{"id":1841,"date":"2019-08-09T18:58:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T18:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2019-08-12T19:01:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:01:43","slug":"couple-sues-state-department-over-discrimination-of-their-daughter-born-via-surrogacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/couple-sues-state-department-over-discrimination-of-their-daughter-born-via-surrogacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple Sues State Department Over Discrimination of Their Daughter Born Via Surrogacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When a same-sex American couple recently brought their baby girl, Simone, home for the first time, they did so using a tourist visa for her because she was born in the U.K. Simone was conceived with a British friend\u2019s donor egg and one of the fathers\u2019 sperm, with the help of a surrogate in the U.K.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The new fathers applied for U.S. citizenship for their daughter, never imagining there would be any roadblocks to obtaining that citizenship. Unfortunately, that application was denied. The U.S. State Department reportedly claimed that Simone didn\u2019t meet the requirements of the Department\u2019s policy, which requires that a U.S. citizen be a biological parent of a child born abroad through assisted reproduction.<\/span><\/p>\n

When a child is conceived using sperm and an egg that did not come from a married couple, the State Department treats the child as one born out of wedlock and imposes stricter requirements to citizenship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simone\u2019s fathers, Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg, along with at least two other same-sex couples, have filed suit against the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, alleging discrimination. The couples claim their applications would have been handled differently had the State Department treated them as married couples.<\/span><\/p>\n

The couples\u2019 lawyers have argued that the State Department under the Trump administration is not applying an Obama-era policy appropriately. That policy was changed after same-sex marriage was legalized to provide that the biological connection to a child born abroad through surrogacy could come from either parent, essentially treating children like Simone as children born in wedlock.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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