Florida Court Rules Lesbian Egg Donor Has Parental Rights
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The Supreme Court of Florida ruled that two women who had a child in a same-sex relationship both have parental rights and that a reproductive-technology law protecting only heterosexual couples is unconstitutional.
The court issued the 4-3 ruling today in a custody battle that pitted the woman who supplied the egg against her former partner who gave birth to the child. Both women were identified in the opinion only by initials.