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Senior judge warns against unlawful surrogacies after women ‘exploited’

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Sir Andrew McFarlane said anyone ‘following in the footsteps’ of the couple should think again. A senior judge has warned against unlawful surrogacy arrangements abroad after dealing with a “highly unusual” case involving two women in their 60s paying around £120,000 to start a family. Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the family division of the High Court, said in a ruling on Wednesday that the couple, and two Ukrainian women used as surrogate…

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Judge warns against unlawful surrogacy after elderly couple commission birth of twins - Today's Family Lawyer

The president of the Family Division has issued a stark warning to parents considering unlawful surrogacy abroad, urging them to ‘think again’ following a case involving a couple in their late 60s who commissioned the birth of two babies. In the case of Re Z (Unlawful Foreign Surrogacy: Adoption), Sir Andrew McFarlane ruled on an application from Ms W and Ms X, who paid approximately £120,000 to a surrogacy clinic in the Turkish Republic of Nort…

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