State issues new ID cards for children of same-sex parents

This new policy was initiated following a petition by the children of four same-sex couples to the Interior Ministry with the help of their lawyers Michal Eden and Ira Hadar. To date, ID cards listed a “Mother’s name” and a “Father’s name” regardless of the gender of both parents so that in the case of two mothers one was listed under “Father’s name.” In 2006, following a petition to the High Court, the Interior Ministry allowed a same-sex parent to adopt their partner’s child, though it did not issue ID cards to reflect this policy.

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