Jetten and Keenan Expect First Child via Surrogacy

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and his partner, Nicolás Keenan, announced on October 19 that they are expecting their first child through a noncommercial surrogacy arrangement. The couple said the baby is due in 2027. In a joint social-media post, Jetten and Keenan thanked their egg donor and surrogate, whom they identified as Lisa. Jetten’s party, D66, said the surrogate and donor are Dutch acquaintances of the couple and that the arrangement is not commercial. The announcement and party statement are the basis for the reported details of the arrangement. The news has drawn attention to proposed changes to Dutch surrogacy law, which have not been passed. The cabinet is considering whether intended parents could establish legal parenthood before a child’s birth, subject to conditions including keeping records of the child’s ancestry and attending information sessions about surrogacy and family formation. Under the current rules, as described in reporting on the proposal, the surrogate becomes the child’s legal mother at birth. The intended parents must then resolve legal parenthood in court. The proposal would change that sequence, but its final terms remain subject to...