Americans adopted 7,094 children from other countries in the 2013 fiscal year, the lowest number of international adoptions since 1992.
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Orphan Spending Christmas with Prospective Family
Davion Only is a 15-year-old orphan. Last October he made a public plea for a family. Now he's moved in with a prospective family with whom he'll spend the holidays.
Adopting Teenagers: Risks, Rewards and the Role of the Church
As we recognize ‘National Adoption Month,’ thousands of teens in the U.S. need a home. How will you help care for them?
Orphan Pleads for a Family — 10,000 People Respond
Davion Navar Henry Only was born while his mother was in prison. The 15-year-old has been in foster care his entire life. In June, he learned that his mother had a criminal background including drugs and theft, and that she had died just a few weeks earlier.
Show Hope: Helping Families Help Orphans
In its 10 years of existence, the orphan care ministry Show Hope has helped provide more than 4,000 waiting orphans in 50+ countries around the world with families through financial grants. ReligionToday.com speaks with executive director Scott Hasenbalg and founder Steven Curtis Chapman about adoption and the impact of Show Hope's ministry.
After Russian Adoption Ban, Families Take Different Paths
After Russian president Vladimir Putin banned all in-progress adoptions of Russian children by American parents on Dec. 28, 2012, about 700 Russian children are caught in an international spat between world powers, leaving emotionally and financially invested parents in limbo. After six months, some of these almost-parents are acknowledging that they've lost their children.
Citing Risk to Adoptions, Missouri Governor Vetoes Anti-Sharia Bill
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill that would have made his state the seventh in the nation to prohibit judges from considering sharia, or Islamic law, and other "foreign laws" in their decisions.
