Lesbian Adoption Ruled Legal By Israeli Court

The Supreme Court of Israel ruled that a lesbian couple is able to legally adopt each other's children. It was a 7-2 decision.

A Jeruselum paper explained that except in rare cases, married couples are the only ones allowed to adopt children in Israel, but the court had recently handed down a ruling allowing a common law wife to adopt her partner's children. The Supreme Court used that decision as their base and expanded the principle to include same-sex couples.