Current Version
| Region | Alabama |
| Issue | Same-sex adoption |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Jun 26, 2017 |
| End Date | now |
| 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 (22)
Revision by Notdog1996
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| Value | Single only | Legal |
| Start Date | Feb 1, 2015 | Jun 26, 2017 |
| End Date | Sep 20, 2018 | (NONE) |
| Note | 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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Revision by Ausyk
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| Value | Legal | Single only |
| Note | Since 2015. | Under state law only. |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
| Value Special | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Note | Only because gay religious freedom adoption law. | Since 2015. |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| Value | Legal | (REMOVED) |
| Value Special | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Note | under federal law. | Only because gay religious freedom adoption law. |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| Value | Single only | Legal |
| Note | Currently being implemented. | under federal law. |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| Value | Legal | Single only |
| End Date | Aug 20, 2018 | Sep 20, 2018 |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Single only | Legal |
| End Date | Jul 20, 2018 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Note | Only under state law. Legalization pending. | Currently being implemented. |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| End Date | Jul 18, 2018 | Jul 20, 2018 |
| Note | Only under state law. | Only under state law. Legalization pending. |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| End Date | Jul 11, 2018 | Jul 18, 2018 |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Single only |
| Value Special | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Note | Because of religious freedom adoption laws. | Only under state law. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Note | Because of religious freedom adoption laws. Full legalization pending. | Because of religious freedom adoption laws. |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| End Date | Jun 20, 2018 | Jul 11, 2018 |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| End Date | Jun 8, 2018 | Jun 20, 2018 |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| End Date | Apr 30, 2018 | Jun 8, 2018 |
| Note | 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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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Single only | (REMOVED) |
| Value Special | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| End Date | Apr 2, 2018 | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Note | 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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Revision by Ausyk
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| End Date | Mar 19, 2018 | Apr 2, 2018 |
| Note | it is currently legal | it is currently legal. Because of religious freedom adoption laws. |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| End Date | Sep 16, 2017 | Mar 19, 2018 |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal | Single only |
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| Value | Single only | Legal |
Revision by Ausyk
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| Value | Legal | Single only |
| End Date | Jul 24, 2016 | Sep 16, 2017 |
Revision by Ausyk
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| Note | No | it is currently legal |
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| Sources | No | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/profile_state/AL |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| End Date | Jul 17, 2016 | Jul 24, 2016 |