LGBTQ families in Connecticut have more to be proud of — and to celebrate — than ever before thanks to a new bill signed by the state’s Democratic governor.
Mark Pazniokas of The CT Mirror reported that on Tuesday, June 1, Gov. Ned Lamont ushered in Pride month in his state by signing the Connecticut Parentage Act, a “bipartisan bill that provides equal treatment under the law to children born to same-sex couples.”
“More than offering legal certainty to LGBTQ parents and children, the new law modernizes outdated definitions and legal provisions pertaining to paternity and maternity and recognizes the changing medical, legal and cultural realities of what it means to be a parent,” Pazniokas reported. “Whether straight or gay, the rights of a non-biological parent in a couple that uses surrogacy or other means of assisted reproduction to have a child are clarified in the law, as are the rights of a surrogate who carries a child to birth under contract.”
