Source Extra.ie
A family have been left devastated after discovering that a law due this autumn will not grant them equal parental rights — even though their daughter is nearly two-years-old.
Same-sex couple Bex, 48, and Steffi Payne, 28, are based in Roscommon and Steffi gave birth to daughter Ava as a result of home insemination in September 2016.
When setting out on the journey to start a family, the couple decided to go down the route of using donor sperm to help them conceive.