Two adult adoptees are working on the first edition of a Chinese Birth Parent Search Manual, to be released at the end of 2016.
News Brief: CCCWA Announces New Program for China’s Former Shared List
China’s central adoption authority, CCCWA, has announced a new program to advocate for waiting children on the country’s former “Shared List.”
News Briefs: Intercountry Adoption Updates, August 2016
Intercountry adoption laws are updated frequently. Learn about recent changes in Uganda, Romania, Haiti, and Ethiopia.
News Brief: LGBT Parents Very Open to Openness
A new study by The Donaldson Adoption Institute found that LGBT families are highly motivated to maintain openness and birth family contact.
News Brief: Higher Rates of Adoption Documented in Transgender Youth
Doctors at a gender management clinic have found that 8.2 percent of the 184 transgender youth they’ve seen between 2007 and 2015 were adopted. The overall rate in their state is 2.3 percent.
News Briefs: Intercountry Adoption Updates, August 2016
Intercountry adoption laws are updated frequently. Learn about recent changes in Uganda, Romania, Haiti, and Ethiopia.
A Nation’s Buried Pain
Kay Ann Johnson spent more than 20 years listening to the anguished accounts of Chinese people who relinquished, adopted, and hid out-of-plan or over quota children in the face of the country’s One-Child Policy. In China’s Hidden Children, she shares their stories.
News Briefs: Intercountry Adoption Updates, Spring 2016
Intercountry adoption laws are always changing. Learn about the changes from the first quarter of 2016 here.
News Briefs: State Adoption Law Updates, Spring 2016
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida, and Iowa all made or are considering changes to their state adoption laws in the beginning of 2016. Read on to learn more.
News Brief: For Some Parents, International Adoption Decision Reflects Racial Bias
A new study by the University of Vermont concluded that race plays a role for some parents who adopt internationally rather than domestically. Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 41 mostly white parents who had, collectively, adopted 33 children of various ethnic and racial backgrounds from 10 different countries, as well as the United States.
News Brief: Bill Proposes More Leave for Adoptive Parents in the Military
Representative Tammy Duckworth introduced the Military Leave Modernization Act, which would guarantee 12 weeks of leave for all military parents.
News Brief: U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Alabama’s Refusal to Recognize Same-Sex Adoption
The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that denied the parental rights of a partner in a former same-sex couple.
News Brief: Further Decline in International Adoption in 2015
In 2015, parents in the United States adopted 5,648 children from 89 different countries. The number of intercountry adoptions completed by parents in the U.S. has steadily dropped since 22,884 children were adopted in 2004.
Adoption Cost and Timing in 2014-2015
Each year, Adoptive Families polls newly formed families across the country to get actual information on the cost and length of time it took those families to complete their adoptions. We are grateful to every one of you who took our most recent Cost & Timing of Adoption Survey.
News Brief: Expert Recommends Screening Adoptive Parents for Depression
Pregnant women should be screened for depression, experts say. Should adoptive parents be included in this recommendation?
State Adoption Law Updates, Winter 2016
State adoption laws are always changing. Read up on the latest update.
Intercountry Adoption Updates, Winter 2016
Haiti and India have recently changed their adoption laws.
Surrogate Sues to Keep Genetically Unrelated Baby
A woman hired as a surrogate wants to keep one of the children she’s carrying, against the wishes of the genetic father.
Intercountry Adoption Updates
Parents interested in adopting from Haiti, the DRC, or India should pay attention to these recent updates.
State Adoption Law Updates
What adoption laws changed in late 2015?