Today's adoption news has to start with this touching account from NPR from a man warming to the reality that he will become a father through the miracle of adoption.

Harkening back to his teen years when accidental impregnation was something to be feared and avoided, he charts the emotional path he's trod since marriage and an up-close-and-personal look at infertility.

Sweet, and well worth a click and a read.

Following from a recent International Adoption Blog, this story on the 24 Iraqi orphan boys who were being starved to death.

They've now been moved to a different building in the same facility and, "... are being properly cared for, Iraqi officials said.

Huh?

Apparently, "incompetent employees" are being blamed for tying down the naked boys, many disabled, then neglecting them totally for more than a month.

It's being reported that the case is provoking outrage from Iraqis, but not for any reason that makes sense to me ... they're accusing the US of using the photos as propaganda.

Paaaleease!

As our Guatemala Blogger pointed out in a comment on the post on this story and what can happen with there is no option of adoption, non-relative adoption, and most certainly international adoption, does not exist in Muslim nations, so these kids are doomed.

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has announced that it's getting into the motorsports game as a way to increase visibility and awareness for the foundation.

Southard Motorsports will host several Wendy's Wonderful Kids families who have adopted out of foster care at the Daytona Prototype race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday, June 23. The team, with its No. 3 Preformed Line Products Lexus Riley, competes in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve.

Cool.

In a bid to influence opinion on adoptees' rights to access original birth certificates, Barbara Bisantz Raymond, author of "The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption" has published an article that sums up an ugly piece of adoption history.

An excellent writer and accurate historian, Raymond has become a respected voice in the adoption world. Her book has been reviewed by a couple of bloggers here and here, as well as being mentioned here and here.