Baby Gammy

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  Australia Simplifies Overseas Child Adoption

  Australia said today that it was simplifying the process of adopting children from overseas, setting up a single body to manage applications while working on new arrangements with the United States, Poland and Vietnam.

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  Australia Gives Citizenship to Down Syndrome Baby Left in Thailand

  A baby at the centre of a Thai surrogacy scandal has been granted Australian citizenship, authorities said today, after his birth mother said he was abandoned by a Perth couple who went home with his healthy twin sister.

• Australians in Surrogacy Scandal Offered to Take Down Syndrome Baby: Agent

  The agent who brokered a surrogacy deal for an Australian couple at the centre of a scandal that left a Thai mother caring for a baby with Down syndrome said on Wednesday the couple had offered to take the boy home with them along with his twin sister.

• Australia Investigates 'Paedophile' Father in Thai Baby Scandal

  Australian authorities were on Wednesday investigating the father at the centre of a Thai surrogate baby scandal who was exposed as a convicted paedophile, to determine whether his young daughter is at risk.

• Australian in Thai Surrogate Case Has Child Sex Convictions

  An Australian father accused of abandoning his Down's syndrome baby has convictions for child sex offences, reports said today, as the surrogate mother said she was willing to take back the boy's twin sister if the allegations were true.

• Thai Authorities to Probe Surrogacy Clinics amid Down Case Controversy

  Authorities in Thailand are to inspect all the clinics in the country offering surrogacy services to see if they are operating within the law after a Thai woman who carried twins for an Australian couple was left caring for a baby with Down Syndrome.

• Thai Surrogate Mom Would be Happy to Get Twin Back

  A Thai surrogate mother left with a Down syndrome baby who was abandoned by his Australian biological parents says she would be happy to have the baby's healthy twin returned, especially because of her concern over reports that the father is a convicted sex offender.

• Australia May Intervene in Surrogate Baby Case

  Seven-month-old Gammy, who was born with Down syndrome and a congenital heart condition, is being cared for by his young Thai surrogate mother after his Australian biological parents left him behind in Thailand, taking home only his healthy twin sister.

• 'I Will Never Abandon' Down's Baby Says Thai Surrogate

  The Thai surrogate mother of a baby born with Down Syndrome vowed Monday to "never abandon" him after the Australian parents reportedly refused to care for the child, sparking a moral debate and a cascade of donations for the boy's medical care.