Australian surrogate gives birth to biologically unrelated twins in rare case
- A Gold Coast woman has given birth to twins who aren’t genetically related to each other, after becoming pregnant with a surrogate couple’s embryo and her own biological baby at the same time.
- This has produced one of the rarest outcomes in reproductive medicine, the first in Australia and only the third reported worldwide.
- Queensland law forbids twins being separated.
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- A Gold Coast woman has given birth to twins who aren’t genetically related to each other, after becoming pregnant with a surrogate couple’s embryo and her own biological baby at the same time.
- This has produced one of the rarest outcomes in reproductive medicine, the first in Australia and only the third reported worldwide.
- Queensland law forbids twins being separated.
Sources: The Independent