that are not their biological parent. i was raised by my grandparents. be it perhaps a parent that is a same-sex partner that doesn t have a legal tie. if we were to figure out how to equalize our adoption laws to make sure that second-parent adoption, stepparent adoption is available and that gay partners and unmarried partners can jointly adopt, that would cover the responsibilities of being able to safeguard and care for children, which is what the family policies are about. adopted family members, almost 70% are married couples. you look at unmarried couples are only at the 2% rate on adoptive parents. that includes heterosexual and same-sex couples. i also wanted to ask. there is this other name out there around family that to me in part is connected to this. we often here if you choose not to do abortion, you always have adoption.