Adopción gay

1. Descripción del problema

Dos principios se enfrentan en el caso de la adopción de menores por parejas gay, el uno, que apoya el derecho a la igualdad en formación de familia, y el otro, que apoya el derecho de un menor a estar en un hogar estable y saludable. Estos dos principios chocan y por esto se debe usar la ley de la ponderación la cual dice “A mayor grado de afectación de unprincipio, mayor debe ser la importancia de la satisfacción del otro”, así escogiendo el principio que mas peso tenga.



1 Cual es la incidencia en la formación y estabilidad emocional del menor al crecer en una familia conformada por personas del mismo sexo?


A favor:
Children from same-sex families scored about 6 percent higher on general health and family cohesion, even when controlling forsocio-demographic factors such as parents’ education and household income, Crouch wrote. However, on most health measures, including emotional behavior and physical functioning, there was no difference compared with children from the general population.

Crouch and his team surveyed 315 same-sex parents with a total of 500 children across Australia. About 80 percent of the kids had female parents andabout 18 percent had male parents, the study states.

Crouch suggested the greater social cohesion among same-sex families comes from an equal distribution of work. He said same-sex couples are likely to share responsibilities more equally than heterosexual ones.

“Many studies have demonstrated that children’s well-being is affected much more by their relationships with their parents, theirparents’ sense of competence and security, and the presence of social and economic support for the family than by the gender or the sexual orientation of their parents,” said Siegel, co-author of the American Academy of Pediatrics report.

Amid the last year’s Supreme Court arguments over same-sex marriage, researchers found that the quality of parenting and families’ economic well-being was moreimportant than sexual orientation.

“I can tell you we’re never going to get the perfect science, but what you have right now is good-enough science,” Siegel said “The data we have right now are good enough to know what’s good for kids.”


En contra:
But Benjamin Siegel, professor of pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine, said there are limits with such research. He told BUToday last year that none aof the studies has been a randomized, controlled trial and that all studies on same-sex parenting are small since there aren’t as many same-sex parents.

According to the study, about two-thirds of children with same-sex parents experienced some form of stigma because of their parents’ sexual orientation.

Crouch said stigmas ranged from subtle issues such as sending letters homefrom school addressed to a “Mr.” and “Mrs.” to more harmful problems such as bullying at school. The greater the stigma a same-sex family faces, the greater the impact on a child’s social and emotional well-being, Crouch said.
Have lower educational attainment
• Report less safety and security in their family of origin
• Report more ongoing "negative impact" from their family of origin
• Are morelikely to suffer from depression
• Have been arrested more often
• If they are female, have had more sexual partners--both male and female
Are more likely to be currently cohabiting
• Are almost 4 times more likely to be currently on public assistance
• Are less likely to be currently employed full-time
• Are more than 3 times more likely to be unemployed
• Are nearly 4 times more likely toidentify as something other than entirely heterosexual
• Are 3 times as likely to have had an affair while married or cohabiting
• Are an astonishing 10 times more likely to have been "touched sexually by a parent or other adult caregiver."
• Are nearly 4 times as likely to have been "physically forced" to have sex against their will
• Are more likely to have "attachment" problems related to...