Panama: Bill Bars Same-Sex Couples from Adoption

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image El presidente de Panamá Laurentino Cortizo ofrece su primer discurso de Informe a la Nación ante la Asamblea Nacional en la Ciudad de Panamá el 1 de julio de 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco (New York) – Panama’s National Assembly passed a bill on March 3, 2021, that includes a discriminatory prohibition on adoption by same-sex couples, Human Rights Watch said today. Bill No.120, which aims to protect children and adolescents from unnecessary separation from their biological family, allows for adoption by both single persons and married couples. However, not…

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