Current Version
| Region | Alabama |
| Issue | Same-sex adoption |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Jun 26, 2017 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Single adoption, joint adoption by married couples and second parent adoption by married couples are legal. Alabama however allows discrimination against LGBT people on the basis of religion, which means they can be refused adoption by some adoption agencies. They can also refuse to place a child with a next-of-kin family member if that family member happens to be LGBT. |
| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/30/anti-lgbt-bills-us-states-could-derail-adoptions https://www.familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1-Alabama-Snapshot.pdf http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/AL |
Revision History (23)
edited by Notdog1996
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| Value | Single only | Legal |
| Start Date | Feb 1, 2015 | Jun 26, 2017 |
| End Date | Sep 20, 2018 | (none) |
| Description | Under state law only. | Single adoption, joint adoption by married couples and second parent adoption by married couples are legal. Alabama however allows discrimination against LGBT people on the basis of religion, which means they can be refused adoption by some adoption agencies. They can also refuse to place a child with a next-of-kin family member if that family member happens to be LGBT. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/30/anti-lgbt-bills-us-states-could-derail-adoptions http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/AL | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/30/anti-lgbt-bills-us-states-could-derail-adoptions https://www.familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1-Alabama-Snapshot.pdf http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/AL |
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| Value | Legal | Single only |
| Description | Since 2015. | Under state law only. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal |
| Description | Only because gay religious freedom adoption law. | Since 2015. |
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| Value | Legal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal | Ambiguous |
| Description | under federal law. | Only because gay religious freedom adoption law. |
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| Value | Single only | Legal |
| Description | Currently being implemented. | under federal law. |
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| Value | Single only | Legal |
| End Date | Jul 20, 2018 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Description | Only under state law. Legalization pending. | Currently being implemented. |
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| End Date | Jul 18, 2018 | Jul 20, 2018 |
| Description | Only under state law. | Only under state law. Legalization pending. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Single only |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Single only |
| Description | Because of religious freedom adoption laws. | Only under state law. |
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| Description | Because of religious freedom adoption laws. Full legalization pending. | Because of religious freedom adoption laws. |
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| End Date | Apr 30, 2018 | Jun 8, 2018 |
| Description | Because of religious freedom adoption laws. | Because of religious freedom adoption laws. Full legalization pending. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/30/anti-lgbt-bills-us-states-could-derail-adoptions | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/30/anti-lgbt-bills-us-states-could-derail-adoptions http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/AL |
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| Value | Single only | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Single only | Ambiguous |
| End Date | Apr 2, 2018 | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Description | it is currently legal. Because of religious freedom adoption laws. | Because of religious freedom adoption laws. |
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| Sources | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/profile_state/AL | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/30/anti-lgbt-bills-us-states-could-derail-adoptions |
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| End Date | Mar 19, 2018 | Apr 2, 2018 |
| Description | it is currently legal | it is currently legal. Because of religious freedom adoption laws. |
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| Description | No | it is currently legal |
| Sources | No | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/profile_state/AL |