A Step Forward For Surrogacy, Irish Mum Wins Landmark Case In Dublin Yesterday

The genetic mother of twins born to a surrogate mother won a landmark case yesterday in the High Court Dublin.

She will now be recognised on their birth certificates.

The High Court ruled in favour of the mum, whose sister had given birth to the children using the woman’s embryos.

She had taken the ground-breaking case challenging the refusal of the Chief Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages to record her name on the birth certificates, the Irish Sun reports.

Outside the court Marion Campbell, solicitor for the woman and her husband, spoke to the media: “We are delighted with the outcome of today’s hearing.

“My clients’ and their children’s rights have been vindicated by this judgment.

“It has been a very long, hard and emotional time for them and they would like to express their thanks for the support shown to them by their family, friends and legal representatives.

“It is to be hoped now that much-needed legislation in relation to this whole difficult area of surrogacy will be brought in and that children born by way of surrogacy arrangements will have their rights enshrined in such legislation.”

Ms Campbell said she was delighted with the verdict. 

Ms Campbell said the judgment in effect means that the genetic mother will be legally recognised as the birth mother by the registrar.

The family at the centre of the case had argued that the State denied them the right to be a legal family by refusing to recognise the genetic or biological mother.

The surrogate mother was not objecting to the couple’s application.