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Adoption

  1. q&a
    The Untold Stories of Birth MothersGretchen Sisson interviewed more than 100 women who placed their children for adoption. Almost all of them felt misled about the process.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  2. esther calling
    ‘How Do I Have a Relationship With My Birth Mother Without Survivor’s Guilt?’“You don’t become a healer to numb your own feelings,” says Esther Perel. “The question is whether you want to take care of her.”
    By Esther Perel
  3. adoption
    Michael Oher Doesn’t Have to Be Grateful to the TuohysAngela Tucker, a transracial adoptee and mentor, on the impact of The Blind Side and the reaction to Oher’s claim that it was based on a lie.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  4. first person
    The First Baby I LovedWhen an adoption match turned unexpectedly complicated, we were faced with our first-ever parenting decision — and our hardest.
    By Katie Nugent
  5. power
    What the Media Gets Wrong About Adoption NarrativesRoxanna Asgarian’s book on the 2018 murder of six adopted children focuses on their birth parents and the broken child-welfare system.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  6. as told to
    ‘I Was Adopted by Forced Birthers’An adoptee wishes their birth mother had been given a choice.
    As told to Bindu Bansinath
  7. roe v. wade
    Amy Coney Barrett’s Adoption Myths“What’s happening at the Supreme Court is that people are using us to further their own agenda. They’re co-opting our lives and our stories.”
    By Irin Carmon
  8. nuclear families
    The Necessary Will of Lesbian MothersThe queer family in the 1980s lived under threat of siege.
    By Sarah Schulman
  9. the cut podcast
    Transracial Adoptees Are Tired of TVFinding characters and story lines that reflect the complexities of growing up in white families is almost impossible.
    By the Cut
  10. it’s a dog’s market
    It’s a Dog’s MarketAdopting used to be a good thing that good people could do. These days, you’re probably not good enough.
    By Allie Conti
  11. family
    Why Did These YouTubers Give Away Their Son?Myka and James Stauffer adopted a toddler from China and shared every step of the process with their online audience. Except the last.
    By Caitlin Moscatello
  12. influencers
    Popular Mommy Vlogger Admits She ‘Rehomed’ Her Adopted SonYouTuber Myka Stauffer is facing backlash after announcing the decision in a new video.
    By Amanda Arnold
  13. lgbtq rights
    Trump Continues Drive to Protect Religious-Based DiscriminationThe administration is fighting to repeal health-care protections and adoption rights for LGBTQ people, on behalf of his Christian right backers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. parenting
    Hoda Kotb Has Adopted Another Baby Girl!She shared the happy news on Today.
    By Lisa Ryan
  15. new mom
    How We Got These BabiesTwenty women tell their stories.
  16. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Thought She Was Finally PregnantInstead, her symptoms meant something very different.
    By the Cut
  17. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Wasn’t Sure a Birth Mother Would Choose Her Family“When the mother has an obvious disability, she’s probably not the mother you would pick for your child.”
    By the Cut
  18. how i got this baby
    How I Got This Baby: The Mom Who Didn’t Go Into Foster Parenting BlindlyIn this Week’s How I Got This Baby, a couple who made a tough decision about their first foster daughter, then adopted four children.
    By the Cut
  19. how i got this baby
    The Trans Man Who Didn’t Expect to Enjoy Being PregnantThis week’s How I Got This Baby.
    By the Cut
  20. how i got this baby
    The Birth Mom With No RegretsThis week’s How I Got This Baby.
    By the Cut
  21. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Didn’t Want to Try IVF AgainIn this week’s How I Got This Baby, a woman whose foster kids made her yearn for a child.
    By the Cut
  22. celebrity babies
    Younger’s Sutton Foster and Husband Welcome a Baby GirlEmily Dale Griffin was born on March 5.
    By Jenni Miller
  23. Madonna Has Adopted Twin Girls From MalawiShe’s adopted 4-year-old twins Stella and Esther.
    By Lisa Ryan
  24. a chance at a family
    IVF and Adoption Costs Will Finally Be Covered for Wounded VeteransVeterans Affairs is finally covering the costs.
    By Lisa Ryan
  25. motherhood
    I’m White. My 4-Year-Old Son’s Black. How Do We Talk About ‘Bad Guys’?Why did my preschooler ask if a black biker were “bad”?
    By Kera Bolonik
  26. mothers day 2016
    Getting a Foster Mom Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to MeHow a teenage African refugee and a California mom built a relationship from scratch.
    As told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  27. Sandra Bullock Adopted Another Kid, and It Still Wasn’t YouShe’s now mom to 3-year-old Laila.
    By Nate Jones
  28. feature
    ‘Do You Know How Your Daughter Died?’When Gloria Huang was declared dead in a Doha emergency room, her parents had no time to grieve before they were caught up in a legal nightmare.
    By Robert Kolker
  29. Chris Gethard Gets a Billboard; Still Finds a Way to Self-Deprecate IFC recently adopted Chris Gethard and like all adoptions, that meant they had to get him a 30 ft. x 30 ft. billboard. Sounds great, right? […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  30. gays
    Florida Court Finds That Gay-Adoption Ban Violates the Equal Protection ClauseStarting now, gay couples can now adopt in the state after a 30-year block.
    By Chris Rovzar
  31. surprise twist
    Sandra Bullock Adopts Baby, Audience SighsThis movie has a happy ending!
    By Willa Paskin
  32. the most important babies in the world
    Malawi High Court Officially Rules in Madonna Adoption CaseApparently they get it.
    By Chris Rovzar
  33. the most important babies in the world
    Madonna Wins Ownership Over Soul of Human ChildWhat, like you thought the entire nation of Malawi was some sort of match for her?
    By Chris Rovzar
  34. the most important adoption in the world
    Madonna, Predictably, Does Not Accept Ruling of Mere Malawi CourtShe’s already filed an appeal.
    By Chris Rovzar
  35. the most important adoption in the world
    Malawi Court Rejects Madonna AdoptionAccording to a witness when the ruling was announced, an incredulous Madonna “kept wringing her hands.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  36. the most important adoption in the world
    Malawi Caves to MadonnaAGAIN.
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. the most important babies in the world
    Madonna’s New Baby Wannabe Is Kind of Winning Us OverLook at that face! And that distressed-denim jumper!
    By Chris Rovzar
  38. the most important people in the world
    Madonna Files Papers to Dilute Lourdes’s Fame With Yet Another Adopted BabyMalawi officials report that the Material Mom has officially requested another child from their country.
    By Chris Rovzar
  39. the most important people in the world
    Malawi Gets a Little Judgy About Madonna’s Personal LifeAccording to one African adoption official, Her Madgesty’s love-life travails may get in the way of her newest adoption.
    By Chris Rovzar
  40. oh dear
    Barbara Corcoran’s Children Came at a PriceOh, dear.
    By Jessica Pressler