opening yet more cans of worms!!!!!

Read this in the new today, what will be the implications I wonder in a few years time???..........



MUMS who use sperm donors will be able to name anyone as the dad under new laws.
Women can put on the birth certificate a lesbian girlfriend or close pal.

But the “second parent” will then have legal responsibility for the tot — including paying towards its upbringing.

The only exception will be close blood relatives, who cannot be chosen.

The new law, approved by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, has been championed as a way of preventing discrimination.

The second legal parent will need to give consent to go on the birth certificate and that person will have to go through counselling.

But Baroness Ruth Deech, a former head of the HFEA, said: “What I object to is the falsification of the birth certificate, which is supposed to be a true record of the genetic origins of birth.

“It is absurd that anyone can be named as the father or the second parent.”

Yet supporters insist the rule is unlikely to be abused.

Lib Dem MP Evan Harris said: “This is a big step and is unlikely to be taken by someone who does not take their responsibilities seriously.”


zara

I'm just biding my time until I can change the mother's name on my boys certificate. For all intents, constructions, and purposes, she was the egg donor.

So what would happen in say, 5 years when the 'alloted' parent decided that they were going to 'walk away'. Is there going to be a new law passed making them responsible for maintenance.
If they are not the biological parent I cannot see them taking that responsibilty, there is not a law at present for it.
Talk about adding confusion to the pot.

This is very confusing and would be interest to see how the law will cope with a split of a 'partnership'.

Or would it be as per adoption?

What a confusing mess

zara

Zara2008 wrote:

Yet supporters insist the rule is unlikely to be abused.

zara

I think that is the most unreal thing about the whole stupid idea. Not abused....yeah right, the whole idea is ripe for abuse.

If you have a child in a lesbian partnership the emotional ties are the same as a child born in any other partnership in which one parent isn't a blood relative (for example when donated sperm has been used because of male infertility or genetic issues). So I think this is a completely logical step and a move towards equality with regard to sexual orientation.

Sadie