The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France lets widow have child with dead husband's sperm A French court has ruled that the semen of a dead man can be sent to Spain to be used for artificial inseminiation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160531/france-allows-widow-to-have-child-with-dead-husbands-sperm Tue, 31 May 2016 19:43:17 +0200 france-allows-widow-to-have-child-with-dead-husbands-sperm French docs admit to illegally helping gay couples have kids Some 130 doctors in France owned up on Friday to having helped gay couples to have children, in the hope of denouncing the "incoherence" of French law, which does not allow it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160318/france-doctors-admit-to-illegally-helping-gay-couples-have-children Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:02:34 +0100 france-doctors-admit-to-illegally-helping-gay-couples-have-children Hollande's u-turn shows 'disdain for lesbians' Gay rights groups and leftist political parties slammed the French government on Tuesday for an apparent u-turn on legislation that would have legalized medically assisted procreation for lesbian couples. Conservatives however were heralding a victory. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140204/hollande-capitulates-on-family-law-critics-say Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:38:00 +0100 hollande-capitulates-on-family-law-critics-say Hollande puts off family law to avoid new fight A day after massive protests over President François Hollande's "family phobia", his government on Monday abruptly postponed plans to pass a controversial new family bill, that would likely have picked another fight with France's traditional conservatives. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140203/french-leaders-back-down-on-gay-family-law Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:58:00 +0100 french-leaders-back-down-on-gay-family-law Hopeful French lesbians join exodus to Belgium As France braces this weekend for giant protests against gay marriage and adoption, neighbouring Belgium has become a haven for French lesbians, who flock there in their thousands to conceive babies they are denied at home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130111/french-lesbians-hop-the-train-to-belgium-to-give-birth Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:40:00 +0100 french-lesbians-hop-the-train-to-belgium-to-give-birth Gay couples 'could be given fertility treatment' A leading Socialist MP, currently drafting a new law to allow gay couples the same adoption rights as heterosexual couples, has suggested the government may legalize IVF for same-sex couples. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121012/ivf-for-gay-couples-could-come-later-socialist-minister Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:29:00 +0200 ivf-for-gay-couples-could-come-later-socialist-minister