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Baby saved from being thrown out with lockdown’s legal bathwater

A desperate couple expecting the birth of their biological child by a surrogate mother in another province have been given the news they so desperately wanted.

Jeff Wicks

Jeff Wicks

Senior reporter

A nine-day-old baby who went missing at the weekend has been found in Mitchell's Plain.
A nine-day-old baby who went missing at the weekend has been found in Mitchell's Plain. (123RF/sam74100/ File photo )

A desperate couple expecting the birth of their biological child by a surrogate mother in another province have been given the news they so desperately wanted.

Thanks to a court decision they will be allowed to travel and witness their daughter’s first breaths.

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