NZ surrogate mothers told to pay support

Updated 2018 12 13: Added links to related articles

NZ surrogate mothers told to pay support.  To get them to comply with that will likely be more difficult than pulling hens’ teeth.

The Sidney Morning Herald, Australia
January 25, 2009

Surrogates told to pay support

Deidre Mussen

THE Australian Government is demanding a New Zealand surrogate mother pay child support for the baby she had for two gay Queensland men, amid accusations she abandoned it.

Her case has raised fears of financial clawbacks for other New Zealand surrogates, including an Auckland woman who is eight-months pregnant with a son to another gay Australian couple.

“She’s told the couple they have to sort it out as there’s no way she’s paying,” said the second surrogate, who declined to be named….(Full Story)

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