The gay dads getting rich from rent-a-wombs
by By Sanchez Manning, Nick Craven And Ben Ellery For The Mail On Sunday
Pioneers who launched a surrogate service to ‘help’ desperate couples are flouting the law, says Britain’s top fertility expert.
Britain’s first ‘gay dads’, Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow are not just charismatic advocates of same-sex marriage, but also of the often secretive world of surrogacy that allowed them to become parents.
Since they began building their family – five children by an assortment of egg donors and surrogate mothers, with triplet daughters planned soon – they have become the industry’s best known ambassadors.
The men are blessed with money, looks and a loving relationship. They have used all three to place themselves at the heart of Britain’s national debate about the legality and morality of this sensitive subject, the donation of eggs and the renting of a womb to create new life.
Today, however, an undercover Mail on Sunday investigation reveals troubling questions about the methods and loopholes exploited by Barrie Drewitt-Barlow and his company the British Surrogacy Centre (BSC). We also highlight his abusive attitude to a vulnerable would-be mother and expose a lack of rigour in his company’s medical and legal vetting of a potential surrogate.
Our shock evidence has persuaded some industry experts, notably Baroness Warnock, architect of Britain’s fertility legislation, that the way BSC operates is illegal and should be investigated.
Her verdict will be a devastating blow to all the couples, gay and straight, who, inspired by the men’s success, look to the BSC for the baby they so desperately want.
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