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3D printing technology is now allowing ultrasounds to be printed out into 3D bronze casts of your unborn baby. This technology can also assist with those babies that need surgery before birth. For parents whose unborn babies have been diagnosed with a likely terminal genetic condition - it could provide real validation of their parenthood and help with the grieving process. It's still very rare and expensive but hopefully costs will fall. I could also see this technology becoming very important some day in adoption for birth mothers and adoptive parents alike.

Mother demands right to choose adoptive parents.

A WOMAN used legal aid in a custody bid for her children despite allowing her partner to inflict "catastrophic" injuries on her two-year-old boy.
The woman - who was sentenced to six years' jail this week after pleading guilty to child cruelty and grievous bodily harm - was granted legal aid last year to contest a custody application brought by the children's aunt.

Both American parents have degrees from Harvard

Do you think your adoption is safe? So did a Utah couple when they privately adopted a part Indian baby. Even though the mon signed a release and is deemed unfit from the courts, the couple is ordered to surrender the baby to the tribe after six months of parenting.

The mother relinquished custody of Talon 24 hours after his birth, but later changed her mind. A lengthy court battle ensued, and the Leech Lake Band Of Ojibwe became involved.

A British couple won custody of their surrogate twins yesterday as the babies faced being abandoned in an orphanage.

The two younger sisters of Calista Springer, who died in a house fire while chained to her bed, enjoy seeing their parents and a recent visit ``went very well,'' the girls' attorney said.

U.K. couple found innocent of injuring their infant son are asking to have adoption of two older children annulled.

Woman adopted from Korea to U.S. as infant ponders the morality of international adoption for herself.

Workshop for adult adoptees and adoptive parents

The other side of the story - Dutch couple seeks legal adoption of purchased child.

Selling baby on eBay is a crime - buying one is apparently legal.

Identigene today announced the Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit is now available in select discount stores and supercenters in central Texas, bringing the total number of retail locations in which the kit is sold to nearly 15,500. Less than a year after its initial retail launch, the Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit has provided peace-of-mind to tens of thousands of people across the country.

Baby buggies which face forwards may stunt children's development and turn them into anxious adults, according to a study.

Canceled meetings, lost paperwork, bizarre demands. For two years this writer defied the mind-boggling red tape and incompetence of social services in her fight to adopt a child - only for a social worker to dismiss her as too aspirational.

Riverdale Park author had only one scrap of paper to start journey

More than a third of people believe that single people and gay couples should not be allowed to adopt, new research suggests.
A survey, published last week by Action for Children,asked 1,000 adults their views on adoption.

Social workers cited the adoptive father's 'attitude to corporal punishment' even though Mr Justice Bennett overturned the ruling, calling it an unreasonable decision made 'in dangerous territory'

She had years of fertility treatment. When that failed she went through endless vetting for adoption. Finally, Yvette and her husband were given the baby of their
dreams. So why, after just two weeks, did it go so wrong?