These Gay Dads Are Stranded in Mexico with Three Babies and No Way Home Lane Sainty - BuzzFeed
go to original March 30, 2016

Grace Nixon, a friend of the family, has started a fundraising page in an attempt to help the new fathers through this crisis. (givealittle.co.nz)

David and Nicky Beard, a married couple from Auckland, New Zealand, recently traveled to Mexico for the birth of their three babies, Lachlan, Kelly and Blake.

The trio are termed “triplings” – born from two different surrogate mothers in Mexico, but all conceived with the same sperm and eggs.

The Beards say that on their arrival in Mexico, the surrogacy agency representative they had been dealing with disappeared – along with the payments they had made to cover medical and legal costs.

After their dealings with the surrogacy agency fell through, the Beards had to repay fees for medical and hospital care, and for the aftercare of the surrogate mothers. To make financial matters worse, baby Lachlan was born prematurely and experienced medical complications, racking up an extra hospital bill of around $75,000.

They are now stranded in Mexico as the unforeseen costs mean they don’t have the finances to return to New Zealand with their three babies.

...Mexico recently banned international surrogacy for gay couples. However, as the two surrogate mothers were already pregnant when the law came into effect, the Beards were told they would be able to return to New Zealand with their children.

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Related: 'Triplings' Fathers Responsible for Their Financial Problems Says Surrogacy Agency (Stuff)

Related: The Global Rent-a-Womb Industry Is Starting to Crumble (Global Post)

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