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I'll just note that the economist Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse was arguing exactly all of this in the early 2000s: ruthinstitute.org/produ…. But she's Catholic and conservative, so she was ignored. Glad to see that someone who cannot be labelled and ignored in the same way is now showing what everyone knew all along. I really appreciate Dr.…
I'll just note that the economist Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse was arguing exactly all of this in the early 2000s: https://ruthinstitute.org/product/love-and-economics-it-takes-a-family-to-raise-a-village/. But she's Catholic and conservative, so she was ignored. Glad to see that someone who cannot be labelled and ignored in the same way is now showing what everyone knew all along. I really appreciate Dr. Kearney's honesty and bravery. Barring a continued movement to cancel the cancellers, her career is probably in jeopardy now.
Now, one thing that was not discussed: Is it just a matter of having "two parents"? Or is it a matter of having a mother and a father? And is it a matter of having a biological mother and father? All of these questions will impact in turn the questions of same-sex adoption and surrogacy. Investigating such would involve defining what are "good outcomes" for children, and that is going to get into some very touchy value-laden realms of inquiry.