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from Parenting & Family
AMA Endorses Same-Sex Adoptions
AMA Delegate Says Group is Moving Away from a
"Conservative Agenda" in Favor of "Science"
June 17, 2004 - The American Medical Association has voted 316-130 to approve
a resolution endorsing adoption of children by gay couples, or by an
opposite-sex partner who functions as a second parent in a non-married family
situation.
The resolution was offered by the Medical Student Section of the AMA. The
statement says, in part: "...having two fully sanctioned and legally defined
parents promotes a safe and nurturing environment for children."
It also resolves 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."
According to Dr. David Fassler, a delegate from the American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry, "All the scientific evidence points to no differences
among children raised in heterosexual or homosexual families."
Fassler says the AMA resolution is evidence that "the AMA is moving away from a
conservative agenda and into areas where policy is based on science."
Dr. Fassler has been quoted in a gay news source as supporting the establishment
of Gay-Straight Alliance clubs on junior high and high school campuses.
NARTH's Parenting and Family Issues section on its web site carries numerous
articles describing the flawed research dealing with same-sex parenting.
"To say that one side of the debate is based on politics, and the other one on
science, is a false presentation of the debate," says NARTH's Joseph Nicolosi.
"Values issues are at the heart of all of these matters--how each research study
is designed, how its results are interpreted, even how we define the very
concepts of mental health and illness. Neither side can ever say it simply
represents 'science.'"
Updated: 2 September 2008
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