Editorial: What Defines a Family in Adoption Debates
The Gazette weighs adoption questions in light of Kingsolver's Pigs in Heaven and a national debate over gay and interracial adoption. It cites studies showing adoptees often fare well while acknowledging harm cases and urges reforms to provide permanent nurturing homes.
Who Decides What Constitutes a Family in Adoption
The decision should rest with the perspective adopter and the adoptee when appropriate, the biological parents when appropriate, and a qualified professional assessing the adoptive home. Critics of gay parenting and those harmed by adoption are urged to focus on improving process effectiveness rather than dismantling it.
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