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New Lesbian Parenting Study Makes Claims Unsupported by the Evidence

`Dean Byrd’                      `LifeSiteNews’
July 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) published byAmerican Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers the following conclusion: "Adolescents who have been reared in lesbian-mother families since birth demonstrate healthy psychological adjustment (p. 28)."
 
Authors Gartrell and Bos generalize their findings to the lesbian population at large, claiming their research offers "implications for – same-sex parenting" (p. 28). Making an enormous scientific leap, they conclude that their study provides scientific proof that there is "no justification for restricting access to reproductive technologies or child custody on the basis of the sexual orientation of the parents" (p. 34-35). 
 
Read more:      http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jul/10073012.html
 

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