Pediatrics Academy Endorses Gay Adoption

The American Academy of Pediatrics has endorsed homosexual adoption, saying gay couples can provide the loving, stable, emotionally healthy family life children need.

The policy focuses specifically on gaining legally protected parental rights for gay “co-parents” whose partners have children, but also could apply to gay couples who want to adopt, said Dr. Joseph Hagan Jr., chairman of the policy committee.

Citing estimates suggesting that as many as 9 million U.S. children have at least one gay parent, the academy urged its 55,000 members to actively support measures that allow gay adoption.