Same-sex couples go to court to push for equal adoption rights
04/01/2021 07:38 PM
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Taipei, April 1 (CNA) In order to seek a change in existing laws which forbid same-sex couples from adopting children, three gay couples and rights groups pledged to take their cases to court Thursday.
Currently, the same-sex marriage law only allows a homosexual person to adopt the biological child of their partner, said Jennifer Lu (呂欣潔), executive director of the Taiwan Equality Campaign (TEC), at a press conference Thursday.
Married homosexual couples do not have the legal right to adopt non-biologically-related children, unlike heterosexual couples, Lu said.