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Article: High Court rejects single woman's petition to use surrogate mother
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- Jerusalem Post
- Article date:
- December 24, 2002
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Headline: High Court rejects single woman's petition to use surrogate
mother
Byline: DAN IZENBERG
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 04
Tuesday, December 24, 2002 -- A panel of seven justices of the High
Court of Justice on Monday unanimously rejected a petition by a single
woman who wanted to use a surrogate mother to have a child.
The woman, who was backed by the New Family organization and represented
by attorney Gilad Sher, argued that she was being discriminated against
compared to women with male partners who are allowed to have children
using surrogate mothers.
Sher said the court's decision was "harsh" and that the petitioners
would weigh their ...