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http://www.indystar.com/articles/2/197917-1332-092.htmlBy Tim Evans
tim.evans@indystar.com
November 27, 2004
When female partners in Indiana agree to conceive a child through artificial insemination, both partners are the legal parents, according to a groundbreaking decision this week by the Indiana Court of Appeals. The court also chided state lawmakers for being slow to deal with advances in reproductive technology, urging the legislature to address the "current social reality" of unconventional families.
"No (legitimate) reason exists to provide the children born to lesbian parents through the use of reproductive technology with less security and protection than that given to children born to heterosexual parents through artificial insemination," Judge Ezra H. Friedlander wrote in the ruling issued Wednesday.
"Our paramount concern should be with the effect of our laws on the reality of children's lives," according to the ruling, which was unanimous.
The appeals court overturned the ruling of Monroe Circuit Judge Kenneth G. Todd, who found Dawn King had no legal standing with the girl born to her former partner, Stephanie Benham, because King was not a biological parent. The child is 5 years old.
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