‘Self-centred’ UK couple criticised over foreign surrogacy that left siblings stateless

Would-be parents who engage in commercial foreign surrogacies risk having their adoption bids challenged by the government, leaving the infants stateless and parentless, as seen in a High Court case involving an older UK couple who used donors for eggs and sperm in an unlawful arrangement with a clinic in Cyprus. Despite a fee of £120,000 paid to the surrogate, the judge ultimately granted adoption as the only option, but warned that future attempts may face opposition from the government on policy grounds, potentially leaving children in a state of legal limbo. Andrew McFarlane, president of the court’s family division, cautioned that these cases could result in children being permanently stateless and parentless, advising against pursuing similar arrangements in England and Wales.

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