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Unlike her rival Donald Trump, Ms Harris has only been married once and is a step-parent.

The family were told that Sarah had to carry out a "step-parent" adoption when the child was 6 months old.

Ryanne Seyba’s law firm in Hollywood, Florida, is offering free second-parent adoptions, which are similar to step-parent adoptions, for qualified same-sex couples to help ease some of the stress caused by the possible ripple effects of the abortion decision.

“We don’t use the term stepfather or step-parent in this family,” Ebersol said.

To be rejected by a step-parent on top of that compounds the trauma.