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The Sun
17-05-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
We conceived our baby with a Calpol syringe but can't both be on the birth certificate, so we're starting a petition
Sarah Bull, Digital Senior Reporter Published: Invalid Date, A COUPLE who conceived their baby with a Calpol syringe have been left fuming after being told they can't both be on the birth certificate. Kerry and Anna welcomed daughter Ezmai in March, after enlisting the help of a friend to be a sperm donor. 2 They've been documenting their journey on their social media pages, but caused controversy with a recent video, in which they were seen taking their newborn to officially register her name. However, they were stunned to find out that they couldn't both have their names as the parents on Ezmai's birth certificate. "We thought we'd come on for a little bit of a rant because we think it's really disgusting that Kerry is not allowed on the birth certificate, even though we were together when we conceived her," Anna said in a video on her TikTok page. "And the only reason she's not allowed on it is because 1, we're not married and 2, because we didn't spend thousands in a clinic." "Which one's better? Using a donor that you actually know, or just using someone random that you don't even know?" Kerry chimed in. "She might not have provided the stuff guys, but I used the syringe so technically I impregnated her!" "It's true, it's true," Anna said. "I think we should all sign a petition to get this over with, so same sex men, same sex females, whoever want to have a baby together, should be able to do it," she continued. "And it shouldn't be an issue. Do you know what I mean?" Kerry could be heard crying in the background as Anna said: "If you're together when you conceive and you plan to conceive together, you should be that parent. A Miracle Baby Story "I mean look at all the parents out there, right? Our kids for example, their dads have nothing to do with them. "But they're allowed on the birth certificate. "Where Kerry's here, does everything for me, and we have to fight for it. "I think it's absolutely disgusting. "So if you guys know how to start a petition or anything like that, please let me know because we are so disgusted with this right now." However, people in the comments section were quick to insist the pair should have known the law about who could go on the birth certificate before going to the registry office. " Biologically she isn't the baby's parent so why would she go on the birth certificate?" one wrote. "What did you expect????" another added. "I'm confused. She's not the father!" "Everybody knows you have to be married to be on the birth certificate. It's not new," a third sighed. "Go to the registry office tomorrow, get married then go register," someone else commented. "Birth certificate has nothing todo with who is the 'parent', it is about who biologically made you," another said, alongside a rolling eyes emoji.
BBC News
14-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Delays to same sex parental rights law in Jersey criticised
A lack of progress in bringing same-sex parental rights into law has been a child may only have up to two legal parents and, unless the child is adopted, one of the parents will always be the birth mother, meaning, in same sex-couples, only one parent can be on the birth certificate. The Draft Children and Civil status law in 2024 will allow both same-sex parents to be on a birth certificate, but the government also wants to bring a draft abolition of legitimacy law at the same Louise Doublet said she supported getting rid of illegitimacy, but it had held up other legislation. Minister Richard Vibert said it was "crucial" for both laws to come in together. Doublet said the establishment of same-sex parental rights was being held up after ministers said they would be "fully functioning by the end of 2024".She said: "I feel the LGBTQ+ community has been waiting for same-sex parental rights for so many years that we shouldn't be delaying that law to wait for another law to be ready."This is about children's human rights. Some children don't have both their parents named on their birth certificate, and that is a basic human right every child should have."Many of our members in the LGBTQ+ community have been waiting nearly a decade for these laws to be completed. It has to be brought in urgently." 'Possible, but not wise' Vibert, Minister for Children and Families, said it was possible to launch the laws separately but it would "not be wise to do so".He said: "It might be possible, but you are then left with situation where the child could be born as illegitimate and I think that is why it's crucial to bring both parts of the legislation together."Staff have worked hard to bring the Legitimacy Act forward and to bring it into force at the same time as the Children and Civil Status Law."I think it is very important that, when bringing the Children and Civil Status Law, we are in the position when no child in this island can be born and classed as illegitimate in the future."
