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# Poland to stop letting LGBTQ+ couples adopt as single people
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/poland-to-stop-letting-lgbtq-couples-adopt-as-single-people/
- Published: 2021-03-16T11:30:05.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-15T12:10:29.000Z
- Description: Poland is set to close a legal loophole which allowed same-sex couples to adopt children as single people.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Queer Corner, Eu, Europe, LGBTQ, LGBTQ families, Poland, same-sex adoption

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**Poland** is set to close a legal loophole which allowed same-sex couples to adopt children as single people, as reported by *[Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-rights-lgbt-poland-idUKKBN2B32MP?ref=scenemag.co.uk),* meaning there will be a total ban on LGBTQ+ adoption. Currently, Polish authorities only allow opposite-sex couples or single people to adopt, however, single people will be prevented from doing so if they are in a same-sex relationship.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/michal-wojcik-600-400.jpg)

Michal Wojcik

Deputy justice minister, **Michal Wojcik,** announced the new law, saying: *“We are preparing a change where…people living in cohabitation with a person of the same sex could not adopt a child, so a homosexual couple will not be able to adopt a child.”* He insisted the regulations were *“about a child’s safety”* and *“wellbeing.”* The law was proposed hours before the **EU** ruled that member countries were now ‘[LGBTQ+ freedom zones](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/eu-declared-lgbtq-freedom-zone/)’, in response to the ‘LGBTQ+ free zones’ in Poland.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/lgbt-pride-flag-600-400.jpg)

The EU’s new declaration states: *“LGBTQ+ persons everywhere in the EU should enjoy the freedom to live and publicly show their sexual orientation and gender identity without fear of intolerance, discrimination or persecution”,* suggesting those local authorities which do not adhere could face consequences. Poland is already at risk of losing federal funding after the EU added a new clause to its funding rules in [January 2021](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/eu-could-withdraw-polish-funding/), which stated countries must show respect for the European Charter of Fundamental Rights or see their projects rejected for EU funding.