# Sweden takes a step towards the 21st century **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2004, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-takes-a-step-towards-the-21st-century/240140 "2004-04-15T09:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-takes-a-step-towards-the-21st-century/240140/1 "2004-04-15T09:37:52Z")
I’ll never come up with anything fun to do for my 2000th post, so I’ll just use it to tell you all something that’s really nice. The Swedish government is currently forming a law that will allow lesbians to get legally inseminated. Today, women can only be inseminated if they’re married to or living with a man, and any other women will have to avail themselves of other techniques and have no legal coverage. There’s been a well-publicised case of a man who thought he was helping two friends out and ended up paying alimony for three children. Under the new law, two women will be able to be the legal parents of a child created through insemination of one of them. Ain’t life great? Now, if only we can get that [two-mother thing](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_059.html) sorted out, we’ll really be rolling. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-takes-a-step-towards-the-21st-century/240140/2 "2004-04-15T17:20:34Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > . There’s been a well-publicised case of a man who thought he was helping two friends out and ended up paying alimony for three children. . > > . Do you have a link for this story? ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-takes-a-step-towards-the-21st-century/240140/3 "2004-04-15T18:46:46Z")
Considering Scandinavian marriate [is well-nigh dead](http://24.104.4.225/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/660zypwj.asp) I’m not surprised. Sad, very sad. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-takes-a-step-towards-the-21st-century/240140/4 "2004-04-16T00:24:25Z")
Oh, great. Like we had a shortage of kids without fathers before this happened. Sweden sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-takes-a-step-towards-the-21st-century/240140/5 "2004-04-16T01:49:34Z")
Yeah, sure, blame the Swedes for society’s ills while you’re at it. Personally, I’m glad that they allow women who truly want a child to be able to have a child. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-takes-a-step-towards-the-21st-century/240140/6 "2004-04-16T01:57:48Z")
**Abbie** : Huh 😕 What does what Sweden does have to do with whatever’s the problem where you are? And **athelas** , we already discussed the Scandinavian “death of marriage” in the SDMB a few months back. The Scando-Dopers generally were of the opinion that the outsiders were making a bigger deal than the average Swede/Dane/Finn was. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-takes-a-step-towards-the-21st-century/240140/7 "2004-04-16T05:28:23Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Do you have a link for this story? Could probably find one, but in Swedish. Would that be helpful? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-takes-a-step-towards-the-21st-century/240140/8 "2004-04-16T05:34:16Z")
So if Sweden is just now stepping into the 21st Century, where does that leave the U.S.? The 12th?.. 13th, maybe if we’re lucky? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-takes-a-step-towards-the-21st-century/240140/9 "2004-04-16T06:12:23Z")
“Hey, baby, my name’s Bob and I’ll be your \*incredibly sexy \* legal inseminator for today.”