It could mean mothers who are unsure of their child’s parentage might need to figure that out before putting a child up for adoption. While this may be intended to help balance the scales of family justice, the most extreme unintended consequence could be that rape victims theoretically could be forced to get their rapist to approve an adoption.
There also are concerns this could, theoretically, allow men to get women to sign documents clearing them of patrimonial duties before, say, a one-night stand.Ģ) The bill as written gives biological fathers more rights to determine what happens to their offspring. That’s a loophole lawyers said should be closed. That means, a man who has intercourse with a woman - after signing an agreement she alone would parent the child - or who donates sperm for her to inseminate herself with at home, could be better legally protected than a man who donates his sperm in a clinic. Article contentġ) As written, the bill gives more protection to a man who donates sperm at home than through a clinic if he signs an agreement beforehand with the woman accepting his donation. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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