I Just wondered what the general feeling was about this piece of news I've just been sent, I knew it was in the pipeline, but didn't realise that it's implementation was so close.
As people who are always searching for the truth, what do you think?
(Sorry if this is considered the wrong board at the mo, but it's effects could well be on here in a few years time)
Single women using IVF treatment will soon be able to name whoever they like as the second parent on a birth certificate.
The new rules, which stems from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, are set to come into force next month.
From April 6th a friend or female partner can be named as a second parent, with the only restrictions being close blood relatives or if the second person does not agree.
However critics fear the role of the father is being undermined.
Family Matters Institute Chief Executive Matt Buttery says it is liberal policy gone mad.
“For me it's a crazy situation where we’re not telling the truth on a birth certificate,” he says.
“We are able in a sense to fabricate who your parents are. And I think we've just gone too far and we are not going to know the consequences of these changes for probably 15, 16 years, when children whose fathers aren't named grow up and tell us how that feels.
I think it's just a huge shame and a hugely dangerous social experiment.”
As people who are always searching for the truth, what do you think?
(Sorry if this is considered the wrong board at the mo, but it's effects could well be on here in a few years time)
Single women using IVF treatment will soon be able to name whoever they like as the second parent on a birth certificate.
The new rules, which stems from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, are set to come into force next month.
From April 6th a friend or female partner can be named as a second parent, with the only restrictions being close blood relatives or if the second person does not agree.
However critics fear the role of the father is being undermined.
Family Matters Institute Chief Executive Matt Buttery says it is liberal policy gone mad.
“For me it's a crazy situation where we’re not telling the truth on a birth certificate,” he says.
“We are able in a sense to fabricate who your parents are. And I think we've just gone too far and we are not going to know the consequences of these changes for probably 15, 16 years, when children whose fathers aren't named grow up and tell us how that feels.
I think it's just a huge shame and a hugely dangerous social experiment.”
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