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National News
August 24, 2003
Photos: KEN
JAMES, JANIE BARRETT
Krisy Prelewicz, above, has wanted to be a surrogate for
years. Inset: Lisa Banfield farewells husband John as he
prepares to fly to the US with their embryos.
Lisa Banfield has
spent eight years trying to have a baby. Lisa, 37, was
diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1997 and had a
hysterectomy. Now, her tenacity has led to a legal change
allowing her to export her embryos to a US surrogate mother.
husband John travelled there last week to deliver their four
embryos
Krisy Prelewicz is hoping
to give an Australian couple the ultimate gift.
The speech therapist, who
lives an hour-and-a-half from Los Angeles, has wanted to be
a surrogate mother since she was 20 years old after she
heard an advertisement on the radio.
"It struck me immediately
that this was something I could do," she said. "At 20, I was
thinking what if I don't want children yet, but I would
really like to experience birth."
Now, 16 years later, Ms
Prelewicz will be impregnated with John and Lisa Banfield's
embryos at a fertility clinic in LA.
John Banfield, a senior
executive in Sydney, escorted the embryos to the US after he
received a special permit from Customs Minister Chris
Ellison.
The Federal Government has
banned exporting embryos overseas for commercial
arrangements with surrogate mothers but the Banfields were
given permission after persistent lobbying by Ms Banfield
altered the regulations earlier this year.
Krisy Prelewicz, a married
mother of two young children, plays down her remarkable,
selfless act.
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