The boy was born to Thai woman Pattaramon Chanbua in December and while an Australian couple took his healthy twin sister, they left him behind, according to media reports. 
	&quot;They [the surrogacy agency] told me to carry a baby for a family that does not have children... They said it would be a baby in a tube,&quot; Pattaramon told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 
	The 21-year-old from Chonburi province southeast of Bangkok said she agreed to carry the child for a fee of Aus$16,000 (US$14,900) -- enough to educate her own two children and pay back debts. 
	But she was now left with the baby boy, who also suffers from a life-threatening heart condition, and cannot afford to pay for the medical treatment he needs. 
	&quot;I don&#39;t know what to do. I chose to have him... I love him, he was in my tummy for nine months,&quot; she told the ABC. 
	AFP

Fears of Australia surrogacy ban over abandoned Down Syndrome baby

SYDNEY - Reports that an Australian couple abandoned a baby with his surrogate mother in Thailand because he has Down Syndrome have raised fears Australia will ban international surrogacy, a support group said Saturday.