A federal judge in Georgia last week ruled the State Department must recognize the U.S. citizenship of the daughter of a gay couple who was born via surrogate.
U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown — who President Trump nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia — on Aug.
27 ruled in favor Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg. The Atlanta couple’s daughter, Simone Mize-Gregg, was born in England in 2018.
Brown’s decision notes her birth certificate lists Mize and Gregg as her parents. The couple applied for a U.S. passport and “other proof of citizenship for their daughter,” but the State Department “denied” the applications, “concluding she was not a U.S.