Artificial insemination brings angst in immoral homosexual divorce
THE FRUIT OF A POISONED BROKEN TREE In the first ruling of its kind in Tennessee, a judge Friday opined that a woman who has married a woman has no legal right over a child she did not bear. If Erica Witt were a man, she would have just as much right to a daughter conceived via artificial insemination as her spouse. But the Knox County judge said state law confers neither the power of decision-making over the child to her nor the obligation to provide financial support for the girl now that the same-sex couple is divorcing. "I believe this is a situation where (Erica Witt) has no biological relationship with this child, has no contractual relationship with this child," 4th Circuit Court Judge Greg McMillan ruled. Erica Witt and Sabrina Witt legally wed in in April 2014 in the nation's capital, bought a home here and decided to have a child via artificial insemination from an anonymous donor. Sabrina Witt gave birth to a girl in January 2015. Because Tennessee did