https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60690266
"Consuelo Morales Aros, 38, and her partner Pabla Heuser Amaya are overjoyed.
The two women, who have been together for 16 years, were among the first to tie
the knot in Chile on Thursday after a landmark law came into effect allowing
same-sex marriages.
Same-sex couples have been able to enter into civil unions in the
overwhelmingly Catholic country since 2015.
But while being in a civil union meant that same-sex couples had more legal
benefits than before, those benefits fell short of those afforded to married
couples, especially in relation to children and their care.
Consuelo says she and Pabla are getting married for the sake of their
two-year-old daughter Josefa.
"It was our dream that we both be her parents," says Consuelo, explaining that
they had Josefa through reciprocal in vitro fertilisation. Consuelo supplied
the egg and Pabla had the embryo implanted and carried the pregnancy.
But until now, only the woman who gave birth - in this case Pabla - was legally
recognised as the child's biological mother.
For Consuelo, this meant that she did not have any legal say in Josefa's
medical care. And if she had separated from Pabla, she would not have had any
legal rights when it came to Josefa's custody or upbringing.
Getting married will allow the two women to register Josefa as not just Pabla's
daughter, but also Consuelo's."
Via Future Crunch Mar 26, 2022:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news/
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