http://www.proudparenting.com/node/84 Comments for "Costly Results of Banning Gay Parenting" en http://www.proudparenting.com/node/84 <p>An economic argument can be made for allowing gay foster and adoptive parenting. If states enact laws that prevent adoptions by LGB people, the children placed with existing foster parents would be removed from those families. According to the <cite>Williams Institute</cite>, at the UCLA Law School, an estimated 9,300 to 14,000 U.S. children would be displaced, and the move would cost the foster care system approximately $130 million.</p> <p><a href="http://www.proudparenting.com/node/84">read more</a></p> http://www.proudparenting.com/node/84#comments adoption Community Support foster care research U.S. Williams Institute Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:00:00 -0700 Community Editor 84 at http://www.proudparenting.com