Advocates for gay and lesbian parents are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential...

Advocates for gay and lesbian families are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential...

The review of 2,286 pending adoptions in Guatemala will take at least another month because many birth mothers have not been located, an official said Thursday.

Guatemala’s attorney general is annuling 15 pending adoptions by U.S. couples after finding evidence of fraud or other irregularities.

Authorities say a Guatemalan congressman’s sister has been charged with human trafficking after police found nine children in her home awaiting illegal adoption.

Guatemala’s attorney general on Monday said 2,286 pending foreign adoptions have been placed on hold for at least a month while officials review related...

Guatemala’s attorney general on Monday said 2,286 pending foreign adoptions have been placed on hold for at least a month while officials review related...

A Guatemalan official says that 2,286 pending adoptions will be suspended for at least a month while officials review related paperwork.

Guatemalan prosecutors said Wednesday that they will conduct a legal review of all of the country’s pending adoptions, after an initial probe turned up...

Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish, the U.S. Embassy says in a new report obtained by The...

China remains the country of choice for thousands of Americans seeking to adopt a child, but the time frame for new applications is now often triple what it was a few...

The slowdown affecting adoptions from China coincides with unrelated complications in several other countries that have been major sources of adopted children for...

Two Guatemalan lawyers retained by an adoption agency that has sent scores of children to the U.S. have been charged with fraud and human trafficking, their attorneys...

Guatemalan prosecutors have ruled out amnesty for birth mothers who used false identities to surrender their babies to an agency where 46 children being adopted by U.S....

Luciany Ball’s adoption file says she was born 14 months ago by Caesarean section to a single mother who gave her up so she could be raised by a loving family in...

Luciany Ball’s adoption file says she was born 14 months ago by Caesarean section to a single mother who gave her up so she could be raised by a loving family in...

Central Africa’s Republic of Congo lifted a ban on foreign adoptions Thursday, three months after it was instituted amid an uproar over attempts by a French...

Meghan Wall’s marathon effort to start a family has come down to a sprint at the finish line.

Guatemalan legislators approved a new law Tuesday that tightens adoptions, while allowing pending cases _ mostly involving U.S. couples _ to go through without meeting...