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Russian adoption ban leaves U.S. families in an agonizing limbo
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Andy and Bethany Nagel left photos of themselves at the orphanage for the little boy with Down syndrome who was going to be their son. We'll be back, they told 4-year-old Timofey, blowing kisses from the doorway and...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Russia, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Human Rights
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'The Mothers' follows one couple's attempt to adopt
Our cultural obsession with babies and motherhood has raged for decades. The media take stock of every new celebrity baby bump; women go to undreamed of lengths to procure progeny, freezing eggs, implantation and surrogates. As in the culture at large,...
Tags: Human Interest, Book, Family, Animals, Social Issues
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Happy birthday, Superman! A look back at 75 powerful years
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesIt's an auspicious occasion for the Man of Steel. Exactly 75 years ago today, Superman made his debut in “Action ...... -
Supreme Court hears custody dispute over adopted girl
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to decide who should raise a 3 1/2-year-old girl who was given up by her single mother: the South Carolina couple who adopted her at birth or her biological father, who invoked his rights as a...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy
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Dorothy DeBolt dies at 89; adoption advocate raised 20 children
It was a story Dorothy Atwood DeBolt enjoyed telling, one that any harried parent of young children might find somewhat familiar. The phone rang one day as the busy mother raced around her home, getting ready for an out-of-town trip and wrapping up...
Tags: Human Interest, Entertainment, Movies, Polio, Spina Bifida
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Superman turns 75: 75 super images of the Man of Steel
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesSuperman looks good for 75. The Last Son of Krypton's 75th anniversary coincides with the June 14 release of “Man ...... -
Reuben Pannor dies at 90; trailblazer for open adoptions
People have an intrinsic right to know their ancestry — at least Reuben Pannor thought so. A Los Angeles social worker and trailblazer for the open-adoption movement, Pannor co-wrote "The Adoption Triangle," a 1978 book that served as the...
Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Social Services, Cornell University, Social Issues, U.S. Army
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Russian ban on U.S. adoptions meant to cast Americans as abusers
Anyone unfamiliar with the hyperbole of post-Cold War politics might be perplexed by Moscow’s move to outlaw American adoption of Russian orphans. More than 60,000 Russian children once condemned to a hellish institutional life have been brought...
Tags: Russia, Justice and Rights, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Moscow (Russia)
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African adoptions raise alarm about safeguards
World NowAs Guatemala, China and other adoption hubs have pulled back on foreign adoptions or stopped them altogether, Africa has become the new frontier for adoptions, bolstered by the sight of stars such as Madonna and Angelina Jolie bringing African children... -
If Catholic Charities can't accept same-sex marriage, it should get out of childcare and adoption business [Most Commented]
Opinion L.A.The debate over marriage equality moved to the New York Senate this week. If the measure passes the Legislature, the state would be the largest to adopt same-sex marriage. Op-Ed columnist Tim Rutten zeroed in on New York's importance in...... -
Term 'embryo adoption' is misleading, medical group says
Booster ShotsIn recent years, some private adoption agencies have promoted "embryo adoption" services in which people can take possession of donated embryos and use them in concert with fertility treatments to become pregnant. But a major medical group today blasted... -
Annette Baran dies at 83; crusader for open adoption
Living with a secret is psychologically destructive — that concept was nearly an anthem for Annette Baran, a clinical social worker and psychotherapist who co-wrote "The Adoption Triangle," an influential 1978 book credited with giving early shape...Tags: Chicago Tribune, University of Southern California, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Social Services, Children
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