UK-based couple say overseas surrogacy agency made twins using wrong sperm
A UK-based couple discovered through DNA testing that their twins, born via a Sri Lankan surrogacy agency, have no biological connection to them. The agency claims the couple consented to donor sperm, a claim the couple vehemently denies.
Why it matters
This case highlights the legal and ethical complexities of international surrogacy and the potential for severe medical malpractice in unregulated cross-border fertility arrangements.
Sperm being injected into human egg. The agency says the couple signed a consent form allowing them to use donor sperm. The couple deny this. Photograph: Science Photo Library/ZEPHYR./Getty Images Sperm being injected into human egg. The agency says the couple signed a consent form allowing them to use donor sperm. The couple deny this. Photograph: Science Photo Library/ZEPHYR./Getty Images UK news UK-based couple say overseas surrogacy agency made twins using wrong sperm Couple ‘devastated’ after DNA tests for children’s British citizenship showed no biological connection to them
The article reports on a legal judgment and the couple's perspective without injecting editorial opinion or political framing.
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