A woman turned to Reddit when she made the decision to visit her birth parents alone, despite her adoptive mother wanting to come with her Her adoptive mother assumed she'd be part of the initial ...

Birth Choice invites the community to join in celebrating the opening of their new state-licensed adoption agency with an ...

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

When Ali Marie Watson conceived a child in 2012, she sought to place her baby in adoption. The Paduca, Kentucky, native studied 30 profiles of adoptive couples sent to her by her adoption agency. The ...

Ten years after signing away their parental rights, Aspen Rawson is using their voice to shed light on what they describe as the complex and often-painful truths of the American adoption system. In a ...

When a woman chooses to meet her birth parents alone, her adoptive mom feels blindsided Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...