Conception

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

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

Elton John's baby boy

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

Scared of adoption

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

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'

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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

Sian and 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

Adoption

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.

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Woah mama! Beyonce's post baby appearance

Beyonce Knowles looked healthy and happy at her first public appearance since having a baby.

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