[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/arkansas-must-list-sex-parents-on-birth-certificates\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/arkansas-must-list-sex-parents-on-birth-certificates\/","headline":"Supreme Court rules Arkansas must list both same-sex parents on birth certificates","name":"Supreme Court rules Arkansas must list both same-sex parents on birth certificates","description":"The Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that Arkansas authorities must list the names of both same-sex parents on birth certificates.","datePublished":"2017-06-27","dateModified":"2017-06-27","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/emilyrochotte\/#Person","name":"Emily Rochotte","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/emilyrochotte\/","identifier":5619,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f3a3d93cba6196f7aeb50eff060379dae87a7bab7b12983b5dbf60b5cc535f4?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f3a3d93cba6196f7aeb50eff060379dae87a7bab7b12983b5dbf60b5cc535f4?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Arkansas-same-sex-birth-certificate.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Arkansas-same-sex-birth-certificate.jpg","height":1012,"width":1800},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/arkansas-must-list-sex-parents-on-birth-certificates\/","about":["Family","News"],"wordCount":206,"keywords":[" parenting","Arkansas","LGBTQ parents","sperm donors"],"articleBody":"Arkansas authorities must list the names of both same-sex parents on their child’s birth certificate according to a ruling from the Supreme Court on Monday.Two lesbian couples were involved in the case of Pavan v. Nathaniel Smith. Both couples used anonymous sperm donors to conceive their children, and were denied the ability to put both parents’ names on the birth certificate, even though they do it for straight couples in the case of an anonymous sperm donor.The case was heard first by the Arkansas Supreme Court, who ruled in the state’s favor. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled that. While the ruling was not unanimous, the vote passed 6-3 on the grounds that not listing both same-sex parents on the birth certificate undermined the marriage equality ruling of 2015.\u00a0\u201cAs we explained [in Obergefell v. Hodges], a State may not \u2019exclude same-sex couples from civil marriage on the same terms and conditions as opposite-sex couples.’\u201d the decision read. \u201cIndeed, in listing those terms and conditions\u2014the \u2019rights, benefits, and responsibilities\u2019 to which same-sex couples, no less than opposite-sex couples, must have access\u2014we expressly identified \u2019birth and death certificates.\u2019 That was no accident\u2026\u201dThe full ruling is available for review here."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Supreme Court rules Arkansas must list both same-sex parents on birth certificates","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/arkansas-must-list-sex-parents-on-birth-certificates\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]