MD Donor Egg Surrogacy Case: No Mother Ruling
"Ruling Alters Idea of Mother"
Md. high court finds paternity laws must apply equally to men and women
By Andrea F. Siegel
Sun Reporter
Originally published May 17, 2007
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"A baby conceived from an egg donated by one woman and implanted in another may have no mother at all under Maryland law, the state's highest court ruled yesterday."
"The man who arranged for the children to be born from his sperm and donated eggs, and the woman with whom he arranged to carry them, brought the case. The two wanted it made clear that she had no legal claims or responsibility for the children."
"The ruling is pioneering because of its basis on the state's Equal Rights Amendment: The court found that paternity laws apply equally to men and women."
""The change is that Maryland's paternity statute - which was written to define paternity - can now be used by women in the same way to challenge maternity. That really is the main and, as I see it, significant change," said University of Baltimore law professor Barbara A. Babb, who directs the law school's Center for Families, Children and the Courts."
Labels: Donor Egg, MD, Surrogacy
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