Hong Kong legal experts praise ruling for lesbian couple given equal parental status in IVF case, calling it step forward for LGBTQ community

Hong Kong legal experts have praised a ruling that has awarded a lesbian couple equal parental status for their son conceived through fertility treatment, calling it a step forward for the LGBTQ community despite major questions remaining unanswered.

Twin lawyers Jocelyn Tsao Chiao-lin and Evelyn Tsao Chiao-yin, who handled the case, said the practical implications of the move to grant one of the women the status of “parent at common law” were still unclear.