Oxygen's 6-part docu-series I'm
Having Their Baby includes a gay couple's journey to start a
family.
Producers of I'm Having Their Baby,
which premieres Monday, July 23, describe the series as giving
“viewers an intimate look into the world of adoption by telling the
too-often untold story of the birth mother and her experience in
making this difficult and emotional choice.”
In a trailer for the show, one young
woman says she is considering a gay male couple to become her child's
adoptive family.
“The Bible is very clear about
homosexuality,” a woman is seen telling the pregnant woman. “It's
an abomination.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this
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On Tuesday, Oxygen released results of
a poll on the attitudes of Americans on adoption.
“When it comes to atypical adoption
scenarios, an overwhelming number of the men and women surveyed
expressed support. Women ultimately lead the pack with a massive 86
percent open to single parents adopting a child (vs. 77 percent
males) and 73 percent open to gay and lesbian couples adopting (vs.
62 percent males). Similarly, 90 percent of the women surveyed feel
it's more socially acceptable than it used to be to adopt children of
different races, while 84 percent of men feel that way.”