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Arcadian Denise Lucy Thrane agreed to be a surrogate mother and was artificially inseminated in June with James Noyes' sperm. Ms. Thrane now says the baby may not be Noyes' and wants to keep it. The unprecedented dispute may have repercussions for other surrogate mothers.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
518AN
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Newspaper Index
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Article reviews surrogate mother case. The father's wife Bjorna Noyes claims she was wrongly labeled a transsexual Noyes' lawyer claims Bhimani (the child's mother) decided to keep the child because she wasn't being paid.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
523AN
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Newspaper Index
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Blood tests reveal a 98.9 percent chance that James Noyes is the father of the son of Nisa Bhimani (Denise Lucy Thrane). The Pasadena courts will tackle the issues of paternity and custody. The crux of the case is whether current California law barring an artificial insemination donor from any paternity rights will be upheld.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
520AN
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Denise Lucy Thrane, an Arcadia woman who agreed to be a surrogate mother for a childless couple from New York, gave birth to a boy. Ms. Thrane now wants to keep the baby.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1981
Pages
p. D-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1981
Pages
p. D-1
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
519AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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James Noyes withdrew his custody suit when it was learned that his wife is a transsexual who underwent a sex change operation. Noyes thought the publicity might harm the child. Nisa Bhimani, the surrogate mother, will keep the child.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 7, 1981
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 7, 1981
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
521An
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Noyes family may continue their fight for custody of the baby born by surrogate mother Nisa Bhimani despite the publicity over Bjorna Noyes being a transsexual. Bhimani's lawyer claimed the other would not have backed out of her deal with the Noyes had she been paid as agreed.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
Pages
p. B-5
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
Pages
p. B-5
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
522AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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