July 1, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — France’s newly adopted bioethics law will give lesbian couples and single women access to medically-assisted procreation (called “PMA” in France), in procedures that will be paid for by the French publicly-funded Social Security. The new law involves a profound disruption of the traditional understanding of filiation: Under its dispositions, the female partner of a woman who gives birth will be able to “recognize” the child before it is born and will appear as its “second” parent on its birth certificate, to the exclusion of the father whose very existence will now be denied under the law.
Only one hurdle is left before the transgressive law enters into force, namely its assessment by the Constitutional Court, which is not expected to change it in any meaningful way. The government has already said it hopes to promulgate the law very soon, and Emmanuel Macron called it a “major accomplishment” on the path to “more equality.”
Until now, “PMA” was restricted to stable couples with fertility issues. This criterion has been removed from the law, meaning that “heterosexual” couples will be able to ask for artificial procreation even if they can conceive naturally, for any reason.
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