21.   In addition to abstinence funding, Bush said he would push for better adoption laws, and stressed his backing for parental notification laws.

22.   In a related Senate development Wednesday, legislators passed changes to the adoption law that will give adopted children same legal rights as biological-birth sons and daughters.

23.   President Boris Yeltsin last year signed an adoption law that contains a watered-down version of restrictions demanded by parliament, but still tightens control over foreign adoptions.

24.   President Boris Yeltsin Saturday signed a revised adoption law that would tighten control over foreign adoptions and encourage more Russians to adopt children.

25.   Prime minister Adrian Nastase also said the government will adopt a new decree next week maintaining the ban until a new adoption law is passed by parliament.

26.   The Vermont Supreme Court used an adoption law passed in that state three years ago to overturn the definition of marriage and allow same-sex unions.

27.   The unusual battle for the twins, Belinda and Kimberley, has sparked a media storm in Britain and raised questions about apparent insufficiencies in current adoption laws.

28.   A loophole in Cypriot adoption law means the actual sale of children can go unpunished.