Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit is a LGBT Heroine
04 12 2012

When a friend and palace employee of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit was unable to immediately obtain a visa to visit infant twins born to a surrogate mother in India, she jumped in to help.

The visa problems prevented the children's Norwegian parents - a same-sex couple - from arriving at the hospital in time for the birth.

Knowing her diplomatic passport would grant her entry into the country, she boarded a plane to India, traveled immediately to the hospital, and spent the next several days caring for the infants until a relative could arrive.

She did not alert Indian authorities in advance, and staff at the hospital assumed the future Queen of Norway was just a nanny.

Yahoo News reports that surrogacy is a controversial issue in Norway, and that the government officially discourages parents from entering into paid surrogacy arrangements.

Source:http://www.opposingviews.com/i/tophealth/norway-s-crown-princess-mette-marit-lgbt-heroine