IVF TWINS CONCEIVED IN INDIA REJECTED BECASE THEY ARE GIRLS

A British couple who conceived twin girls through IVF in India before returning to England for the birth have abandoned them at hospital because they wanted boys.

The mother aged 59 and father, 72, conceived in India with fertility treatment and returned to England for the birth.

They told horrified medics they did not want the "wrong sex" babies immediately after the Caesarean section in Wolverhampton.

The husband then asked how soon it would be before his wife was fit enough to fly out again for further IVF in the hope of getting a boy to continue the family name.

An NHS insider was reported to have said: "Everyone is utterly appalled. How could any parent do this?

"This is Britain in the 21st century.

"But they just weren't prepared to raise these two beautiful girls."

Female babies are often abandoned in India for being the wrong sex – but it is the first time here. It is likely to send shockwaves of revulsion through multi-cultural Britain.

The parents were born in India but are British citizens living in Birmingham.

They had fertility treatment in India as it is illegal here at such an advanced age and the twins were delivered at the New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.

They were then transferred to a central NHS hospital in Birmingham. The parents are still believed to be in the city.

The babies have had no visitors since being born less than a fortnight ago.

The mother – one of Britain's oldest – discharged herself against the advice of doctors who told her she should stay for more than a week after her operation.

Birmingham Social Services department is said to be investigating.

(Telegraph)

P.S. LATEST: A British couple alleged to have abandoned their twin baby girls because they wanted boys are caring for them in hospital, an NHS spokesman insisted today.The parents, who conceived through IVF in India, are said by NHS West Midlands to be "attentive to their needs", despite a report that the girls were left at a Wolverhampton hospital following their birth.