Surrogate Mum Carrying Triplets Sues to Stop Dad-to-be’s Demand to Abort One of the Babies

Melissa Cook, the surrogate mum who refused to abort one of the triplets she’s carrying after their dad insisted he only wants two babies and cannot afford three (read here) reportedly filed a lawsuit against him on Monday.

She said in a statement to The Post:

“I no longer view surrogacy arrangements in the same favorable light I once did. Children derive a special benefit from their relationship with their mother. I now think that the basic concept of surrogacy arrangements must be re-examined, scrutinized and reconsidered.”

Her ordeal came into the spotlight in November after the triplets’ dad threatened to financially ruin the 47-year-old surrogate mum by imposing monetary damages if she refused to abort one of the fetuses, citing a provision in their contract that allowed him to request a “reduction.”

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Cook’s lawyers have now reportedly filed a 47-page complaint in Los Angeles state Superior Court claiming the contract with the biological father and the California surrogate law it relies on violates due-process and equal-protection rights under the US Constitution.

Cook’s lawsuit claims she is the legal mother of the triplets and seeks custody of at least one who was targeted for abortion. A custody hearing would determine the fate of the other two.