{"id":223261,"date":"2020-06-21T13:05:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T17:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=223261"},"modified":"2020-06-21T13:07:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T17:07:27","slug":"for-the-first-time-cuba-registers-a-child-with-two-mothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/for-the-first-time-cuba-registers-a-child-with-two-mothers\/","title":{"rendered":"For the first time, Cuba registers a child with two mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Cuban Ministry of Justice<\/a> (MINJUS) this week issued a birth certificate that recognizes two mothers of a child, which is an unprecedented event in Cuban law.<\/p>\n

After almost a year of beginning the process to register their son in the Cuban Civil Registry, this Thursday Dachelys Vald\u00e9s and Hope Bastian obtained the birth certificate in which both appear as mothers, reported the blog Q de Cuir<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

The birth certificate, issued in Havana, argues that \u201cthe registration is under both mothers as it is a case of double maternity, with legal support in article 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, which also recognizes the right to form a family, whatever its form of organization and safeguards the best interests of the child and his\/her right to be registered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paulo Cesar Bastian was born in Florida, where the mothers made use of the assisted reproduction service, an almost impossible procedure for a couple of women in Cuba.<\/p>\n

In the United States, the family started the process to register Paulo as the son of a Cuban citizen born outside the island.<\/p>\n

Without acknowledging marriage between women, the MINJUS ruled that it approved putting \u201cmother and mother\u201d as in the original birth certificate, issued at the Florida hospital where he was born.<\/p>\n

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