Evangelical overseas adoption

AMY GRAY Meet the Christian blogger who wants you to contribute to her adoption fund. And she's not alone.

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Forced adoption apology: read the full speech

Prime Minister Julia Gillard decried the ''shameful mistakes of the past'' as she delivered a national apology today to tens of thousands of families torn apart by forced adoptions between the 1950s and 1970s. Here is the apology speech in full.

The most beautiful adoption story you'll ever read

AMBER ROBINSON In the mood for an uplifting story today? Read this tale of a baby found on a subway, then the amazing story of what happened next ...

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When your birth mum isn't thrilled to meet you

Fiona Scott-Norman Fiona Scott-Norman was expecting a teary variation of "I had no choice" from her birth mother; instead she was told, "I was determined to get rid of you."

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Sweet 'newborn' shoot for adopted teen

It looks like any other newborn shoot, but the subject isn’t a baby – he’s a 13 year old boy. And there's even more to it than that.

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Adopting your child's culture

COSIMA MARRINER Adopting children from other countries comes with its own joys and challenges, and getting to know the culture of your child's native country is part of life for many adoptive families.

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Adopting from overseas should be last resort, adviser says

COSIMA MARRINER Instead of making it easier for Australians to adopt overseas, more should be done to prevent international adoption, a federal government adviser says.

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'I kept asking for my baby and they kept telling me 'no'

JOSEPHINE TOVEY Christine Cole was 16 when, heavily drugged and in agonising pain, her daughter was pulled from her body in a labour ward in Crown Street Women's Hospital.

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Katherine Heigl adopts baby number two

Actress Katherine Heigl and her singer husband Josh Kelley have adopted a second child.

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Charlize Theron adopts baby

Actress Charlize Theron has become a mother for the first time with the adoption of a baby boy.

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A new child for Angelina?

Angelina Jolie sent gossips into overdrive on Tuesday when photos of the actress carrying out her United Nations ambassador duties in Tunisia left them convinced she'd secretly adopted a fourth child.

Madonna facing legal action over Mercy

Madonna is facing legal action from her adopted daughter Mercy James' Malawian relatives, who allege the singer broke a promise to allow them regular contact with the little girl.

Hey there baby, that's show business

Judith Woods Surrogacy and serial adoption have become the Hollywood norm.

Scared of adoption

Justine Davies How important is biology? Does it really make a difference to the way that you bond with your baby?

Sheryl Crow adopts new baby at 48

Sheryl Crow is a mother again. The singer announced on Friday that she had adopted a one-month old baby, Levi James. 48-year old Crow is already a mother to 3-year-old adopted son Wyatt Steven.

Adoption program 'a drop in the ocean'

Matthew Benns Australia's largest international adoption program has been re-opened but it is not enough to change our ''anti-adoption culture'', says actor Deborra-Lee Furness.

Australian adoptions hit a low

Yuko Narushima Adoption in Australia is at an all-time low as changed social attitudes ease the pressure on women to give up babies, and sex-education and birth control take effect.

Adopting Palesa

Anni Taylor When Sian headed off to volunteer in an African centre for abandoned and HIV/AIDS affected children, she never dreamed she would end up adopting a child herself.

Adoption: a different kind of love

Do parents feel the same affection for a child they have adopted as a birth child?

Adoption made easier

Adele Horin Women will no longer have to stop their involvement in fertility programs - or lie about it - before they can apply to adopt children under changes to the Adoption Act tabled in Parliament yesterday.