Ann Fessler, author of the eye-opening account of unwed mothers in the time between the end of WWII and Roe v. Wade, "The Girls Who Went Away", has been touring with her book through Minnesota.

As should happen, she's getting press along the way, and reaction to the press, like this commentary from a Korean-born adult adoptee calling the focus on the lives of American women forced to surrender children while ignoring birth mothers of internationally adopted kids a "glaring double standard".

The current situation of single mothers being forced to surrender their children in South Korea almost exactly mirrors the situation in the United States a generation ago.

You can listen to Ann Fessler's interview on Minnesota Public Radio here.

An amazing adoption story out of Ohio has providence written all over it.

An adoptive family looking to add children fell in love with twin boys, both in need of kidney transplants. Concerns about finding donors were halved when the adoptive dad turned out to be a match, and a successful transplant was performed last week with one of his kidneys going in to one of the twins.

Amazingly, another kidney became available just four days later, so within one week both boys are on the road to a normal, healthy life.

The mom is calling it a miracle, and the family is sharing their story in hopes of increasing awareness of the great importance of organ donation.

Adoption is mentioned in this story about a baby in the midst of a drug raid, but only with the caveat of Child Protective Services saying, "... a child's foster status can linger at times, but he said the agency's goal is always to reunite the child with its family. They prepare the child for adoption when that is not possible."

The six-week-old girl was found "... surrounded by heroin, used needles and a mother who was shooting drugs."

The criminal complaints state that police found the girl in a baby seat with a heart monitor in the upstairs living room. The document said several used needles were scattered around the child's baby seat, along with four containers of black tar heroin. Officers also found knives and pills nearby.

For a comprehensive look at what's happening in the world now regarding the HIV/AIDS situation, this report gives details from all over.

From governments and international donors falling short of their pledges of support for treatment, to Puerto Rico's program, to former President Clinton's visit to the Dominican Republic, to AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe, to the new nominee for Surgeon General of the USA, there's a wealth of information in one place.