{"id":9709,"date":"2019-09-29T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9709"},"modified":"2020-08-02T18:57:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T01:57:32","slug":"uk-high-court-defines-motherhood-in-controversial-transgender-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9709","title":{"rendered":"UK High Court defines \u2018motherhood\u2019 in controversial transgender case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BioEdge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Michael Cook<a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:34570\/authors.aspx#Michael_Cook\">*<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        A trans man in the United Kingdom has lost his bid to be deemed a father on his child\u2019s birth certificate \u2013 even though he conceived it, gestated it, and gave birth to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        Astonishingly, it appears to be the first time that English common law has defined the word \u201cmother\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        The would-be father, a natal female multimedia journalist at <em>The Guardian<\/em> named Freddie McConnell, was deeply disappointed by the decision and said that he plans to appeal. He complained:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> \u201cIt has serious implications for non-traditional family structures. It upholds the view that only the most traditional forms of family are properly recognised or treated equally. It\u2019s just not fair.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/procedures\/art005.aspx\">Full text<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioEdge Michael Cook* A trans man in the United Kingdom has lost his bid to be deemed a father on his child\u2019s birth certificate \u2013 even though he conceived it, gestated it, and gave birth to it. Astonishingly, it appears to be the first time that English common law has defined the word \u201cmother\u201d. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9709\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;UK High Court defines \u2018motherhood\u2019 in controversial transgender case&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,2413,217,9,757],"tags":[3811],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-reproduction","category-body-reconfiguration","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-united-kingdom","tag-freddie-mcconnell"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>UK High Court defines \u2018motherhood\u2019 in controversial transgender case - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9709\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK High Court defines \u2018motherhood\u2019 in controversial transgender case - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BioEdge Michael Cook* A trans man in the United Kingdom has lost his bid to be deemed a father on his child\u2019s birth certificate \u2013 even though he conceived it, gestated it, and gave birth to it. 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