Society | Aug 22

Trans woman who froze sperm before transitioning barred from being own child’s legal parent

A trans woman in Japan has been blocked by a court from being her own biological child’s legal parent.

According to Japan Times, the anonymous trans woman had frozen her sperm before beginning medical transition, and used it so that she and her female partner could have their second biological child together.

But on Friday (19 August), the High Court in Tokyo, Japan, ruled that while her daughter born before her transition was legally hers, she could not be the legal parent of her second daughter.

Her partner, who gave birth to both babies, is the legal parent of both of their children.

The family had already fought their case in a lower court, which ruled in February 2022: “There is currently nothing in Japanese law to recognise her parental rights.”

The trans woman appealed, but this week’s High Court ruling cemented the devastating decision. ...continue reading

Source: ANNnewsCH

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