As fear of attacks on LGBTQ parenthood rise advocates call for streamlined adoptions

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last summer revoking the constitutional right to abortion struck fear in the LGBTQ+ community. They took notice, in particular, to a concurring opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas calling for reconsideration of rulings on same-sex marriage and relationships, as well as contraception. “People are going to come for our marriage,” said Dr. Beth Cronin, an obstetrician in Providence who is in a same-sex marriage and serves LGBTQ+ patients. If courts challenge their marriage, then what will become of their standing as a family – and as parents – Cronin worried. With those fears in…