To the right, it’s a “clean” alternative to abortion—mothers can just drop their babies off in fire station boxes. And it’s spreading across the country. How did a desperate and once criminal act get turned into a good thing?

In a stunning ruling, the Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Director Davy Chou’s second movie is an adoption story for an age of ambivalence.

The high court catches a case that’s both dizzyingly complicated and relatively simple: Are tribal governments a legitimate part of the U.S. constitutional order?

A new book debunks the myth that Chinese parents favored sons.

Evangelical Americans believed adoption could save children in the developing world from poverty—and save their souls.

What gay marriage means for the future of parenthood

Adoption is embraced in the Marshall Islands, but in the Ozarks, it means something very different. The tragic consequences of cultural misunderstanding.

The surprising next frontier in reproductive justice

Meet the families Vladimir Putin doesn't want to exist