http://www.mombian.com/2007/09/19/juxtapositions-of-parenthood/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mombian.com/2007/09/19/juxtapositions-of-parenthood/comment-page-1/#comment-78011 Mombian » Blog Archive » Weekly Political Update Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:18:05 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2007/09/19/juxtapositions-of-parenthood/#comment-78011 [...] twins after IVF, blamed the doctor for implanting two embryos instead of the requested one. (See my earlier post on the [...] [...] twins after IVF, blamed the doctor for implanting two embryos instead of the requested one. (See my earlier post on the [...]

]]> http://www.mombian.com/2007/09/19/juxtapositions-of-parenthood/comment-page-1/#comment-72057 Shereen Samuels Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:21:19 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2007/09/19/juxtapositions-of-parenthood/#comment-72057 The really interesting bit was that the Nova Scotian provincial government changed their tune two days after the complaint was lodged, and granted both parents official parental status. They said something about not wanting to waste taxpayers' money when the just outcome was obvious. Now we've just gotta get the rest of the provinces to face the same music. But once marriage became legal, there wasn't a leg to stand on in differentiating parental rights from hetero married couples. Yay equal marriage! The really interesting bit was that the Nova Scotian provincial government changed their tune two days after the complaint was lodged, and granted both parents official parental status. They said something about not wanting to waste taxpayers’ money when the just outcome was obvious.
Now we’ve just gotta get the rest of the provinces to face the same music. But once marriage became legal, there wasn’t a leg to stand on in differentiating parental rights from hetero married couples. Yay equal marriage!

]]> http://www.mombian.com/2007/09/19/juxtapositions-of-parenthood/comment-page-1/#comment-71972 Mombian » Blog Archive » Weekly Political Roundup Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2007/09/19/juxtapositions-of-parenthood/#comment-71972 [...] of news this week, some of which I covered in a roundup of parenting-related posts on Wednesday. Here’s [...] [...] of news this week, some of which I covered in a roundup of parenting-related posts on Wednesday. Here’s [...]

]]> http://www.mombian.com/2007/09/19/juxtapositions-of-parenthood/comment-page-1/#comment-71916 Mrs. Micah Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:29:57 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2007/09/19/juxtapositions-of-parenthood/#comment-71916 The Canadian story particularly irks me. If they're married then they're married and any children born after that marriage are both of theirs. Two standards of "marriage" at play here! The Canadian story particularly irks me. If they’re married then they’re married and any children born after that marriage are both of theirs. Two standards of “marriage” at play here!

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