The French Girl (24 page)

AUTHOR’S NOTE

It was not until May 3rd, 1999, some twenty years after this story would have taken place, that then-New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen signed a law repealing New Hampshire’s law banning gay couples from adopting and becoming foster parents.

Governor Shaheen was quoted as saying, “For too long, too many qualified families have been denied the opportunity to provide a child in need with a healthy, loving environment. This law will allow more children to be with supportive and nurturing families. New Hampshire will now be able to judge foster and adoptive families based on their fitness, without making prejudicial assumptions.”

-  Felicia Donovan