An Israeli lesbian couple won state recognition as joint parents of their children. In a ruling hailed by gay rights activists, Israel’s Family Affairs Court this week allowed Tal and Avital Yaros-Hakak to legally adopt three boys they had borne between them after being artificially inseminated.
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