STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish commission recommended Monday that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades. Sweden is the latest ...

Last year, for the first time since 1992, zero babies from China were adopted in the United States. International adoptions have collapsed across the board since their peak in 2004, when there were 23 ...

Lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to offer government exceptions for international adoption visas so that children can be united with their adoptive families and “welcomed into safe and ...

Before I begin talking about international adoption, let me say that I’m not William B. Seabrook. Strange Willie, as his ex-wife Marjorie Worthington referred to him in her memoir of their life ...

The United Nations (UN) lacks direct authority over the internal policies of individual nations, including matters concerning adoption bans. The UN concentrates on global issues, peace, security, ...

International adoption has gained global attention through celebrities who have chosen to grow their families this way. Angelina Jolie adopted children from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam, while ...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The number of international adoptions has plummeted to its lowest point in 15 years, a steep decline attributed largely to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sputtering world ...

Global adoption is a big business, fraught with loose regulations and profit incentives that have made it a target for kidnappers, human traffickers, and pedophiles. Despite regulations on ...

Eugene, Oregon, Nov. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In celebration of National Adoption Month, Holt International and Gift of Adoption today announced a partnership to reduce financial barriers to ...