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Scientific consensus, the law, and same sex parenting outcomes

Jimi adams1, Ryan Light2

  • 1Department of Health & Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Campus Box 188, PO Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364, United States.

Social Science Research
|July 20, 2015
PubMed
Summary

Scientific literature shows consensus: children of same-sex parents fare the same as those from other families. Citation network analysis confirms this finding, supporting social science evidence in legal contexts.

Keywords:
Citation networksSame-sex parentsSame-sex unionsScientific consensusSociology of law

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