Custody Battle Centers on Artificial Insemination
A recent child custody dispute among a lesbian couple in Santa Cruz, Calif., is delving into the issues of gay and lesbian rights versus the rights of the biological parents. The San Jose Mercury News reported that estranged couple Maggie Quale and Kim Smith had a two year relationship in which they parented twin boys. Smith and Quale were never formally married. Smith said they never legally got married because she and Quale were having issues within their relationship during the brief time gay marriage was legal in California . Quale is the biological mother who birthed the twins by insemination. The couple met the sperm donor, Shawn Wallace, through a mutual friend, and paid him $500 plus traveling expenses. There was …

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