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• Duma bars Russian children from adoption by foreign same sex couples
• Louisiana House gives final approval to surrogate parenting bill that would bar unmarried, gay couples
• LGBT: Portuguese parliament approves right to adoption – Portugal
• Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee Signs Gay Marriage Bill
• Delaware Becomes the 11th State to Allow Same-Sex Marriage
• Iowa, USA: State Supreme Court Rules in Landmark Gay Adoption Case
• Paul Ryan Reverses Course On Gay Adoption; Says He Regrets 1999 Vote
• Push to Include Gay Couples in Immigration Bill
• Australian Bill Seeks To Recognize International Marriages Of Gay Couples
• France’s Senate approves adoption for gay couples
• U.S. Says Study of Babies Failed to Disclose Risks
• The Child, the Tablet and the Developing Mind
• Science led to gay families: Law should follow
• Hillary Clinton Endorses Same-Sex Marriage
• Top Anti-Gay Attorney Insults Chief Justice Roberts And Justice Thomas’ Decisions To Adopt Children
• New Pope: Francis believes gay adoption is child abuse
• Married Gay Couple In Iowa Fighting For Both To Be Listed On Child’s Birth Certificate
• Republicans Sign Brief in Support of Gay Marriage
• Should sperm donors have parental duties?
• With No Shortcut to a Green Card, Gay Couples Leave U.S.
• France: Children born via surrogates overseas to be granted citizenship
• India Bars Gay Couples From Surrogacy Services
• NJ Court’s Split Decision Provides Little Clarity on Surrogacy
• Kentucky Appeals Court reverses trial court ruling against lesbian mother
• Alabama appeals court denies Mobile woman right to adopt partner’s son
• NOM compares potential gay parents to rapists, sexual predators
• NOM Defends Child Kidnapping Because Of A Parent’s ‘Biological Connection’
• Houston woman claims gay couple duped her into being a surrogate
• Rupert Everett Tries to Soften Offensive Gay Parent Remarks
• Same-Sex Adoption Flip-Flops: The Unbearable Lightness of Mitt Romney’s Convictions
• Father’s Age Is Linked to Risk of Autism and Schizophrenia
• Pastor Convicted in Parental Kidnapping Case
• Christie vetoes bill that would have eased tough rules for gestational surrogates
• Trial Due for Pastor in Dispute on Custody
• First inscription of two fathers in Argentina
• Which Mother for Isabella? Civil Union Ends in an Abduction and Questions
• Children of Gay Federal Workers May Receive Health Coverage
• Massachusetts SJC: Civil Unions Equivalent to Marriage
• Protecting Kids and Families in North Carolina
• Gay couples and women over 40 to receive fertility treatment through NHS
• What today’s US Supreme Court ruling in Astrue v. Capato might mean for children of LGBT parents
• In Choosing a Sperm Donor, a Roll of the Genetic Dice
• Gay on TV: It’s All in the Family
• A Watershed Move, Both Risky and Inevitable
• GLAD Publishes Transgender Family Law Book
• U.S. Senate passes LGBT-inclusive Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill
• If ‘Forever’ Doesn’t Work Out: The Same-Sex Prenup
• Gov. McDonnell Says Marriage Equality Should Be Left To The States, But Claims Gays Make Inferior Parents
• Gay adoption ban survives in Va. Senate
• Virginia: Bill Allowing Adoption Restrictions Advances
• Proposed bill would allow same-sex, live-in couples to adopt in Utah
• Virginia To Consider Opposing Gay Adoption Bills
• I.R.S. Denying Lesbians Legitimate Adoption Credit
• How Many San Francisco High Schoolers Have Gay Parents?
• Gay Marriage Foe NOM Pours Water On Jared Polis Birth Announcement
• CENSUS: California has more same-sex couples than other states
• North Jersey sees 30% growth in same-sex couples
• Ohio appeals court overturns contempt finding and allows bio mom to withhold visitation from nonbio mom
• Octomom Case Rattled Fertility Medicine
• Timo Miller website raising funds for defense of man who helped Lisa Miller evade court order to transfer custody
• GOP continues attacks on partner benefits for state employees
• Arrest made in Miller-Jenkins custody battle
• Same-sex adoptions lose ground after Va. board vote
• Human Egg Donor Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit Complaint Filed Over Alleged Price Fixing Of Human Egg Donor Services.
• French Couple Issues Appeal in Surrogacy Case
• McDonnell weighs proposal that would allow gays to adopt
• Arkansas court skeptical of reasons for banning unmarried couples from adopting or fostering children
• Couple Lose Foster Care Right Over Anti-Gay Stance
• Panel Finds Canadian Gay Marriage Valid in Probate Case
• Rules on Cameras in Delivery Rooms Stir Passions
• Federal Court to Re-Hear Same-Sex Couple’s Challenge After Louisiana Refuses to Respect Out-of-State Adoptions
• Supreme Court lets stand New York ruling for Debra H.
• LGBT Parenting Roundup
• Politicians refuse to act after churches win right to discriminate against gay foster parents
• New Published Report Finds 0% of Adolescents Raised by Lesbians Have Been Physically or Sexually Abused by Parent
• Florida Won’t Appeal Ruling That Found Gay Adoption Ban Unconstitutional
• Pioneer of In Vitro Fertilization Wins Nobel Prize
• Court In Spain Annuls Registration Of Twins Born To An American Surrogate
• Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Declaring Florida’s Ban on Gay Adoption Unconstitutional
• New Law Allows For Unmarried Partners To Adopt
• Court allows gay man to adopt child
• New South Wales Passes Gay Adoption Bill
• Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Gay Adoptions
• Sharron Angle Opposes Gay Adoption
• Parenting should be a nonissue in gay marriage debate
• Gay adoption ban coming into play in race for attorney general
• Surrogate twins’ father gets go-ahead for paternity test
• Portugal’s Gay Marriage Law Excludes Adoption
• Lesbian Couple Sue Iowa Officials Over Birth Certificate
• Archdiocese Of Boston Welcomes Children Of Gay Parents In Schools
• No Bar to U.S. Adoptions From Russia
• N.Y. Court Expands Rights of Nonbirth Parents in Same-Sex Relationships
• Sen. Harry Reid’s Immigration Proposal Includes Gay Families
• Finding a Gay-Friendly Campus
• Russia Suspends Adoptions by Americans
• Gay Adoption in Arizona
• Florida Legislature mulls gay adoption ban
• New York High Court Hears Argument in Lambda Legal Case to Protect Parent-Child Relationship Between Child and Non-Biological Mother
• D.C. law lets gay families be like any other
• Florida Ponders Tax as Tool to Aid Family-Values Films
• David Cameron: Tory party would give gay parents more time off
• Surrogacy decriminalized in Australia
• Another Florida judge delivers ruling against gay adoption ban
• Children thrive equally with same-sex, heterosexual parents, psychologist testifies at Prop. 8 trial
• Adoptive Mom’s Medical, Criminal Past Causes Surrogate to Revoke Agreement
• Lesbian lawmaker in US carries baby for 2 gay men barred from adopting
• ‘Ex-gay’ mother abducts child
• Guns, Gays, and the Full Faith and Credit Clause
• South Florida man at forefront of effort to legalize gay adoption
• Schools emerge as new tactic in gay marriage votes
• Setback for Group Fighting Gay Marriage in Maine
• Anti-discrimination adoption bill introduced
• Mary Cheney Pregnant With Second Child
• Fed court dismisses lesbian hospital lawsuit
• New DOJ Brief Defending Constitutionality of DOMA in Gill v. OPM
• Defining family for purposes of family caregiving leave
• Official: No Ukrainian adoption for Elton John
• Lawmakers in Uruguay Vote to Allow Gay Couples to Adopt
• Texas Appeals Court Issues Adverse Ruling on Co-Parent’s Suit Seeking Conservatorship or Adoption
• Oregon Appellate Court Adopts Progressive Interpretation of Donor Insemination Statute in Custody Dispute Between Lesbian Former Partners
• North Carolina upholds second-parent adoption!
• Uruguay becoming first Latin American country to legalize gay adoption
• Movement toward adoption by gay couples in Louisiana has momentum but little enthusiasm
• PTSD and Preemies – For Parents on NICU, Trauma May Last
• Australian MP opposes same-sex adoption
• Maine court upholds IBM heir’s adoption of lover
• Florida governor shows signs of changing views on gay adoption ban
• Senate Votes to Expand Federal Hate Crimes Laws
• Miami judge who struck gay adoption ban demoted
• NEA calls for LGBT rights
• Designated beneficiaries in Colorado
• News Alert: There Are 50 States & Michael Jackson’s Children Were Born in Only One – California
• Jackson’s youngest highlights donor, surrogate secrecy
• Indian Court Overturns Gay Sex Ban
• New York State Allows Payment for Egg Donations for Research
• Egg Donor Anonymity & Privacy & the Reality of the Google World
• Baldwin bill seeks to end LGBT health disparities
• Womb For Hire
• Kids met gay dad’s partner on Father’s Day
• Couple back home with twins after months of legal battles
• Georgia Passes Nation’s First Embryo Adoption Law
• Colorado gay couples OK’d to adopt. New legislation allows joint adoption of children by unmarried couples.
• Long Island Pride Parade now more ‘family oriented’
• Recession spurs egg and sperm donations
• At Last, Facing Down Bullies (and Their Enablers)
• UPDATE: Lynch signs NH marriage bill
• Croatia moves to adopt long-awaited IVF law
• Introducing the Family Leave Insurance Act 2009
• Georgia Passes Nation’s First Embryo Adoption Law
• Marriage for NY Gay Families Hinges on State Senate
• NH gov. tests political wind on gay marriage
• Maine Governor Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill
• Gay edits to White House web site
• Did You Support Gay Adoption Ban? Congrats: You’ve Been Outed!
• Maine committee endorses gay marriage bill
• Gay dad, kids receive Social Security benefits
• Lesbian couple appeals order removing their foster child
• Vermont mental health groups back gay marriage