Can a sperm donor be a legal parent? In landmark decision, the High Court says yes
- Written by Cassandra Seery, Associate Lecturer in Law, Deakin University
There are competing laws at the state and Commonwealth level that define who can be determined as a "parent," a conflict the High Court decision did not necessarily clear up.Shutterstock
On Wednesday, the High Court handed down a landmark decision that confirmed parentage rights to a man who donated his sperm to a woman who wanted to have a child.
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