Updating the adoption data series.
Tag: adoption
International adoption, rise and fall
A two-thirds drop since 2004.
Thankful for families, or not
Hunger around the world, inequality within families.
Mother no more?
The NC Supreme Court voids hundreds of existing adoptive parents' rights.
Citizenship: Because I said so
Birthrights, "anchor babies," and shameless politics.
Russia’s institutionalized children
What to make of the situation for Russian children without parents.
International adoption under siege?
What had looked like a title wave of adoptions into the U.S. just a few years ago now looks like a roller coaster whose ride is coming to an end.
W(h)ither intercountry adoption?
The Adoption Policy Conference, held in light of Haiti's crisis, and a look at the health of adopted children.
Orphans of disaster
Losing family members - parents or children - takes many tolls.
Gendering parenthood studies
A new review of several dozen parenting studies attempts to assess the popular claims that married, biological, two-parent families are "best" for children.