Mom by law
Kimberly Kantor, second from left, and Lorie Burch, center, with their children, from left, Kaia, Poppy Jean (in Burch’s arms) and Carlie, holding Adlee Louise Especially in Texas, being a biological parent might not be enough to guarantee legal standing.
That’s where adoption comes in TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com When Lorie Burch and Kimberly Kantor first became a couple — they were married in 2017 — Kantor already had two daughters from a previous same-sex marriage — Carlie, now 17, and Kaia, now 12.
But after a while, they decided they were ready to add to their family. Kantor was the one who would carry the pregnancy and give birth, but Burch wanted to have a genetic tie to the new children, too.
So they chose to go through a process called reciprocal IVF. Burch explained, “ I had my eggs frozen. They were then fertilized with donor sperm [through the same California cryobank and from the same donor as the two older girls] and then we ended up with two healthy embryos.
