Adoption by Lesbians and Gays: A National Survey of Adoption Agency Policies, Practices, and Attitudes
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, 2003
The Adoption Institute, on Oct. 29, 2003, released a major report entitled “Adoption by Gays and Lesbians: A National Survey of Adoption Agency Policies, Practices and Attitudes.” The research contains significant findings that promise to inform and help shape attitudes, policy and practice. It shows, for instance, that an escalating majority of adoption agencies (60 percent) now accept applications from homosexuals, and about 40 percent already have placed children with such adoptive parents. On a broad level, the study also demonstrates how profoundly social attitudes and practices toward gays and lesbians are changing, while the willingness of agencies to accept them as parents means a growing number of children who need homes are moving into permanent families.