VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A Canadian woman's fight to learn the identity of her biological father could change the rules on sperm-donor confidentiality, observers said.
Olivia Pratten, 28, is trying to have the British Columbia's Adoption Act declared unconstitutional because it lets adopted children get records of their biological parents but denies the same right to people conceived with donated eggs or sperm, The (Toronto) Globe and Mail reported.
Her lawsuit also aims to make the province introduce bills requiring donor records to be kept and available to the offspring.
Pratten, a journalist in Toronto, told The Globe and Mail, "This is not just about me. There have been a lot of people conceived this way."
Pratten has known how she was conceived since she was 5. Her parents, now separated, support her lawsuit.
The action, which was scheduled for court Monday, names the province and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia as defendants. The province applied to have the case dismissed, arguing that the records no longer exist and the case is moot. In October, the provincial Supreme Court ruled it could go ahead.
