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		you are here: home > information center > research links RESEARCH LINKS Policy statements supporting gay adoption: American Academy of Family Physicians- http://www.aafp.org/x16320.xml American Psychological Association- http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/policy/statements.html#2 American Psychiatric Association - http://www.psych.org/news_room/press_releases/adoption_coparenting121802.pdf North American Council on Adoptable Children - http://www.nacac.org/pub_statements.html#gay EVAN B. DONALDSON ADOPTION INSTITUTE Expanding Resources for Children: Is Adoption by Gays and Lesbians Part of the Answer for Boys and Girls Who Need Homes? Policy Perspective March 2006 Funded by: The Gill Foundation and the Human Rights Campaign Prepared by: The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Professional Position Statements The nation's leading children’s health, children’s welfare and mental health organizations have issued statements declaring that a parent's sexual orientation is irrelevant to his or her ability to raise a child. *American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry* …. The AACAP opposes any discrimination based on sexual orientation against individuals in regard to their rights as custodial or adoptive parents as adopted by Council. See http://aacap.org/publications/policy/ps46.htm *American Academy of Family Physicians* …. The AAFP establish policy and be supportive of legislation which promotes a safe and nurturing environment, including psychological and legal scrutiny, for all children, including those of adoptive parents, regardless of the parents’ sexual orientation. See http://www.aafp.org/fpr/assembly2002/1017/7.html *American Psychoanalytic Association* …. Accumulated evidence suggests the best interest of the child requires attachment to committed, nurturing and competent parents. … Gay and lesbian individuals and couples are capable of meeting the best interest of the child and should be afforded the same rights and should accept the same responsibilities as heterosexual couples. See http://www.apsa.org/ctf/cgli/parenting.htm *American Psychological Association Council of Representatives* …. THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that APA shall take a leadership role in opposing all discrimination based on sexual orientation in matters of adoption, child custody and visitation, foster care, and reproductive health services … See http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/policy/parents.html *Child Welfare League of America* …. The League articulates a strong position on the issue of nondiscrimination of adoptive applicants. See http://www.cwla.org/programs/culture/glbtqstandards.htm *North American Council on Adoptive Children* …. NACAC opposes rules and legislation that restrict the consideration of current or prospective foster and adoptive parents based on their sexual orientation. See http://www.nacac.org/pub_statements.html#gay *National Association of Social Workers* …. "Legislation legitimizing second-parent adoptions in same-sex households should be supported. Legislation seeking to restrict foster care and adoption by gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people should be vigorously opposed." See http://www.naswpress.org/publications/books/policy/sw_speaks/3703.html *American Bar Association* …. "RESOLVED, that the American Bar Association supports the enactment of laws and implementation of public policy that provide that sexual orientation shall not be a bar to adoption when the adoption is determined to be in the best interest of the child." See http://hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Parenting&CONTENTID=11476&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ ContentDisplay.cfm *American Medical Association House of Delegates* …. RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association support legislative and other efforts to allow the adoption of a child by the same-sex partner, or opposite sex non-married partner, who functions as a second parent or co-parent to that child. See http://hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Parenting&CONTENTID=20266&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ ContentDisplay.cfm Social Science Research The High Cost of Denying Permanency (Prepared by Carl A. Schuh, J.D., M.A. and Karen M. Doering, J.D.) Psychosocial Adjustment, School Outcomes, and Romantic Relationships of Adolescents With Same-Sex Parents (Child Development, Dec. 2004) Technical Report: Coparent or Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents (Ellen C. Perrin, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2002) Adoption by Lesbians and Gays: A National Survey of Adoption Agency Policies, Practices, and Attitudes (Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, 2003) Lesbian and Gay Parenting: Summary of Research Findings (Charlotte J. Patterson, American Psychological Association, 1995) The Cost of Marriage Inequality to Children and Their Same-Sex Parents (Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2005) Email us to stay on our updated news list.
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