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News Articles: adoption

Julia Franks is the author of the novel, 'The Say So'.

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Atlanta author explores the consequences of choosing adoption in 'The Say So'

A new novel by Atlanta author Julia Franks tells the story of two women whose unplanned pregnancies resulted in heart-wrenching adoptions.

June 07, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Florida's only baby box launched at a fire station in Ocala on Dec. 18, 2020. For the first time, a newborn was surrendered there recently.

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A newborn was surrendered to Florida's only safe haven baby box. Here's how they work

A newborn was surrendered recently under a program that lets people give up an unwanted infant anonymously. There are dozens of baby boxes scattered across the U.S., but the practice is controversial.

January 06, 2023
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  • Giulia Heyward
President George W. Bush prepares for his State of the Union Speech with Karen Hughes, Counselor to the President, and Michael Gerson, Director of Presidential Speech Writing, outside the Oval Office January 29, 2002 in Washington DC.

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Opinion: Remembering Mike Gerson, Washington Post columnist

Mike Gerson, the Washington Post columnist and former speechwriter for George W. Bush, died this week from cancer at the age of 58. NPR's Scott Simon has an appreciation.

November 19, 2022
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  • Scott Simon
Katie-Jo Page sits in a room she has prepared for Mykyta, a Ukrainian boy her family was in the process of adopting, in Snohomish, Wash., on Oct 2.

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These families were adopting Ukrainian orphans. Now they have to wait out Russia's war

Ukraine was the leading country Americans adopted from, but it halted adoptions this year after Russia's invasion. Now many families and children are in limbo.

October 15, 2022
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  • Ashley Westerman
From left: Dwayne Tremble, son (adopted from foster care last year) Javontae Wright-Tremble and mother Mae Wright-Tremble.

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New Laws Aim to Make Adopting a Child in Georgia Easier

Adopting a child can be a complicated and even expensive process. But new laws are aimed at making it easier to adopt a child in Georgia, especially children in foster care.  

May 19, 2021
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  • Rickey Bevington and
  • Rikki Klaus
Paul Petersen, a lawyer and former Arizona public official, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his role in orchestrating an illegal adoption scheme involving pregnant women from the Marshall Islands.

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  • Law

Federal Judge Sentences Ex-Arizona Official For 'Baby-Selling Enterprise'

Paul Petersen was sentenced for his role in an international smuggling scheme trafficking pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. for the purpose of having their babies adopted.

December 03, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Georgia State Capitol

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  • Politics

Conservative State Senator Slammed For Hurting Children By Grandstanding

On this edition of Political Rewind, the Georgia Senate entertains a bill that would crack down on protestors who disrupt controversial speakers on...

January 29, 2018
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  • Bill Nigut

88.5 GPB-Atlanta Midday News For Thursday January 11, 2018

Gov. Deal State Of The State Address New GA Adoption Law First Latino Mayor In Gwinnett

January 11, 2018
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  • Drew Dawson
Melinda Dawson with the mother who raised her, Judy Johnson.

Sold At Birth: 'Hicks Babies' Search For Birth Parents

Thomas Hicks was once a local hero in the small mining community of McCaysville, Georgia. He was the town doctor who made middle-of-the-night house...

December 14, 2017
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  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Linda Chen
Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia.

Adoption Law Update Lingers On Georgia Lawmakers' Last Day

Changes to Georgia adoption law that proponents call long overdue await a final vote entering the General Assembly's final day on Thursday. Conservative...

March 30, 2017
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