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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

surrogacy

Pope Francis meets at the Vatican with relatives of Shiri, Yarden, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, who have been held hostage in Gaza since October 7, on April 8, 2024. (Vatican Media handout via AFP)
April 8, 2024, 4:08 pm
Vatican: Gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy ‘contradictory to human dignity’
New 20-page doctrinal statement also reiterates rejection of gender theory; pope’s confidant casts document as conservative kowtow to anti-gay cardinals miffed by liberal pontiff
By Nicole Winfield
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana delivers a speech at the Knesset on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
February 22, 2023, 10:55 pm
Knesset shoots down opposition bill to enable adoption for same sex couples
Openly gay Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana bucks coalition position, votes for legislation sponsored by MK Yorai Lahav-Hertzano, who slams government as most LGBTQ-phobic ever
By ToI Staff
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, right, and ministry director-general Nachman Ash, hold a press conference on equality for surrogacy, Tel Aviv January 4, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
January 4, 2022, 1:21 pm
Children by surrogacy to be allowed for same-sex couples, single men from next week
Health Minister Horowitz stresses transgender people will be included in regulation change in wake of last year’s High Court ruling; rights groups welcome ‘historic day’
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division help facilitate the safe evacuation of U.S. citizens, Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and other at-risk Afghans out of Afghanistan, at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (Sgt. Jillian G. Hix/U.S. Army via AP)
August 26, 2021, 2:48 pm
Daily Briefing August 26 – Afghan collapse: Lessons for the future
Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag and political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discuss blog commentary on Afghanistan and Labor party head Merav Michaeli’s baby by surrogate
By ToI Staff
Merav Michaeli and her partner Lior Schleien are seen with their newborn, Uri. (Facebook photo)
August 21, 2021, 11:52 pm
After criticism of US trip, minister reveals she went to meet her surrogate baby
Merav Michaeli faced backlash over her travel against government recommendations, but censure stops as she shares news of her new child, Uri
By ToI Staff
Thousands of Israelis attend a protest against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 11, 2021, 2:57 pm
High Court: Ban on surrogacy for same-sex couples, single men to end in 6 months
After government said it was ‘unfeasible’ to change the law and asked justices to intervene, top court delivers landmark ruling that ends 11-year legal battle
By Michael Bachner
Elad Dvash-Banks, right, and his partner, Andrew, play with their twin sons, Ethan, left, and Aiden in their Los Angeles apartment, January 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
October 10, 2020, 7:59 am
US court rules son born abroad to gay Israeli-American couple is a citizen
Judges strike down State Department appeal over earlier decision child is American despite being conceived with Israeli father’s sperm and born in Canada using a surrogate mother
By brian melley
Harel Barak (R) and his husband Yakir Kanneli (L) pose for a picture with an empty stroller at a park in Tel Aviv, on August 14, 2020. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
August 19, 2020, 3:47 pm
Israeli same-sex couples seek end to surrogacy discrimination
Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn says government intends to pass a surrogacy bill by the end of the year in order to comply with recent Supreme Court ruling
By Alexandra Vardi
Members of the LGBT community and supporters participate in a protest against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, in Tel Aviv on November 1, 2018, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 1, 2020, 5:51 pm
Knesset says no to surrogacy for gay men, but minister vows it will happen
Before opposition proposal is defeated, Justice Minister Nissenkorn pledges to advance government-supported legislation to grant equal right to parenthood by end of the year
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Elad Musaev Kazaz, right, with his partner and son. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
June 9, 2020, 6:18 am
Ramat Gan daycare rescinds spot for child with gay parents, father tells TV
Manager of children’s center says she is religious and unable to communicate with men; dad of 4-month-old says ‘it really hurt me’
By ToI Staff
Surrogate babies stranded at a Kyiv hotel owned by the BioTexCom clinic (YouTube screenshot)
May 15, 2020, 9:48 am
Lockdown strands 100 surrogate babies in Ukraine, bound for Europe and Israel
Video shows facility with some 50 infants whose foreign parents cannot collect them due to border closures imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic
By AFP and ToI Staff
Gay couples prepare for a same-sex wedding in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 4, 2019. (AP/Oded Balilty)
February 27, 2020, 9:28 pm
High Court extends surrogacy rights to gay couples, single men
Ruling celebrated as ‘dramatic and exciting’ by activists; court gives Knesset one year to amend discriminatory legislation
By ToI Staff
Pop artist Ivri Lider at one of his recent solo concerts, February 2020 (Courtesy Ivri Lider)
February 23, 2020, 2:10 pm
Pop artist Ivri Lider sings about the joys of new parenthood
The popular singer, who became a first-time father in October, mixes flashy pop performance and emotional solo sets at Saturday night performance
By Jessica Steinberg
This undated photo provided by Immigration Equality shows Roee, left, and Adiel Kiviti, right, with their children newborn, Kessem and older brother Lev. (Courtesy of Adiel and Roee Kiviti/Immigration Equality via AP)
September 13, 2019, 1:44 am
US-Israeli gay married couple sues after daughter denied US citizenship
Lawsuit says State Department discriminates against married same-sex couples and treats their children as if they were born out of wedlock
By Michael Kunzelman
Illustrative image of a pregnant woman. (Pexels via JTA)
May 15, 2019, 9:18 am
More than 100 rabbis and cantors urge New York state to legalize surrogacy
Letter calls on lawmakers to pass Child-Parent Security Act; says family is ‘at the core of most of the major Jewish life cycle events’
By JTA
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