trap?
Elinor Burkett argues that family-friendly policies are racist, regressive and, worst of all, anti-woman.
Witness for the persecution
Croatian novelist and journalist Slavenka Drakulic tells a story of breathtaking brutality. We interview her about her new novel and her experiences.
Damaged goods
The parents of a murderer sue adoption workers, claiming they should have been told about the boy's mentally ill birth mother.
Torn to pieces
Brothers and sisters in foster care, rarely adopted together, are routinely split and scattered, never to see each other again.
Letters to the editor
The mixed blessing of adoption; Plus: Readers shocked to find themselves agreeing with David Horowitz; Christopher Buckley "sincerely disgusted."
The unbearable lightness of Schwarzenegger
Film critics struggle to review "The End of Days" and still retain their indie cred. Plus: The AIDS crisis in Africa and one writer's desperate attempt to get a job at Maxim.
Taking a chance on love
Suddenly, we would be allowed to adopt a baby -- if we could accept the very real possibility that, one day, he would be mentally ill.
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