She Called Me Sterile at Dinner. Then My Daughter Rose Like a Verdict.

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Judge Calloway slowly set down her pen.

“Counsel,” she said, “are you asking this court to diminish the legal standing of an adoptive mother because she did not give birth?”

The attorney stammered. “No, Your Honor, merely—”

“Because that would be a remarkable argument to make in this courtroom.”

“No, Your Honor.”

“Good. Then do not make it again.”

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