Who owns your birth, baby? For most Americans, getting a copy of our birth certificate requires nothing more than jumping through a few hoops. For many adoptees, it's nearly impossible. Is that a violation of their civil rights?

Melanie Thernstrom told her "twiblings" story in the hope of easing the curiosity about reproductive technology kids, but the scrutiny that goes with a striking family story isn't likely to go away.

UNICEF campaigns against some international adoption. Does that mean adoptive parents shouldn't put their pennies in the Halloween boxes?

Focus on the Family has aimed its not inconsiderable forces at finding homes for foster children. Does that mean we have to like them now?

The phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction.

Even people who claim they can't imagine not loving their kids for an instant seem to know exactly what they'd do if they didn't.

Some adoptive parents find Mother and Child, a movie more about loss than about adoption, one-sided and even insulting. So what?

The headlines for May 20, 2010.

Most failed adoptions don't end up with a child on a plane home. Some families are willing to help even the most seemingly incorrigible child search for her happily ever after. Or at least her after.