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

21 April 2020 - 09:00 By jeff wicks
Jeff Wicks Senior reporter
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New parents to a baby born in lockdown have been granted permission to see their child for the first time.
New parents to a baby born in lockdown have been granted permission to see their child for the first time.
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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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