Sun 27 Mar 2016 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA
An Auckland gay couple have welcomed the first ever ‘triplings’ into the world, but are desperately trying to find a way to bring them back to New Zealand as the babies - who were born to two different women in Mexico - are unable to leave the country. ‘Triplings' are born from the sperm of one man and one egg donor, but carried by two different surrogates. The men say they have spent four years saving to pay for bringing the children into the world and believe the adoption agency they were going through have abandoned them. "We have spent every cent we have left to bring these 3 beautiful Kiwi babies into the world. We now need to get ourselves and the 3 babies out of this dangerous country and back to the safety of New Zealand,” they wrote in an online plea for help. "Although I should be feeling blessed as a proud father, instead I feel ashamed, embarrassed, humiliated and humbled to be compelled to send out this post to my respected friends and colleagues. "It's very hard to hold my head up in a situation where I fight for the underdog and now I need other people to support me." One of the babies was born premature and required hospital care costing the couple $118,132 and leaving them in debt, which they are fundraising to pay off. Other costs include travel to the capital to obtain passports for the babies, and DNA tests, reports Stuff.co.nz. Mexico was recently banned international surrogacy for homosexual couples, but the surrogates were pregnant before this law passed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade say there is nothing they can do to help the couple as this is an international surrogacy case but have provided them with advice.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Sunday, 27th March 2016 - 2:20pm