Gay couple and surrogate mother scandal

Surrogate mother wins custody of baby
boy
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A British woman who agreed to be a surrogate for a
gay couple has refused to hand over the baby has
won the bitter custody battle.
Daily Mail reported that the woman, who has been
unnamed for legal reasons, had struck a deal to give
birth to the baby after being ‘matched’ to the gay
couple by a fixer who runs a secret Facebook forum for
would-be parents looking for surrogates.
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In February 2014, the woman is said to have made her
final decision to have the baby in after a 30-minute
meeting with the couple in a Burger King restaurant.
The baby was then created using a donor egg from an
anonymous woman from the United States and the
sperm of one of the gay men.
The couple agreed to pay her £9,000. It is illegal to
profit from surrogacy in the UK, but surrogates can be
reimbursed up to £15,000 for ‘expenses’.
The surrogate however began to have doubts after
receiving a Facebook message from a woman who had
previously been a surrogate for the couple, delivering
twins. The woman claimed she had not been paid
fairly, and had been left with medical complications.
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A judge ruled last week that the woman’s learning
difficulties had made her unable to ‘consent freely or
unconditionally’ to the surrogacy. She said the
surrogate mother was ‘better able to meet’ all the
baby’s emotional and physical needs, despite having
no biological link to him.
Jennifer is regarded as his mother under British law
unless she agrees to a parental order appointing the
gay couple as his legal parents.
She Daily Mail: ‘He is my little boy. I gave birth to
him. I felt him kick for the first time. I’m the one now
breastfeeding him. He’s happy and so loved. I’m
absolutely terrified I’m going to lose him