Calif. Weighs Lesbians' Parental Rights

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Summary

The thesis of "Calif. Weighs Lesbian's Parental Rights," by Lisa Leff from The Washington Post, is that recently the California attorney general argued that children who have same-sex parents should be given the same protection and treatment under the law as traditional families. The court, heard the case of women asking to take care of a child. Also, support given from their former partners. According to the article, many justices have different ideas about parental rights. However, in California, the state attorney general's office supported the lesbians' parental rights. They have rights to be treated equally whether children are born through reproductive technology to same-sex parents or by adoption. In conclusion, attorneys considered that children of separated parents who are same-sex couples should be treated same as children of divorced of common parents.