M.D.R.+c.+Ontario+(Deputy+Registrar+General)

They argued this was possible either: (1) under the Vital Statistics Act and the Children's Law Reform Act (2) in the best interests of the child, under the court's parens patriae power (3) because the VSA is unconstitutional, against the Charter
 * Issue:** Many lesbian couples, in which one partner had a child by anonymous donor insemination, wanted to put both mothers' names and particulars on the child's Statement of Live Birth.

The birth registry provisions of the VSA infringed applicants' s.15 Charter right to be protected against discrimination based on sex. The appropriate comparator group to the lesbian mothers were heterosexual non-biological fathers who planned a pregnancy with a spouse using assistive reproductive technology. There was a distinction between the lesbians and the comparative group based on sex and sexual orientation.
 * Held:**

The provisions of the act were not saved by s.1. The Oakes test failed.

The declaration of invalidity was suspended for 12 months to allow the legislature to act.