adoption rights

Civil rights & child welfare groups gear up to fight attempts to legalize bans on gay adoption

The U.S. has nearly 440,000 children in foster care, more than 117,000 of whom are waiting to be adopted.

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Georgia Republicans want to give adoption agencies the right to turn away gay couples

While lawmakers are obsessed with gay couples, who's thinking about the thousands of kids in the state's foster care system?

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Texas senate votes to allow discrimination against gay foster parents

The law would also allow adoption agencies to reject prospective gay parents for "religious" reasons.

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Alabama governor signs law to allow discrimination against LGBT parents

"Same-sex couples would make it all about them. It's not."

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Kentucky judge says he won’t hear adoption cases involving gay adults

Judge Mitchell Nance said he believes "under no circumstance" would "the best interest of the child be promoted by the adoption by a practicing homosexual."

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Alabama passes law allowing adoption agencies to discriminate against gays

Because, "religious freedom" has never been about "best interests of the child."

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Czech government okays plan to allow gays to adopt their partner’s children

The law, however, does not allow same-sex partners to marry.

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Judge: Indiana must list both lesbian spouses on birth certificate

"Now these children will be able to claim the benefit of having both parents," the judge said.

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Italian high court makes gay adoption easier

The decision does not give long-sought automatic recognition to the families of same-sex couples however.

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Arkansas court to hold hearing over birth certificates

Arkansas' highest court will hear arguments over whether married same-sex couples can have the names of both spouses on their children's birth certificate.

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