The recent SC judgment on India's Maternity Benefit Act serves as an acknowledgment that the legal system must expand its understanding of family and care.

RelinquishedBy Gretchen SissonSt. Martin’s PressOut in paperback March 17, 2026 Adoption. Let’s talk about it. Specifically, domestic, private infant adoptions in the United States. As author and ...

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The government must issue a formal, unqualified apology to survivors of forced adoption who have "suffered for too long", a ...

On Friday, the BBC covered the story of Vik Fielder, who said her mum, then 18, "desperately" tried to keep her after giving ...

Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill into law that will implement significant reforms to Utah’s adoption laws, amid concerns that ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer admitted "my own view is there is a very strong case for an apology" in an exclusive ...

An Ontario couple is accused of murdering a boy in their care and what the Crown alleges was torture of his younger brother. Irwin Elman, the president of Defence for Children International Canada, ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about adoption is that the many paths are variations of the same experience. They’re not.

We met Ashley at an anime convention, surrounded by art, costumes and characters she enjoys. She spoke enthusiastically about ...

Vik Fielder's mum was forced to give her up for adoption when she was seven days old Vik Fielder's unmarried 18-year-old ...

Pamela Shipley was taken away from her biological mother in 1962 when she was just three weeks old and has never been able to ...