Even after having two daughters later in life, I felt like a phony, unworthy of the title of mother.

I think there’s a good chance I’ll live the rest of my life without discovering a single shred of information about my birth parents or the circumstances surrounding how I ended up available for ...

When I was born, my Korean parents, immigrants to the United States, relinquished me for adoption. At the age of two and a half months, I was placed with a white family who lived in a small town in ...

Growing up, holidays usually meant just dinner for the three of us: my mom, dad and me. I would sit dutifully at the table for the required timeframe before scurrying off to one of my friend’s houses ...

I would rather jump through a glass window than talk to literally anyone about reproductive politics. Church friend from childhood? Glass window. Tipsy coworker at happy hour? Glass window. Given the ...

PITTSFIELD — In many ways, family separation erases who you are. Your last name no longer has any meaning, especially if your birth family is no longer in your life. If you have siblings, that ...

The phone rang. A woman picked up the phone as she prayed with eagerness it was the call she had been waiting for. Nine months of waiting to be exact. “Hello,” she said into the phone. “Hello ma’am.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s recent questions about adoption, pregnancy and safe haven laws stopped me cold. The case before the court — Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — ...