Lesbian mums in dispute: what makes a parent

BioNews - Lesbian mums in dispute: fertility law, child maintenance and what makes a parent: A lesbian couple who had conceived a child together through donor insemination at a UK clinic recently ended up in the High Court after their relationship broke down. Their dispute involved a ten-year-old child, and the issue was whether the non-birth mother (who the court had already given legal decision-making status as a parent) should be ordered to make financial provision for her child.