A gay Sgaporean doctor has won the right to adopt a child he fathered the Uned Stat through a surrogate, a landmark lg for the socially nservative untry.
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- LANDMARK HIGH COURT SE ALLOWS SGAPOREAN GAY DAD TO ADOPT SURROGATE SON
- COURT REJECTS BID BY GAY MAN TO MAKE PARTNER GUARDIAN OF HIS TWO SURROGATE CHILDREN
- SGAPORE MAY TIGHTEN ADOPTN LAW AFTER GAY FATHER ADOPTED SON
- GAY SGAPOREAN MAN N ADOPT SON BORN VIA SURROGACY, URT L
LANDMARK HIGH COURT SE ALLOWS SGAPOREAN GAY DAD TO ADOPT SURROGATE SON
In a landmark move, the High Court has approved on appeal a gay Sgaporean's bid to adopt his blogil son, whom he fathered the Uned Stat through a surrogate mum for US$200,000. Read more at * can a gay couple adopt a child in singapore *
SINGAPORE - In a landmark move, the High Court has approved on appeal a gay Sgaporean's bid to adopt his blogil son, whom he fathered the Uned Stat through a surrogate mum for US$200, 000 (S$275, 000). They first approached the Mistry of Social and Fay Development (MSF) to quire about adoptg a child, but were told was unlikely to remend adoptn by a homosexual uple. Reactg to the judgment, lawyer Mr Koh, who acted the se, said this is the first time surrogacy and gay adoptn had been nvassed urt.
SINGAPORE (Rters) - Sgapore is lookg to strengthen s adoptn laws after a gay man won an appeal to legally adopt his blogil son a landmark urt lg last year, s social affairs mister said on man, after learng he was unlikely to be able to adopt a child Sgapore as a gay man, paid $200, 000 for a woman to rry his child through -vro fertilizatn the Uned Stat. A urt 2017 rejected an ial bid by the man, who is a homosexual relatnship wh a partner, to legally adopt his son.
COURT REJECTS BID BY GAY MAN TO MAKE PARTNER GUARDIAN OF HIS TWO SURROGATE CHILDREN
Sgapore is lookg to strengthen s adoptn laws after a gay man won an appeal to legally adopt his blogil son a landmark urt lg last year, s social affairs mister said on Monday. * can a gay couple adopt a child in singapore *
”The mister, Dmond Lee, reerated that parliament, sayg the ernment did not support “the formatn of fay uns wh children of homosexual parents through stutns and procs such as adoptn”. Sgapore, which is tryg to boost s low fertily rate, offers genero centiv for upl to have babi but -vro fertilizatn is allowed only for married upl and surrogacy servic are not available for said ernment policy was not to t or terfere wh the private liv of Sgaporeans, cludg homosexuals, and they are entled to private liv of their choosg. Sgapore matas a lonial-era law banng gay sex although prosecutns are onle survey nducted last year showed a slim majory of Sgaporeans still support the law.
A gay Sgaporean doctor has won the right to adopt a child he fathered the Uned Stat through a surrogate, a landmark lg for the socially nservative untry. In 2019, then Mister for Social and Fay Development Dmond Lee said MSF was reviewg adoptn laws after a landmark se which the High Court approved a gay Sgaporean's bid to adopt his blogil son on appeal.
When asked if gay upl are allowed to adopt children who are not related to them or a child who is related and born through surrogacy, the spokman said: "Sgapore's public policy enurag parenthood wh marriage. A gay Sgaporean man has failed a bid to formally adopt his blogil son fathered via a surrogate the Uned Stat at a st of US$200, man, a doctor a long-term relatnship, ially approached thori about adoptg the cy state but was told a homosexual uple were unlikely to get permissn, acrdg to urt uple travelled to the US where the doctor unrwent procr for vro fertilisatn and found a surrogate who agreed to rry his child for US$200, 000. ”The child’s welfare was not an issue the se as he will ntue to be well looked after by his blogil father and he is not statels as he holds Amerin cizenship, the judge was not swayed by the arguments of the man’s lawyers, Koh Tien Hua, Ivan Cheong and Shn Ho, who nied he was seekg to adopt the boy to form what would effectively be a legally regnised gay fay, The Stras Tim said.
SGAPORE MAY TIGHTEN ADOPTN LAW AFTER GAY FATHER ADOPTED SON
Sgapore’s gay adoptn se may lead to tighter laws to prevent ‘formatn of same-sex fay uns’Sgapore is lookg to strengthen s adoptn laws after a gay man won an appeal to legally adopt his blogil son a landmark urt lg last year, s social affairs mister said on man, after learng he was unlikely to be able to adopt a child Sgapore as a gay man, paid US$200, 000 for a woman to rry his child through vro fertilisatn the Uned Stat. Sgapore allows gay uple to adopt their surrogate son landmark lgThe nservative cy state’s ernment do not support the formatn of same-sex fai.
Photo: Don WongThe Mister for Social and Fay Development, Dmond Lee, reerated that parliament, sayg the ernment did not support “the formatn of fay uns wh children of homosexual parents through stutns and procs such as adoptn”. Dmond Lee, Mister for Social and Fay DevelopmentSgapore, which is tryg to boost s low fertily rate, offers genero centiv for upl to have babi but vro fertilisatn is allowed only for married upl, and surrogacy servic are not available for said ernment policy was not to t or terfere wh the private liv of Sgaporeans, cludg homosexuals, and they are entled to private liv of their choosg. Sgapore matas a lonial-era law banng gay sex although prosecutns are onle survey nducted last year showed a slim majory of Sgaporeans still support the an terview after the landmark lg, the adoptive father and his partner said the rult was a “huge load” off their shoulrs.