adoption

A child's room shelf with pink patent leather shoes, a pink plaid tissue box, and a framed illustration. The illustration depicts teddy bears holding balloons with letters forming a name. In the foreground, there is a pale blue container and a white ceramic item, possibly a toy or decoration. The setting is playful and colorful, suggesting a nursery or child's room.
Lifestyle
International adoptions face hurdles, leaving little hope for many orphaned children
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Marissa and Hannah Brandt.
Culture
How two sisters will make it to South Korea’s Olympics — but for opposing teams
Nancy Bailey with some of the Guatemalan kids she helped.
Justice
The Californian woman accused of trafficking babies in Guatemala will soon learn her fate
Photo of Nancy Bailey with children from her school
Education
Fairy godmother or child trafficker? An American woman stands trial in Guatemala.
Lucky Boy
Books
The novel ‘Lucky Boy’ and a timely story of immigration and motherhood
Kim Craig has spent the past three years in Korea, hoping to get home to the US.
Justice
This woman has been stuck in Korea for three years trying to get home to the US
Two images, one of an infant in black and white and one of a woman
Justice
She’ll get US citizenship 60 years after being adopted, but thousands more must still wait
Ayesha Albusmait, and her daughter, Reem Abdullah Rashid. Albusmait is one of the small, but growing number of single Emirati woman choosing to adopt.
Belief
When you’re a single woman in the Emirates, but you still want a child
Ayesha and Marco D'Souza with their daughter Tenaya
Culture
This Mumbai couple waited to adopt a daughter: ‘We just wanted a girl’
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Economics
For adopted Guatemalans, a searcher will look for birth moms. But sometimes the reunions are fraught.
A Haitian child who will be placed for adoption sleeps in his crib at an orphanage outside of Port-au-Prince.
Science
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Health & Medicine
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