AMA BACKS ADOPTIONS BY SAME-SEX COUPLES: From United Press International

The American Medical Association's House of Delegates has endorsed policy that supports adoption of children by a same-sex partner or an opposite-sex partner who functions as a second parent in a non-married family structure.

By an overwhelming vote of 316 to 130, the delegates reversed a key committee recommendation and approved a resolution offered from the Medical Student Section of the AMA at the organization's annual meeting.

That resolution suggested "having two fully sanctioned and legally defined parents promotes a safe and nurturing environment for children." Part of that safety net for children includes medical coverage, but in same-sex families or in non-traditional couples, only one of the partners may carry coverage that includes the child.

"Currently there are 1 million children in the United States who are at risk of losing their health coverage due to lack of legal protections offered children in traditional families," said Adam Levine, a student from San Francisco. Levine said 11 states already permit such adoptions and he urged the AMA to support similar legislation in the remaining 39 states. ...

The resolution formally demands "That our American Medical Association support legislation and other efforts to allow 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." ...

"All the scientific evidence points to no differences among children raised in heterosexual or homosexual families," said Dr. David Fassler of Burlington, Vt., the delegate from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. "These findings underscore the need for the AMA to take actions based on science ahead of personal beliefs or politics."

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