Two Tennessee lawmakers want to do away with a 40-year-old state law
granting legitimacy to children conceived through artificial
insemination. Critics say the bill is aimed at gay couples and their
children.
The bill would remove a single sentence applying
to child custody when artificial insemination is involved, one that's
been interpreted to make no distinction between same-sex and
heterosexual couples.
But opponents warn that changing the law could
prevent both same-sex parents from appearing on the children's birth
certificates, affecting their ability to make parenting decisions
ranging from medical care to education.
"It would affect lesbian couples in particular,
because if you have two women who are married and one is the birth
mother, the other one is presumed to be parent in Tennessee," said Chris
Sanders, the executive director of the Tennessee Equality Project.
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