Judge to decide whether baby can be first in UK history to be born without a mother in landmark trans rights case

Brian Farmer for The Independent writes:
The most senior Family Court judge in England and Wales is set to rule on a case involving a transgender man whose baby is at the centre of a historic human rights fight.
Lawyers say the baby could become the first person born in England or Wales who will not legally have a mother.
The baby is the child of a single parent who was born a woman but now lives as a man after undergoing surgery.
Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the family division of the High Court, is due to decide whether only either “father” or “parent” can be listed on the child’s birth certificate following a trial scheduled to take place at the High Court in London in February.
Lawyers say other transgender men have given birth but have been registered on birth certificates as mothers.
They say if the man wins his fight the child will be the first person born in England or Wales not to legally have a mother.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/transgender-man-baby-birth-certificate-mother-trans-rights-landmark-case-family-court-a8562021.html

2 thoughts on “Judge to decide whether baby can be first in UK history to be born without a mother in landmark trans rights case”

  1. Every day I think this can’t get worse, and then another thing comes to the fore. If this succeeds it will reinforce the fudging of the language of womanhood, and motherhood, eventually erasing it altogether.

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