HDE 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Surrogacy, Married People, Child Care
23 Jul 2018
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A child will benefit from a healthy, loving home, whether the parents are gay or not - Children are not harmed by being raised by 2 same - gendered parents but instead seem to be quite normal in their social, emotional, & cognitive development . Debate over whether child needs both mother & father figure. Laws restricted the ability of gay/ lesbian couples to adopt, & only in the last few decades did the advances in assisted reproductive technologies (art) open up new ways for gay & lesbian couples to achieve parenthood . Popular media (tv shows) help increase acceptance of gay & lesbian families. Less likely to be asian, native hawaiian, or pacific islander. More likely hispanic, african american, or white. Many same - sex couples want to have children. The proportion of minority gay / lesbian couples who are raising children is higher than.
