When the American Academy of Pediatrics passed its policy statement supporting second-parent adoptions by lesbian and gay parents in 2002, a fringe group of approximately 60 of the AAP鈥檚 more than 60,000 members formed the 鈥淎merican College of Pediatricians.鈥�1 This group has been described by one of its charter members as a 鈥淛udeo-Christian, traditional-values organization,鈥� that is open to pediatric medical professionals of all religions 鈥渨ho hold to [the ACP鈥檚] core beliefs,鈥� which are that 鈥渓ife begins at conception, and that the traditional family unit, headed by an opposite-sex couple, poses far fewer risk factors in the adoption and raising of children.鈥�2 This group issued a position statement in January 2004 supporting the 鈥渁ge-old prohibition on homosexual parenting, whether by adoption, foster care, or by reproductive manipulation.鈥�3
1. Pamela P. Wong, 鈥淣ew Pediatricians Group Blasts AAP Endorsement of 鈥楪ay鈥� Parenting,鈥� Concerned Women for America, 2003, (December 19, 2005). See also 鈥淐harter Member Physicians,鈥� American College of Pediatricians, 2004, (19 December 2005)
2. Roy Waller and Linda Nicolosi, 鈥淧ediatricians鈥� Groups Differ on Attitudes Toward Homosexual Parenting,鈥� National Association of Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, (September 2004), (2 December 2005).
3. American College of Pediatricians, 鈥淗omosexual Parenting: Is It Time for Change?鈥�, 2004 (19 December 2005)
