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Queensland Gays Seek Surrogacy Rights
By artlynentertainment | November 13, 2009 - 11:17 am - Posted in gay adoption

Gay couples should have the same rights as straight couples when it comes to access to surrogacy, according to gay Ipswich identity Peter Robinson.

Mr Robinson, whose long involvement in the gay Ipswich community includes organising the monthly Out West club event, said the Liberal National Party’s plan to stop gay access to surrogacy was discriminatory.

The State Government recently drafted laws to decriminalise altruistic surrogacy for anyone in Queensland, including homosexual couples and sole parents.

Source - Queensland Times

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Lesbian Couple Can Adopt Child In France
By artlynentertainment | November 11, 2009 - 12:47 am - Posted in gay adoption

A French court on Tuesday allowed a lesbian woman to adopt a child with her partner after 11 years of legal battle, in what gay rights campaigners said was an unprecedented victory.

French law allows single people to adopt but not same-sex couples, a position that has been criticized by the European Court Of Human Rights.

Some couples get around the ban by filing an application in the name of only one partner and ticking the “single” box, but 48-year-old teacher Emmanuelle B. was determined to have the right to adopt as a couple recognized by the courts.

She prevailed on Tuesday when an administrative tribunal in the eastern town of Besancon overruled the regional authorities, who had rejected the woman’s application.

Source - Reuters

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