A young girl’s fortunes have changed after she was rejected first by her mother, her father and then by 20 potential adoptive families, to be finally adopted by a gay, single male…

As the government pledges to make it simpler and faster for Australians to adopt children from overseas, we must look more closely at the inter-country adoption process and ask critical questions about its shortcomings…

CHILDREN in same-sex families experience higher quality parenting and do as well emotionally, socially and educationally as those from heterosexual couple families, research shows…

Because the adoption process is so complex and time-consuming, a pregnant woman wishing to have the baby but unwilling to raise that child is often propelled to have an abortion. This compares with other countries where a woman wanting to adopt out her baby can easily do so…

A PUSH to harmonise adoption laws across the country could see South Australia abolish restrictions that can conceal the identities of birth parents or children…

ADOPTION has dropped to an all-time low, as prospective parents wait up to six years to give a home to a child from Asia…

GAY parents now have the same rights as heterosexual couples and will be fully eligible for paid parental leave when they have a baby…