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adoption stories: 70 news summaries

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 Katherine Heigl's Baby Debuts 

Heigl, hubby, baby together, 'doing well'

Sep 18, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley released the first photo of adopted daughter Naleigh, Us reports; the family is “together and doing well,” her rep says. The 10-month-old is named for Heigl’s mother, Nancy, and sister, Margaret Leigh, who was also adopted from Korea. “They... More »

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entertainment • adoption • celebrity • Katherine Heigl • foreign adoptions • Josh Kelley • celebrity parents • celebrity baby

 Elton John Can't Adopt: Ukraine 

Singer too old, and country doesn't recognize his civil union

Sep 14, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(AP) - Elton John will not be able to adopt a 14-month-old Ukrainian child because the pop star is too old and isn't traditionally married, Ukraine's minister for family affairs says. The pop singer toured a hospital for HIV-infected children in eastern Ukraine on Saturday as part of a charity project and... More »

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entertainment • Elton John • adoption • David Furnish • HIV • celebrity • Ukraine • foreign adoptions

Guatemala Army Kidnapped, Sold 333 Children

Kids were adopted in US, Sweden, and Italy

Sep 12, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Guatemalan army stole at least 333 children during the country’s 36-year civil war, selling them for adoption in countries including the US, Sweden, and Italy, says a new government report. In some cases, the children’s parents were killed. “This was a great abuse by the state,... More »

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adoption • kidnapping • civil war • Guatemala

 Heigl to Adopt 
 Korean Baby Girl 

10-month-old Nayleigh is from Korea

Sep 10, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Grey's Anatomy star and negative-publicity magnet Katherine Heigl is adopting a special-needs Korean baby, RadarOnline reports. The baby's name is Naleigh, and she's 10 months old. The adoption has been in the works for months, and Heigl, whose sister Meg was also adopted from Korea, and hubby Josh Kelley are... More »

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entertainment • adoption • Grey's Anatomy • Katherine Heigl • Josh Kelley • celebrity baby

Uruguay Legalizes
Gay Adoption

First Latin American nation to let same-sex couples adopt

Sep 10, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Uruguay's senate has approved the first law in Latin America allowing gay and lesbian couples to adopt children, AFP reports. The bill, backed by leftist President Tabare Vazquez, passed despite fierce objections from the Catholic church and right-wing politicians. Uruguay, traditionally much more liberal than other countries in the region,... More »

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gay rights • Latin America • adoption • Catholic Church • lesbians • Uruguay • gays • gay parent

(Newser) - Police are interrogating two men they say were caught on videotape in the home invasion-murder of a wealthy Florida couple who adopted 12 children, several of them disabled, reports the Pensacola News Journal. Eight of the children of the murdered couple, Byrd and Melanie Billings, were home at the time... More »

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Florida • adoption • crime • murder • disabled • adoptive parents • Byrd Billings • Melanie Billings • Beulah

OPINION

African Adoption Without the Madonna Mess

Other countries with real need also have effective systems

Jul 6, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna’s second adoption made other adoptive parents cringe, Bess Rattray writes for Vogue—not because the adoption itself was a bad idea, but because the media circus and the lack of “an established, transparent adoption system,” in Malawi made it look like baby stealing. Oh, and the... More »

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media • adoption • Ethiopia • Malawi • Madonna • foreign adoptions

 Madonna's New Daughter 
 Leaves Malawi 

Private jet ferries Mercy to London

Jun 20, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna’s newly adopted daughter left Malawi for London yesterday on a plane owned by the pop singer, Access Hollywood reports. Chifundo “Mercy” James was accompanied on the flight by a nanny and child nurse, airport sources said, and should meet her new brothers and sisters—including David, also... More »

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music • Africa • adoption • Malawi • orphan • Madonna • private jet

OPINION

 Madonna's Adoption 
 Only Hurts Malawi 

'Misguided' Material Mom should use international adoption as a 'last resort'

Jun 18, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - By adopting Mercy James, Madonna has actually endangered other Malawian orphans, writes Anna Feuchtwang in the Daily Mail. “Corrupt adoption agencies and child traffickers, newly alerted to the ease with which Malawian laws can be circumvented, are even now planning to target the country,” writes Feuchtwang, chief executive... More »

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entertainment • adoption • Malawi • celebrity • orphan • Madonna • human trafficking • foreign adoptions • Mercy James

Madonna Introducing New Addition Mercy to Luxe Life

Orphan could jet to New York as early as this week

Jun 15, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mercy James is living the high life starting today. As Madonna’s lawyer prepares the adoption paperwork, the 4-year-old orphan will move into the singer’s luxury lodge in Malawi to be cared for by a nanny and nurse flown in from the US, the Mirror reports. She could leave... More »

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entertainment • adoption • Malawi • celebrity • Madonna • celebrity baby • Mercy James

 Malawi Court Allows 
 Madonna to Adopt Girl 

Highest court grants permission to adopt

Jun 12, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Malawi’s highest court ruled today that Madonna can adopt orphan Mercy James, the AP reports. The court, overturning a lower court’s rejection of the adoption bid, stated “every child has the right to love” and made the case that though the singer does not live in Malawi,... More »

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entertainment • Africa • adoption • Malawi • celebrity • Madonna • foreign adoptions • celebrity parents • celebrity baby • Mercy James

 Madonna Gets OK 
 to Adopt Mercy 

Convinces three judges to see things her way

Jun 9, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna is finally getting her Malawian daughter. The Material Girl will be allowed to adopt orphan Mercy James after convincing three appeals judges to recommend it, the Sun reports. “All recommendations are in favor of the adoption taking place,” a source said. “Mercy should start packing her... More »

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entertainment • adoption • Malawi • celebrity • Madonna • Mercy James

glossies


 Falco Brings 
 Soul to Mean 
 Nurse Jackie 

Actress adopted quietly; is more like Nurse Jackie than Carmela

May 31, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Sopranos matriarch Edie Falco is back, and this time her cable series character is closer to the actress herself—a blue-collar woman who shirks appearances and works hard, Newsweek reports. But Falco isn't quite the brassy protagonist in Showtime's Nurse Jackie, either. The Long Island native is a warm,... More »

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adoption • motherhood • The Sopranos • Showtime • actress • Edie Falco • Nurse Jackie • single mother

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Brad to Courtney: 
 I Miss Jen 

Plus, Madonna gets slammed twice in one day, more

May 6, 09 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world was rocked yesterday when news broke that Jennifer Aniston’s supposed “best friend,” Courtney Cox, spoke to Brad Pitt at a concert Sunday—but maybe it wasn’t a betrayal after all, Ian Undercover reports. “He said he made a mess of his life since... More »

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entertainment • Brad Pitt • adoption • Malawi • celebrity • gossip • Jennifer Aniston • Madonna • Courtney Cox

Family of Madge's Would-Be Kid 'Laughs Off' Alleged Dad 

Appeal begins, sans Madonna

May 4, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Madonna’s adoption appeal got under way today in Malawi, the family of orphan Mercy James dismissed attempts by her alleged biological father to interject himself, the AP reports. “How can he claim he is the father when he hasn’t been around all this time?” Mercy’s... More »

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entertainment • adoption • Malawi • celebrity • Madonna • Mercy James

Mercy's Dad to Madonna:
 'I Want to Take Care of Her'

Would-be dad ups his rhetoric on eve of Material Mom's adoption appeal

May 3, 09 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just days after slamming the Material Mom's loose morals, the father of Mercy James is upping his rhetoric on the eve of Madonna's appeal to adopt the 4-year-old Malawian girl, reports the BBC. James Kambewa argues his daughter should remain in Malawi, despite the fact that he has never met... More »

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adoption • Malawi • Madonna • Mercy James • James Kambewa

DNA Tests Solve Man's 26-Year Search for His Dad

Testing helped adopted man discover his birth father through his surname

May 2, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Michigan man's decades-long search for his biological father was fulfilled with an assist from DNA-based genealogy tests, the Wall Street Journal reports. Richard Hill—who didn't know he was adopted until his adoptive father revealed the truth from his deathbed—discovered his birth mother's identity fairly easily but hit... More »

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adoption • genetic testing • DNA • family • genealogy

 Mercy's Dad Rips 
 'Scandalous' Madge 

Dad who walked out on toddler's mom blasts Madonna for lacking 'good morals'

Apr 30, 09 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna's battle to adopt a second Malawi child suffered a major blow yesterday when the toddler's father blasted the singer's loose morals and launched a battle for custody, reports the Daily Mail. James Kambewa is seeking to block the adoption because he wants to spare 3-year-old Mercy a life... More »

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Africa • adoption • parenting • Malawi • Madonna • child custody • Guy Ritchie • David Banda • Mercy Amba Oduyoye

(Newser) - Americans are adopting far fewer Chinese children thanks to a set of Chinese fitness rules aimed at accomplishing just that, Time reports. Adoptions from the US have fallen 50% since May 2007, when China instituted rules requiring prospective parents to be, among other things, married, under 50, non-obese, and... More »

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China • adoption • foreign adoptions

 Madonna 
 Ignores 
 Her Kids: 
 Ex-Cook 

Blocking of latest adoption might be good, he says

Apr 21, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps it’s best Madonna’s bid to adopt another Malawian child was barred, because the Material Girl's a negligent mom—spending barely half an hour a day with her kids—her former house manager and cook tells the National Enquirer. “She's got two full-time nannies and one part-time... More »

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adoption • parenting • Malawi • Madonna • mother

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