Two Mums Starts Today
Today marks an important day.
New laws come into affect from today in NSW that gives, amongst other things, the opportunity for two mothers to be listed on a child’s birth certificate for the very first time.
The new birth certificates are part of a series of reforms giving the children of female de-facto couples equal rights. It will also enable lesbian mothers to be listed retrospectively on a child’s birth certificate.
The NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos says the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages has already received more than 100 inquiries about the new certificates.
“Today marks a new era for same-sex families in NSW. For too long, children have been treated as second-class citizens because of their parent’s sexuality,” said Peter Johnson, GLRL Co-Convenor.
“Further parenting and adoption reform is also needed to protect all children with lesbian and gay parents. The law must keep up with the reality that same-sex families exist, and legal discrimination simply hurts children in these families.”
The new laws currently only apply to children who are conceived through artificial fertilization, but it’s a huge start that gives kids with two mums the same rights and protection as other children.
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kcleo
said on the 29th Sep, 2008
kcleo
said on the 29th Sep, 2008