Chinese mother dies, leaves 2 daughters born in US via IVF with mainland passport issues
Youngsters’ late mother, who may have bought sperm, expressed desire for test-tube baby, never revealed father’s identity
A tangled court case in Shanghai involving two young girls with an absent father and a deceased mother has trended on mainland social media.
The late mother of the girls, one of whom has a US passport that is close to expiring, was suspected of having bought sperm and given birth to the children through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the United States.
She has never revealed information about her daughters’ biological father, according to a report in the Jiefang Daily.
On September 2, the Xuhui District People’s Court in Shanghai heard a case after the children’s grandfather, known as Wang, applied to be their guardian.
The mother was diagnosed with a malignant tumour last July and died two months later.