Entry #9335: Same-sex adoption in Kansas

Current Version

Region	Kansas
Issue	Same-sex adoption
Status	Legal
Start Date	Jul 1, 2018
End Date	now
Description	Single adoption, joint adoption by married couples and second parent adoption by married couples are legal. However, Kansas allows discrimination against LGBT people on the basis of religion, which means LGBT couples can be refused by some adoption agencies.
Sources	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17-Kansas-Snapshot.pdf https://consideringadoption.com/adoptions-by-state/kansas/adopt/kansas-adoption-requirements/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment

Revision History (16)

Nov 8, 2022 Revision by Notdog1996

	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Value	(REMOVED)	Legal
Special Status	Ambiguous	Legal
End Date	Sep 9, 2018	(NONE)
Description	however the religious amendment makes it hard to adopt.	Single adoption, joint adoption by married couples and second parent adoption by married couples are legal. However, Kansas allows discrimination against LGBT people on the basis of religion, which means LGBT couples can be refused by some adoption agencies.
Description	Show Difference however the religious amendment makes it hard to adopt. Single adoption, joint adoption by married couples and second parent adoption by married couples are legal. However, Kansas allows discrimination against LGBT people on the basis of religion, which means LGBT couples can be refused by some adoption agencies.
Sources	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17-Kansas-Snapshot.pdf https://consideringadoption.com/adoptions-by-state/kansas/adopt/kansas-adoption-requirements/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment
Sources	Show Difference http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17-Kansas-Snapshot.pdf https://consideringadoption.com/adoptions-by-state/kansas/adopt/kansas-adoption-requirements/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment

Sep 30, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal	(REMOVED)
Special Status	(REMOVED)	Ambiguous
Description	Under federal law.	however the religious amendment makes it hard to adopt.
Description	Show Difference Under federal law. however the religious amendment makes it hard to adopt.
Sources	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment
Sources	Show Difference http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/KS https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/28/us-congress-rejects-anti-lgbt-adoption-amendment

Sep 26, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Single only	Legal
Description	Under state law only.	Under federal law.
Description	Show Difference Under state law only. federal law.

Sep 24, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal	Single only
Description	Under federal law and state law.	Under state law only.
Description	Show Difference Under federal law and state law. law only.

Sep 22, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Description	Under federal law.	Under federal law and state law.
Description	Show Difference Under federal law. law and state law.

Sep 19, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Single only	Legal
Description	Single only under state law. law being implemented.	Under federal law.
Description	Show Difference Single only under state law. law being implemented. Under federal law.

Sep 18, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Description	Single only under state law.	Single only under state law. law being implemented.
Description	Show Difference Single only under state law. law being implemented.

Sep 11, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Description	Single only under state law. Changes pending.	Single only under state law.
Description	Show Difference Single only under state law. Changes pending.

Sep 1, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
End Date	Aug 21, 2018	Sep 9, 2018

Sep 1, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Description	Single only under state law.	Single only under state law. Changes pending.
Description	Show Difference Single only under state law. Changes pending.

Aug 24, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Description	Single only under state law. full state legalization pending.	Single only under state law.
Description	Show Difference Single only under state law. full state legalization pending.

Aug 20, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
End Date	Aug 1, 2018	Aug 21, 2018

Aug 2, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
End Date	Jul 20, 2018	Aug 1, 2018

Jul 20, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
End Date	Jul 18, 2018	Jul 20, 2018

Jul 18, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
End Date	Jul 11, 2018	Jul 18, 2018
Description	Single only under state law. full state legalization pending.	Single only under state law. full state legalization pending.
Description	Show Difference Single only under state law. full state legalization pending.

Jul 12, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Description	All other options in adoption pending.	Single only under state law. full state legalization pending.
Description	Show Difference All other options in adoption pending. Single only under state law. full state legalization pending.

Jul 11, 2018 Ausyk created this entry.