BY BTL STAFF
KALAMAZOO – A west Michigan couple became the first same-sex couple to jointly sign their baby's birth certificate at Bronson Hospital.
Two-week-old baby Asa is the son of Stacy Campbell and Kathryn Crawford. According to a NewsChannel3 report, Campbell and Crawford were surprised when representatives from the hospital informed them that only Crawford could be listed as a parent on the birth certificate since she is the biological mother.
"It was really sad for me because this is my wife," Stacy Campbell told NewsChannel3. "We are married, we made this child together and I can't be on the birth certificate? It was heartbreaking."
The hospital then denied their request to both be listed on the certificate.
However, just before they were going to leave the hospital and return home with Asa, the representative returned with exciting news that, for the first time in Bronson Hospital history, both women were to be listed on the certificate.
"It made me feel like I was part of the family," Campbell said, "the way I should feel."
The couple expects to receive Asa's birth certificate in coming weeks.
