Articles of category "Adoption by same-sex couples"

Adoption by same sex couples is legal in many places, but only in some places in the United States and Canada. There is a lot of controversy surrounding adoption by same sex couples. Many of the controversy stems from the potential for gender confusion in the child and for the general well being of the child as well. Many kids that have same sex couples as parents tend to be picked on at school, even if it was not the child's choice. This is the sad reality for the kids that get adopted by same sex couples. Of course, it doesn't turn out bad for all kids; some same sex couples can be very good parents.

The American Bar Association estimates that there are more than four million same-sex couples raising children in the United States. Studies have repeatedly shown that children raised in same sex households are no more likely to have emotional problems or to be gay than their counterparts raised by opposite-sex couples. But what happens when a same sex couple breaks up. Often the non-biological or non-adoptive parent is at the mercy of an angry partner's whims. And while we all know we shouldn't use children as pawns, in the heat of the moment some couples do. This article looks at a potential solution: second parent adoption by same-sex couples.