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Seventy communities in the United States will receive a total of $2.9 million in federal funds to support breastfeeding. Also this week, India’s federal cabinet voted to bar same-sex couples from adopting children.
They never questioned not having children, until his wife discovered she had primary ovarian insufficiency, says Khizer Husain in this excerpt from the anthology “Salaam Love.” The diagnosis led to an exploration of religiously viable alternatives.
Some employers give adoptive parents a raw deal. But fortunately there are signs of improvement among companies on Working Mother’s top-100 employer list.
The rise of Christian adoption brings millions of new advocates supporting an industry often marked by ambiguous goals and dirty money, says Kathryn Joyce in this excerpt from “The Child Catchers.” Like with all adoptions, it also makes the birthmother invisible.
Two mothers, an American and Guatemalan, inadvertently get caught in an illegal international adoption scam. In this excerpt from her book, “Finding Fernanda,” Erin Siegal describes their frenzied search for the same child.
A same-sex couple in New York wants their adopted son’s birth certificate changed. Louisiana, where the boy was born, refuses. The couple’s lawyer says the Constitution’s full faith and credit should back them up and is asking for a High Court hearing.