Medics clear woman’s bid to bear grandchild

LISBON: Portugal has approved its first surrogate mother – a 50year- old grandmother who will bear a child to allow her daughter to start a family, media reports said.

The Portuguese Council for Assisted Birth late Friday unanimously approved the request of a 30-year-old woman who cannot bear children following a surgical procedure for endometriosis, the Expresso weekly said.

“Despite several other cases put forward, only this one was examined by the council and unanimously approved,” a statement said. Portugal’s national medical council will now review it and has 60 days to make a ruling. It is widely expected to give it the go ahead. — AFP