On AlterNet: adoption

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "adoption"

Evangelicals Launch Crusade to Adopt Children From Around the World

Kathryn Joyce, The Nation. April 24, 2011.

Declaring a global "orphan crisis," US evangelicals ride to the rescue -- with unintended results.

Ross Douthat Wants Women to Be Walking Wombs

Jill Filipovic, Feministe. January 6, 2011.

Does the conservative columnist Ross Douthat have any idea what pregnancy or childbirth actually entails?

Preying on the Desperate: The Religious Right's Adoption Racket

Kathryn Joyce, The Nation. August 29, 2009.

Many Christian adoption agencies are far more concerned with artificially producing "orphans" for Christian parents to adopt, than helping birth parents care for wanted children.

Why My Vasectomy Will Help Save the Earth's Resources

Matt Leonard, Earth Island Journal. June 10, 2009.

"Any child I had would have been raised here and would consume (despite my best efforts) far more resources than I am comfortable accepting."

Adoption Isn't Just for Children: Joining a Family Is a Great Option for the Lonely and Elderly

Jeanine Wais-Sullivan, New America Media. April 8, 2009.

Widowed 35 years of marriage, Wais says her new family has helped her feel less alone and it allows her help a struggling family.

Many Westerners Are Adopting Children Bought or Stolen from Their Parents

E.J. Graff, Foreign Policy. February 5, 2009.

Parents might never know if their adopted child is truly an orphan.

Same-Sex Couples Lose Rights When They Cross State Lines

Ryan Blitstein, Miller-McCune.com. January 26, 2009.

The legal rights that same-sex couples enjoy in some states evaporate when they move or travel to other parts of the country.

Online Adoption Agency Denies Service to Gays

Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. July 21, 2008.

The adoption website is brazenly violating anti-discrimination laws.

McCain Does Not Believe Gay People Can Be Parents

Keli Goff, Huffington Post. July 16, 2008.

"I think that we've proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don't believe in gay adoption."

Roe's Case for Ownership

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. January 22, 2008.

The Roe v. Wade decision may have been about abortion, but its legacy has been fuller bodily autonomy and expanded freedoms.

Federal Ruling Protects Kids of Gay Parents

Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. August 20, 2007.

Should the legal ties between parents and their adopted child unravel if the family leaves the state where the adoption decree was handed down?

Celebrity Colonialism: Buying Africa is the Latest Trend Among the Famous

Adam Elkus, Colorlines.com. May 2, 2007.

Are the efforts of well-meaning celebrities to alleviate Africa's poverty and disease the continent's salvation or a recipe for disaster?

Readers Write: The Pop-Culture Movement to 'Save' Africa

Don Hazen, AlterNet. October 26, 2006.

AlterNet readers had some heated opinions about the Madonna adoption debacle -- here are some of them.

Madonna and Africa's Orphan Tragedy

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. October 24, 2006.

The pop star deserves cheers -- not jeers -- for shedding light on Africa's orphan crisis.

After Adoption, Always An Outsider

Colorlines.comSeptember 5, 2006.

Growing up brown-skinned in Montana, the author, who was adopted from Colombia, felt disconnected from whites and people of color alike.