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Callum Parke

Senior judge warns against unlawful surrogacies after women ‘exploited’

A senior judge has warned against unlawful surrogacy arrangements abroad after dealing with a “highly unusual” case involving two women in their 60s paying around £120,000 to start a family.

Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the family division of the High Court, said in a ruling on Wednesday that the couple, and two Ukrainian women used as surrogates, were “being exploited for commercial gain”.

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