© Bogdan Cristel / ReutersA baby sits on an LGBT flag.
The child was born to a single parent who was born a woman but who now lives as a man. He now wishes to be listed as the child's father, not mother, on the birth certificate; sparking a legal row that could see the baby become the first person born in England or Wales not legally classed as having a mother if he wins the human rights showdown.
Lawyers told a preliminary High Court hearing in London that the birth registrar had told the man that the law requires people who give birth to be registered as the child's mother.
The man has pushed back on the law, claiming that forcing him to register as the child's mother is a breach of his human right to respect for private and family life. He said that forcing him to register as child's mother would be "interference" to that human right, and it is not proportionate or necessary in light of changes which have "evolved in society."
Sir Peter Nicholas Francis, the High Court judge presiding over the case, said that the issue had never been raised in a court in England and Wales before. Francis said that if the man wins his case, ministers might have to consider changing the law.
A decision on the matter is due in September.
SHE would have to have been impregnated by the father (a man) to get pregnant (unless in-vitro).
SHE still has the equipment to get pregnant.
SHE is denying reality for the sake of ego.
Hope SHE loses this one.