Windhoek,Namibia — A Namibian court on Monday threw out a bid by a same-sex couple to have their twin daughters, born to a South African surrogate mother, issued documents to travel to Windhoek.
Handing down his ruling, High Court Judge Thomas Masuku said it would be “judicial overreach” for the court to order the home affairs and immigration ministry to issue emergency travel certificates to one-month-old Maya and Paula.
The twins are daughters of a Namibian-Mexican gay couple, but the Namibian authorities have dragged their feet on issuing papers for the girls.
The Namibian government has demanded proof of a biological connection between the infants and the couple, 38-year-o…
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