Surrogate claims gay dads told her to terminate pregnancy at 24 weeks after cancer diagnosis [Video]

Surrogate claims gay dads told her to terminate pregnancy at 24 weeks on finding out she had aggressive cancer and barred her from having baby prematurely or putting it up for adoption because ‘they didn’t want their DNA out there’

16:54 EDT 01 Jul 2023 , updated 17:19 EDT 01 Jul 2023

A California mother has claimed she was told to terminate her surrogate pregnancy at 24 weeks by the child’s prospective fathers after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.  

Brittney Pearson, 37, from Sacramento told DailyMail.com that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May at 22 weeks.

She says that after a full body MRI revealed the extent of the disease, the gay couple who were paying her to carry their child used legal threats to pressure her into terminating the pregnancy. 

Initially, Pearson claims, doctors at Sutter Health Medical Centre in Sacramento, believed she would be able to have a form of chemotherapy treatment compatible with pregnancy, and …