EditorialAuthorities investigate the deaths of twin infants, a boy and a girl, who were found dead in an apartment in Woodside, Queens, on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Kevin Hagen/The New York Times)
EditorialA card made by Elaine Meyer and Barry Prizant’s son, Noah, is seen in a photo album at their home in South Kingstown, R.I., April 9, 2021. (Maddie Malhotra/The New York Times)
EditorialA mother and daughter visit the shrine at the site of the mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, on June 6, 2014. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/The New York Times)
EditorialMegan Doerr displays a photo of her birth parents holding her and her sister before their adoption as infants in Maplewood, Minn., on Sept. 23, 2020. (Caroline Yang/The New York Times)
EditorialMegan Doerr displays a photo of her birth parents holding her and her sister before their adoption as infants in Maplewood, Minn., on Sept. 23, 2020. (Caroline Yang/The New York Times)
EditorialDetectives stand outside the Landing Hotel in the East Elmhurst area of Queens, as officials investigate the death of two infants on Jan. 10, 2020. (Uli Seit/The New York Times)