Should surrogacy be legally recognised?
Rwandan law was recently changed to allow a genetic egg donor to be recognised as the legal mother - rather than the woman who gives birth.
鈥淥ne of them said: 鈥榖ut you have your ovaries so you can have a surrogate mother to carry a baby for you. I was like, 鈥榬eally?鈥�"
Joyce Wanjala-Lay is a former Member of Parliament in Kenya. Her son was born through surrogacy with the help of a friend, and in the years since she鈥檚 campaigned for the procedure to be recognised in law.
Rwanda has recently made such a change 鈥� meaning the legal mother of a child can be the genetic egg donor rather than the woman who gives birth.
For today鈥檚 Africa Daily Alan Kasujja speaks to Joyce and lawyer Florida Kabasinga who worked to get the law changed in Rwanda.
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