Gay couple demands refund if surrogate gives birth to girl
A homosexual couple rented a Chinese woman in a rural village for £93,000 ($125,000) to serve as a surrogate – but plans to ask for a partial refund if she gives birth to a girl. According to The Christian Institute , the two men “used genetic testing to prioritise the implantation of male embryos.” Surrogacy is banned in China, and surrogacy payments are illegal in the U.K., except for costs deemed to be “reasonable expenses.” On June 17, Mr. Justice MacDonald of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales granted the men a parental order in June; the written judgment, handed down on September 29, states that the parental order is in the now-20-month-old child’s “best interests.” The justice did emphasize that the men, referred to as “C” and “D,” should not view his ruling as “a licence to engage in unlawful commercial surrogacy arrangements abroad.” The sex-selection clause in the surrogacy agreement, however, is more common than many realize. In 2022, a hom...