RICHMOND, Va. — Civil liberties lawyers are applauding Virginia’s registrar of vital records for outlining new procedures to ensure the children of same-sex married couples are properly recorded by hospitals.
Registrar Janet M. Rainey outlined the procedures in a late January letter.
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In her letter, Rainey instructs hospitals that the children of two women who are married to each other should have both parents listed on their birth certificates.
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The ACLU says it’s essential to have a birth certificate with both parents’ names to allow each parent the same legal rights to interact with schools, doctors and others.
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