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Prague, Aug 12 (CTK) - The Czech Republic has the first case of an infant who was born to a surrogate mother, is wanted by no one over his health defects and has been placed in institutional care, daily Pravo writes Wednesday.
The case reminds of the world-known case of an Australian couple who only accepted the healthy child and rejected the other one after a surrogate mother gave birth to twins a year ago, the paper writes.
The Czech infant, a boy born in the Zlin Region, south Moravia, is one-year old now. He suffers from congenital defects, including epilepsy and paralysis, which is why he is wanted neither by his biological parents nor the surrogate mother, the daily writes.
The case was described by a south Moravian doctor in the August issue of the My Gynaecology journal, with the aim to provoke a debate about the ethical aspects of surrogate motherhood in the Czech Republic and the rights of the children who are born to surrogate mothers.
These cases have no legislative coverage, except for the...