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Senate approves adoption bill limiting certain placements to a mother-and-father household amid questions on single and international adoptions
Summary
Senate Bill 63, which restricts some adoptive placements to a mother-and-father household and excludes placement into cohabiting or polygamous households, passed the Senate and was referred to the House after extended questioning about effects on single and international adoptions.
Senate Bill 63, presented by Senator Nielsen, would restrict placement for some adoptions to households defined as a father and a mother and would bar placement in households described in the bill as homosexual or polygamous or where adults cohabit without marriage. Nielsen said the bill reflects language debated in committee and apologised for any…
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