A same-sex couple is suing the US government alleging discrimination because one of their children was not granted American citizenship.
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A same-sex couple is suing the US government alleging discrimination because one of their children was not granted American citizenship.
Continue reading at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42781501 (Source)
Little Griffin was then born in August after the newlywed couple’s third IVF attempt was successful.
But only Holly, 31, was marked as his mum on the birth cert — with Katie, 34, from Gweedore, Co Donegal, put as a generic “parent”.
However, Irish laws from 1956 define a parent as only a child’s “mother” or “father” and the Passport Office refused Katie’s application for 11-week-old Griffin.
Continue reading at: https://www.thesun.ie/news/1770531/donegal-lesbian-ivf-mum-is-denied-irish-passport-for-her-son-as-1956-law-states-shes-not-the-little-tots-mother/ (Source)