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"I witness the pain of my partner not having a legal connection to her children."

A Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy has today recommended that both parents of children born via international surrogacy should be recognised for the first time under Irish Law. Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD and chair of...

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15.12 6 Jul 2022


"I witness the pain of my partner not having a legal connection to her children."


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15.12 6 Jul 2022


A Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy has today recommended that both parents of children born via international surrogacy should be recognised for the first time under Irish Law. Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD and chair of the Oireachtas committee on International Surrogacy, joined Emmet and Ranae von Meding, mum of two girls born through reciprocal IVF with her wife, to discuss the on going issues facing families with children born through surrogacy.


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