Calgary widows fighting to have husbands’ names on birth certificates
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Two Calgary mothers are taking their cases to court hoping to get their husbands' names on their children's birth certificates. Both widows conceived after their husbands died.
Abigail Andie Helena Brown was born June 24, 2022. But the newborn never got the chance to meet her father, Andrew Brown. Abigail’s mother Tanya conceived her years after Andrew passed away from terminal cancer.
“Andrew was just the most amazing human. We met later in life and fell in love quickly, and we both loved life. I knew he was going to be an amazing father,” Tanya said.
The couple had many conversations about a family after his cancer diagnosis.
“When we found out he was sick, we knew chemotherapy would affect his virility and so we went to freeze his sperm. And when we realized he wouldn’t survive, we didn’t have much time left,” Tanya said.
“He was very clear: he didn’t want his legacy to be cancer.”
Tanya and Andrew
Andrew Brown died on May 19, 2019. For the months that followed his death, Tanya tried several times to conceive. With the help of a fertility clinic and their last two embryos, she got pregnant.
“I wanted to have Abby to continue his legacy and make that wish come true for him. One of the last things he asked me for before he passed away was to try to have a baby. It’s a big responsibility, but it was the best thing I ever did,” Tanya said.
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