Gay Man Wins Appeal To Adopt Surrogate Child

Singapore: A gay Singaporean on Monday won a landmark court case which will allow him to adopt a child he fathered through a surrogate. The man, 46, and his partner of 13 years carried out the process in the US at a cost of $200,000, as surrogacy is illegal in Singapore, the BBC reported. “Our decision should not be taken as an endorsement of what the appellant and his partner set out to do,” said Singapore High Court Chief Justice Sunderesh Menon in his judgement. He said that there was “significant weight” put towards the concern that the ruling would “not violate the public policy against the formation of same-sex family units”. The egg donor has never been identified. The man will have sole parental rights of the child when the adoption takes place. (IANS)

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