Man wins right to be a single dad through surrogacy – Metro

The man argued that laws around surrogacy arrangements discriminated against single people (Picture: Getty)

A man has won the right to be a single dad through surrogacy.

The single man who fathered a child via a surrogate mother had last year arguedthat laws around surrogacy arrangements discriminated against single people.

He claimed the wording of part of the 2008 Fertilisation and Embryology Act meant only a couple could apply to become a childs legal parents.

Sir James Munby, the most senior family court judge in England and Wales, agreed with him.

The judge, President of the Family Division of the High Court, made a declaration of incompatibility after analysing the case at a hearing on London.

Following this, another judge has said ministers are now actively considering a change to address the incompatibility.

Mr Justice Keehan, who is also based in the Family Division of the High Court, has outlined Government plans in a ruling on a similar case.

He said in the hearing in Birmingham a single woman wanted to become a childs legal parent following an arrangement with a surrogate mother.

The judge said the woman had been in a relationship with a man when the surrogacy arrangement was made but that relationship had broken down.

He said a parental order application by the woman, who was caring for the child, would be shelved pending a law change.

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