Namibia surrogate newborns lose court battle for travel documents
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19/04/2021 - 14:34 The ruling is a major blow and a major disappointment, said Phillip Luehl, shown here with the twins LUCA SOLA AFP/File 2 min
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A Namibian court on Monday threw out a bid by a same-sex couple to have their twin daughters, born to a South African surrogate mother, issued documents to travel to Windhoek.
Handing down his ruling, High Court Judge Thomas Masuku said it would be judicial overreach for the court to order the home affairs and immigration ministry to issue emergency travel certificates to one-month-old Maya and Paula.
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Gay couple fights Namibia govt over surrogate newborns
Mr Phillip Luehl with his newborn twins, who were born through surrogacy by a South African woman.PHOTO: AFP
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On a calm autumn afternoon, newborn twins Maya and Paula lay peacefully on a mattress at a Johannesburg house, blissfully taking turns to bottle-feed and nap, oblivious of the uncertainty over their citizenship status.
They are daughters of a Namibian-Mexican gay couple, and the Namibian authorities have dragged their feet on issuing documents for the girls born to a South African surrogate mother to travel to Windhoek.
They have demanded proof of a biological connection to the infants on the part of the parents, 38-year-old Phillip Luehl and his partner Guillermo Delgado, 36.
The men are now pinning their hopes on a Namibian High Court ruling, scheduled for Monday, to at least allow the infants to secure temporary documents to travel to Windhoek and join Delgado and their two-year-old brother Yona.