India Surrogacy Case: Documents Show New South Wales Couple Abandoned Baby Boy Despite Warnings

April 14, 2015

(ABC.net.au) – An Australian couple who abandoned a baby boy born via a surrogacy arrangement in India misled High Commission staff in New Delhi and were repeatedly warned the baby could be left stateless, documents show. Freedom of Information (FOI) documents obtained by the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent program reveal startling new information about the case, which saw the couple return to Australia with a baby girl while leaving her healthy twin brother behind, with the full knowledge of Australian Government officials.