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| Region | Ghana |
| Issue | Same-sex adoption |
| Status | Single only |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Application for adoption may be made by a single person, but only if that person is a citizen of Ghana. Same-sex couples are not allowed to adopt children in Ghana. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20120226070227/http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_info.php?country-select=ghana |
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Revision History (6)
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| Value | Second parent adoption only | Single only |
| Description | only exception there. Missing laws for joint adoption. As well as single adoption. | Application for adoption may be made by a single person, but only if that person is a citizen of Ghana. Same-sex couples are not allowed to adopt children in Ghana. |
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| Sources | https://adopt.com/ghana | https://web.archive.org/web/20120226070227/http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_info.php?country-select=ghana |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | only exception there. Homosexuality is still illegal. Missing laws for same sex couples. | only exception there. Missing laws for joint adoption. As well as single adoption. |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | only exception there. Homosexuality is still illegal. | only exception there. Homosexuality is still illegal. Missing laws for same sex couples. |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | only exception there. | only exception there. Homosexuality is still illegal. |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | Second parent adoption only |
| Description | they still have too legalize same sex activity. | only exception there. |
| Sources | No | https://adopt.com/ghana |