(Blogmensgo, gay blog of February 11, 2016) On February 10, 2016, the parliament of the Republic of Portugal with absolute majority approved a new bill allowing a same-sex partner to adopt the other partners’ children. A lot of ups and downs have led to this decision.
All left party deputies plus about twenty deputies of the oppositional right party voted for the new law.
Portugal introduced same-sex marriage in 2010 via a bill that explicitly excluded the adoption of children by a same-sex spouse.
The parliament had already voted for a similar bill in December 2015, which president Aníbal Cavaco Silva vetoed.
The absolute majority of the deputies now overwrote the presidential veto.
There had been lots of twists before the bill was finally accepted:
Commentary: As far as we understand the text, the same-sex spouse can only adopt the other partners’ biologic children.
Frank-S / MensGo
(Via Europe 1 of February 10, Le Quotidien and La Croix of February 11, 2016)