NZ surrogacy laws: Dad pens letter to Jacinda Ardern from isolation hotel after two-day US trip to deliver sperm
8 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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New Zealand s stringent assisted fertility laws mean many Kiwis are travelling abroad, spending endless cash, time and energy in their quest to complete their family. As one would-be new dad sat solo in a managed isolation hotel for two weeks after a two-day trip to the US to deliver his sperm for a surrogate, he penned a letter to Jacinda Ardern, writes Katie Harris.
Most of the country was in lockdown, tucked away from the virus ravaging the world outside Aotearoa, but Emily was fighting for her life, and grieving the loss of her unborn child.