adoption

Safe Haven Baby Boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns, potentially leaving them to die.

A young woman in Texas has finally found the home and love she deserves after 2,726 days in the foster care system.

A couple in San Antonio, Texas, got the sweetest surprise added to their family after adopting two brothers in May.

A newborn was safely surrendered in June to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Madison, Alabama, the Safe Haven Baby Boxes organization announced on Thursday.

A newborn baby was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in The Woodlands, Texas, on Monday, authorities said.

A newborn baby was surrendered to the Marion General Hospital in Indiana, according to Safe Haven Baby Boxes.

A baby was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in Abilene, Texas, on July 1, city officials said.

A newborn was safely surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in Ennis, Texas, authorities announced.

A school teacher has been found guilty of murdering and sexually assaulting a baby, and his partner of the crime of allowing the death.

A former substitute teacher in Ormond Beach, Florida, has adopted a little boy who used to be one of her students, and his joy is undeniable.

A newborn baby boy was safely surrendered under Iowa’s Safe Haven law, officials said.

A teacher in rural Washington state faces incest charges for having a sexual relationship with two teens she adopted.

Maine and New Hampshire have installed their first Safe Haven Baby Boxes, bringing the total number of states that offer the option to 26.

A second grade teacher credits God for allowing her to become a mother to a student who did not have a permanent home.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed a bill on Tuesday that allows devices in the state designed to prevent infant abandonment.

An infant was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Nolensville, Tennessee, which was installed just last month.

A family in Leesburg, Georgia, has expanded after officially adopting three foster children in a Lee County courtroom on Thursday.

Safe Haven Baby Boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns, potentially leaving them to die.

A sweet little dog was saved in the nick of time thanks to a police officer on duty just days before Christmas in Gardena, California.

Several dachshunds in Jacksonville, Florida, now have homes thanks to a social media influencer who asked people for help.

India’s government is drafting a bill to expand and accelerate the already huge migration of Indians into jobs throughout the developed world, including white-collar careers in the Fortune 500.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier proposed legislation on Thursday that would stop sexual predators and abusers from being able to obtain children through surrogacy, adoption, and foster care.

A federal court on Thursday sided with an Oregon Christian mother after state officials denied her application in 2023 to adopt foster children because of her religious beliefs about gender and sexuality.

Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) did what few Democrat politicians seem willing to do: have a discussion about abortion with someone who disagrees with them.

Montana is set to receive its first Safe Haven Baby Box, a device designed to help fight infant abandonment.

The rescue boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die.

A firefighter and his wife are now the proud, adoptive parents of a special infant whose life was saved thanks to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Belen, New Mexico.

A married Indiana couple with spina bifida is telling their inspiring story after adopting a little girl with the same rare condition.

A 75-year-old North Carolina man who was adopted as an infant recently met over 50 biological family members he did not know existed in a heartwarming Christmas miracle.

Two Georgia men were sentenced to serve 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole for sexually abusing their two special needs adopted sons, according to the Walton County District Attorney’s Office.

English soul singer Joss Stone announced in an Instagram video on Thursday that she is pregnant with her fourth child, just weeks after adopting her third.

A newborn baby girl was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Lebanon, Ohio, officials announced.

The first baby box in Kansas has been installed in Hutchinson, providing at-risk parents with another option for safely surrendering newborns.

The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale University published a study on Tuesday that found at least 314 children kidnapped from Ukraine by Russian forces have been offered for adoption on websites funded by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The longest-waiting child in the Arkansas foster care system has finally been adopted, after nearly 17 years, in a heartwarming moment captured on video.

The Chinese government on Friday announced that it will no longer allow foreign families to adopt Chinese children, ending a program that has found homes overseas for over 160,000 children since 1992. While Beijing refused to clearly explain its decision, most observers suspected it was a response to declining birth rates in China.