Friday, May 3, 2013

State Must Issue Birth Certificate Listing Both Parents in Same-Sex Marriage

The Iowa Supreme Court's ruled the state Health Department to issue a new birth certificate, listing the names of both spouses in a same-sex relationship on a child’s birth certificate. Heather and Melissa Gartner of Des Moines, sued after the department listed only Heather as a parent of their daughter on the girl’s birth certificate in 2009.

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