The Thai surrogate mother of a baby boy born with Down syndrome and a hole in his heart says his Australian biological parents saw him in hospital.Twenty-one-year-old Pattaramon Chanbua's account contradicts the claim of the couple from Western Australia,
who have said they were not told about the baby boy’s existence.
"If they don't know about the twin then they wouldn't be crying the day that they took the girl out from the hospital [and home to Australia]," Ms Chanbua told the ABC's 7.30 program.
"They probably would not have asked me to have an abortion, if they truly don't know [about the twin with Down syndrome]."
Ms Chanbua has told the ABC she gave birth to twins after agreeing to be a surrogate for the Australian couple, with a promised payment of about $16,000.
She claims the couple, who have not been identified, rejected Gammy and returned to Australia with his healthy sister.
She says her doctors, the surrogacy agency and the baby's parents all knew he was disabled four months into the pregnancy, but did not inform her until the seventh month when the agency asked her - at the parents' request - to abort the disabled foetus.
She told the ABC she refused the couple's request to terminate the pregnancy because in Thai culture it was considered sinful, but she could not afford Gammy's medical treatment.
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