At the same time court rejects gay adoption in case where neither man proved biological connection to child.
| Man with baby born to surrogate mother. Photo: REUTERS |
The High Court of Justice on Tuesday night, by a split 5-2 vote, ordered the state to recognize the gay adoption of a child born through surrogacy, including registering both the biological father and his partner as fathers of the child.
Simultaneously, the High Court rejected 7-0 the request of another gay couple for recognition of their right to gay adoption.
Related:
Health Ministry advocates allowing gay couples to use surrogate mothers
Both gay couples based their claim on a birth certificate and declaration from the US that they are the child’s parents.
The difference between the two cases is that the court granted the request from the gay couple after it underwent genetic testing to prove the biological connection to at least one of the men, while the couple whose request was denied did not do genetic testing.
No comments:
Post a Comment