Adoption is just one of the many routes that prospective parents (queer or otherwise) can take to form a family. But it is not aways seen as a first option with many choosing to opt for surrogacy, in ...

A huge increase in IVF use among British couples has caused adoption rates to plummet, even as the number of children in care remains at record highs. Three-parent babies: what you need to know about ...

Adoption agencies and social workers say government guidance has done nothing to tackle issues such as the systemic delays and problematic post-adoption support which is leading to high rates of ...

Local authorities will be asked only to refer selected children to the national adoption register, in an attempt to boost the number of successful matches. Last week, Baaf Adoption and Fostering was ...

ON WEDNESDAY January 21 Adoption Matters will be among the Voluntary Adoption Agencies (VAAs) from across the UK taking part in the annual Big Adoption Day, highlighting the work they do to find ...

Friends of mine, ­after a decade of ­trying, sadly failed to have children. Adoption was their last hope of becoming parents, but the ­process in this country is so grindingly slow and uncertain they ...