Sarah-Vaughan Brakman is associate professor of philosophy at Villanova University in Villanova, Pa., where she served as founding director of the Ethics Program from 1999-2004. She co-edited The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition: Moral Arguments, Economic Reality and Social Analysis.

Shay Bilchik is a research professor and the founder and director of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute. From 2000-2007 he served as president and CEO of the Child Welfare League of America. Before that, he was administrator of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and […]

Howard Altstein is a professor in the University of Maryland School of Social Work with an expertise in adoption.

June 18, 2013, Belfast Telegraph article about a court challenge to a Northern Ireland law that bans gay and unmarried couples from adopting.

May 28, 2013, News Tribune article about adoption advocates worries over the possible impact on international adoption of a new Missouri law.

June 5, 2013, article about a new Michigan law that would speed up the adoption process.

May 31, 2013, The Advocate article about a new Louisiana law aimed at making adoption easier.

June 11, 2013, Brooklyn Daily Eagle article about a proposed “Adoptee Bill of Rights” that is being considered in the New York State Assembly.

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