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The Constitutional Court has declared Section 40 of the Children’s Act unconstitutional and invalid as it discriminates against couples of the same-sex in respect to parental rights.Part of Children’s Act declared unconstitutional by High Court A lesbian couple had asked the apex court to change the provision in the legislation as it only allowed one person in a same-sex relationship to legally be the mother of a child.
The applicants, who are permanent life partners and have twins born via in-vitro fertilisation , argued that the law did not automatically assigned parental responsibilities and rights to both of them.Zondo’s recommendations: Mapisa-Nqakula insists Parliament not ‘beyond reproach’ National Assembly speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, addresses members of the media at the Parliament on 7 February 2023. Picture: Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais says Parliament is not immune to criticism following the comments made by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.
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