Same-sex couples won’t have to adopt their own kids under new legislation
TORONTO — When Raquel Grand’s wife was in the middle of a difficult childbirth five years ago, Grand realized that if she lost her partner that day she would not have the legal right to take their daughter home from the hospital.
Grand and her wife, who now have two daughters, are one of many LGBTQ families who fought against old Ontario laws that saw same-sex couples often required to adopt their own children.
They cheered the introduction Thursday of a the All Families Are Equal Act, an government bill that would ensure all couples who use assisted reproduction to conceive, including the use of a surrogate, are legally recognized as parents.
It’s “long overdue,” said Attorney General Yasir Naqvi.