A majority of the Dutch lower house wants to lift the ban on the adoption of foreign children by gay-couples. This is the result of the discussion that arose after the Dutch gay TV-producer and personality Paul de Leeuw and his friend adopted an American child came into the news.
The Brussels bureau from the German first public TV broadcaster ARD wants research to be done after the possibility of Dutch gays to adopt children for a reportage for the program Tagesthemen.