Irish influencer Rosanna Davison has shared her heartbreak around not being recognised as her daughter Sophia's biological mother.
Recent reports have indicated that the Government will not legislate for the rights of children born via international surrogacy.
According to a report by the Business Post, the Government plans to only legislate for domestic surrogacy in the upcoming bill, and plan to deal with international surrogacy at a later stage.
As it stands in Ireland, mothers who have a child through surrogacy, even gestational surrogacy when the child is biologically theirs, are not legally recognised as a biological parent.
In an emotional Instagram post, Rosanna writes: "Sophia arrived into our arms, thanks to our wonderful gestational surrogate & the dedicated team in Kiev.
"Surrogacy is physically, mentally and financially draining. It’s usually the last/only option for an individual/couple to have a child."
She goes onto share her views on the matter, explaining how as a mother of three children, she finds this report deeply concerning.
She says: "If true, this will affect 100s of children and families across Ireland, including my own. Sophia & many other children will be left legally vulnerable and unprotected.
"I’m adding my voice to the 100s of other voices supporting international surrogacy and retrospective pathways to parenthood so that no children are left out. It should be the legal right of my three babies that I can protect them equally.
"The heartbreaking reality is that I’m not legally recognised as Sophia’s mother like I am to my twins, yet I am her biological mother. I can apply to be her legal guardian from age 2 to 18, but after that I’m a legal stranger to her."
She explains how the current legal situation affects her family, revealing that if her partner Wes Quirke was to become "incapacitated or worse", she would be a legal guardian to Sophia - but not viewed as her parent or mother.
She explains: "Sophia shouldn't be treated differently to her brothers. My three children should have me as their mother, parent and protector.
"I can only hope that our government is listening to all the parents speaking out on behalf of their children and trust that they will bring forward legislation so that no child is left out, allowing me to be a legally recognised mother to my three children."
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