Urge Your Family Doctor to Support Equality for Same-Sex Families!

On Sept. 29, 2003, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) will consider a resolution that seeks to overturn the Academy’s 2002 position statement in support of equal protections for same-sex parents and their children.

Please call your family doctor today and urge him or her to support equal protections for same-sex families.

Most helpful: Ask your doctor to express his or her support for same-sex families to the AAFP delegate in your state.

If you are a doctor and member of the AAFP, your voice is especially important. Please call your AAFP state delegate today. [See www.aafp.org]

The AAFP’s existing statement calls on the group to "establish policy and be supportive of legislation which promotes a safe and nurturing environment, including psychological and legal security, for all children, including those of adoptive parents, regardless of the parents’ sexual orientation."

The proposed new resolution, which was submitted by the Texas chapter of the AAFP, would eliminate the words, "sexual orientation."

The American Academy of Family Physicians represents more than 93,500 physicians and medical students nationwide. It is one of a growing number of medical, psychological and children’s welfare organizations that have issued position statements in support of equal protections for same-sex parents and their children.

For more information, visit the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s FamilyNet project at www.hrc.org/familynet