Sadly this is the reality for many LGBTQIA+ women in the North, and something we are trying hard to change.
If you have experienced issues with birth registration after receiving IVF treatment in the Republic of Ireland, you can get in touch with policy@hereni.org to share your experience.
A woman living in Co Donegal who will have to travel to Dublin to give birth to her twins so her wife can be recognised as their parent has called for “urgent” change to parentage laws.
Cat Brogan (41), from Omagh, Co Tyrone, was initially receiving maternity care about a 15-minute drive from her home at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.
However, at 22 weeks pregnant, she learned that if the children were born in Northern Ireland, her wife would not be recognised as their parent in the Republic
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