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Ohio Blocks Parental Rights Claim For LGBTQ Families

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Rolling Out reports that the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that Carmen Edmonds, who co-parented three children during a 12-year relationship with Priya Shahani, has no legal parental rights to those children under Ohio law because the two women were never married. 

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