{"id":21083,"date":"2018-11-26T21:44:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T21:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=21083"},"modified":"2018-11-26T21:53:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T21:53:32","slug":"one-in-eight-adoptions-in-england-are-by-same-sex-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/11\/one-in-eight-adoptions-in-england-are-by-same-sex-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"One in eight adoptions in England are by same-sex couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/AdamJones102417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/AdamJones102417.jpg 960w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/AdamJones102417-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/AdamJones102417-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Department of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018\" target=\"_blank\">released adoption statistics<\/a>, and among them it was revealed that same-sex couples account for one in eight adoptions in England, which is the highest proportion since records began.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 3,820 children that have been adopted in the past year, 450 of them were by same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.co.uk\/community\/115312\/one-in-eight-adoptions-in-england-are-by-same-sex-couples\/\">Gay Times<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=172516468500&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:comments numposts=\"10\" width=\"425\" publish_feed=\"true\"><\/fb:comments><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England&#8217;s Department of Education released adoption statistics, and among them it was revealed that same-sex couples account for one in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":21085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[713,838],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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