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Montreal Montreal (mŏn'trēôl`), Fr. Montréal (môNrāäl`), city (1991 pop. 1,017,666), S Que., Canada, on Montreal island, surrounded by St. Lawrence River and Rivière des Prairies.  -- Two Montreal lesbians were "married" and subsequently one of the women was artificially inseminated in·sem·i·nate  
tr.v. in·sem·i·nat·ed, in·sem·i·nat·ing, in·sem·i·nates
1. To introduce or inject semen into the reproductive tract of (a female).

2. To sow seed in.
 and gave birth to a baby girl. The birth mother became sexually involved with another woman and the original couple has filed for divorce. Meanwhile, the non-birth mother has been denied access to "their child". Now enters the sperm sperm or spermatozoon (spûr'mətəzō`ən, –zō`ŏn), in biology, the male gamete (sex cell), corresponding to the female ovum in organisms that reproduce sexually.  donor The party conferring a power. One who makes a gift. One who creates a trust.


donor n. a person or entity making a gift or donation.


DONOR. He who makes a gift. (q.v.)
, who has been given access to his daughter and is now fighting through the courts to be officially recognized as the father. The birth morn claims that her daughter has formed "such a loving relationship with the sperm donor that the child no longer needs a second mother", and that the baby has "no hope to grow up in any normal fashion if she is exposed to [her other mother]" (National Post, Nov. 27),
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Title Annotation:Canada; rights of lesbian mother after marriage break-up
Publication:Catholic Insight
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1CQUE
Date:Jan 1, 2005
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