United Kingdom:
Homosexuals who start a family to get equal rights
(wz) Homosexual couples who have children together are to get the same legal rights as heterosexual parents under proposed new laws published yesterday.
The legislation would give both women in a lesbian couple automatic and equal parental rights over a baby born using donated sperm.
Homosexual men and unmarried heterosexual couples who use surrogate mothers would also gain the same rights currently enjoyed by married couples to apply for parental orders making both partners the legal parents of resulting offspring.
Caroline Flint, the public health minister, yesterday unveiled a White Paper containing 25 proposals that will form the basis for an overhaul of current laws on fertility treatment and embryo research. more…
From: »Sunday Telegraph« online