First same-sex couples adopt in Finland

The first same-sex couples have successfully adopted children in Finland as reports coming since 20 April. Sateenkaariperheet, the Finnish rainbow families association, confirmed that one male and one female couple, both from Helsinki, had each successfully adopted infants. A change to Finland’s marriage law entered into force in March 2017 making it possible for same-sex couples to marry and adopt. LGBTI activists are now calling on a new parental law, currently under preparation by the Ministry of Justice, to ensure that more than two parents can be legally recognised and that parenthood be entered into the population registry in a gender-neutral way.

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