British Lesbian Couple in Ecuador Maternity Battle
31st May 2012
Nicola Rothon and Helen Bicknell tried to register joint maternity after their daughter, Satya Amani, was born in December, but were denied permission.
The women, both 34, then filed a claim alleging discrimination and demanding that state prosecutors protect their constitutional rights.
I’m curious as to what ‘constitutional rights’ a homosexual couple could have in Ecuador.
Their baby was conceived using a sperm donor, who was a mutual friend, and Miss Rothon carried the child to term.
So Rothon is the mother and the sperm donor is the father. That’s biological fact, and (more than likely) legal fact in Ecuador (and every other jurisdiction not run by space cadets).
Whatever happened to the ‘reality-based community’ that ‘progressives’ so loudly claim they inhabit? No trace of it here.
In 2008 Ecuador adopted a new constitution extolling “families of diverse types” and recognising civil unions, giving them the same rights as marriage apart from joint adoption of children.
Aha. But do-it-yourself-parentage wouldn’t appear to be included.
The women are now considering taking the case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Where would the space cadets be without these trans-national busybody organizations? For which taxpayers like you inevitably wind up paying?
Sarahi Maldonado, an activist supporting the rights of sexual minorities in Ecuador, said: “It is outrageous to believe that you can’t have a family in which no man is present.”
I must admit that outrage seems to be what they do best.