Japan's parliament enacted a law on Friday that recognizes as legal parents married couples who have children through donated eggs and sperm.The addition to the current civil law, which both ruling and opposition parties supported, will come into effect a year after it is promulgated.The rules for the recognition of legal parents under the current civil law date back more than 100 years and lack provisions regarding artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization using donors.There have been discussions about how to eliminate legal uncertainties regarding the parentage of children born as…READ FULL ARTICLE
