Watching basic rights slowly trickle in makes me grumpy. But I guess a trickle is better then nothing.
In international adoption news, last Sunday, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, broadened the adoption rights of LGBTQ couples in Israel. Previously adoption rights were extended only if one partner was biologically linked to a child.
“I welcome the decision,” said Welfare Minister Isaac Herzog. “There is no reason why same-sex couples who meet the criteria for adoption should not be able to join the process of adoption and of parenthood. We must adapt to the spirit of the times and the changes that are afoot.”
Other countries that allow LGBTQ people to adopt children: Guam, Andorra, Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom and some parts of Australia, Canada and the United States. Denmark, Finland, Germany, and Norway have laws like Israel's previous ones, only allowing a person to adopt their partner’s biological children.
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