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Hospital visitation rights extended to gay & lesbian couples

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The Washington Post reports that President Obama mandated Thursday (April 15th) that nearly all hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and respect patients' choices about who may make critical health-care decisions for them, perhaps the most significant step so far in his efforts to expand the rights of gay Americans.

Full post as published by Updates in Michigan Family Law on April 16, 2010 (boomark / email).

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