Fathers no longer needed under fertility law overhaul | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
Dr Harris, a member of the Commons science and technology select committee, said the existing act was “unjustifiable, discriminatory and vindictive. It was also unsustainable in human rights and equality terms. The evidence suggests children do very well brought up by lesbian couples and solo parents, so good riddance.”
And on the other
New powers to target child support debtors
Registering the names of both parents at birth will also become compulsory “unless it would be unreasonable to do so”.
I’d like to point out to anyone who doesn’t already know, that until very recently, if you weren’t married you could only register the father on the birth certificate if you could get him to turn up to the registration office. They seem to have changed the rules slightly since then, but it still relies on the parents cooperating with each other – the frequent implication that feckless women can’t be bothered to write down some bloke’s name really irritates me.
When are we going to recognise that you can’t legislate responsibility into ppl? I’m too wound up to blog coherently on this topic right now, I may return to it soon though.
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