By Alison Motluck | HeyReproTech | March 24, 2020
The threat of COVID-19 has affected the lives of many, including people involved in international surrogacy arrangements. As this article explains, international travel restrictions, quarantine requirements, and limits on returning home with their newborn children are all realities people in surrogacy relationships have faced as the pandemic has spread.
By Ellen Trachman | Above The Law | March 18, 2020
Above the Law highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the legal landscape of international surrogacy. Read how delayed agreements, changes to physical contact guidelines, and travel restrictions are affecting surrogates, egg providers, and intended parents.
By Netael Bandel, Lee Yaron, and Johnathan Lis | Haaretz | February 28, 2020
For years, LGBTQ rights advocates in Israel have been fighting to broaden surrogacy rights. On February 20th, the High Court of Justice ruled that an existing bill prohibiting single men and gay couples from accessing surrogacy was unconstitutional. As this article explains, the state now has one year to amend the law.
By Alison Motluck | Undark | February 24, 2020
From charging “recovery fees” to forging legal documents to harassment, some fertility clinics have gone to extreme measures to coerce women into egg provision even after they decide against it. This article highlights the stories of four women who experienced serious personal consequences after severing their relationships with fertility clinics.
BBC News | February 17, 2020
Lord Winston is a professor of fertility studies who is calling into question the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s advertised success rate of pregnancy using frozen eggs. As this article and video explain, his estimates rely on measuring the success rate at a different stage of fertility treatment, which—he says—is more accurate than the one used by the HFEA.
By Sophie Wilkinson | HuffPost | February 8, 2020
IVF has become the go-to treatment for many people struggling with infertility. However, many patients aren’t made aware of the risk of ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome (OHSS), which can create agonizing pain as well as affect fertility. This article and video examine the realities of IVF and OHSS.
By Miranda Paige | Dakota News Now | January 30, 2020
Advocates for limiting commercial surrogacy are speaking out in favor of a South Dakota bill that would make the practice a misdemeanor. As this article reports, one primary concern is that “people will take medical risks with their own health and life because they need the money.”
By Shannon Marvel | Inforum | January 29, 2020
House Bill 1096 would make brokering a surrogacy contract a Class 1 misdemeanor. It would also make any commercial surrogacy contract, whether entered into in South Dakota or any other state, unenforceable and void in South Dakota.
By Elizabeth Pineau | Reuters | January 22, 2020
Until now, France has had some of western Europe’s strictest rules governing medically assisted pregnancies. As this article explains, this bill will soften some restriction, although France will not pay for the treatment through it’s social security program.
By Ellen Trachman | Above the Law | January 8, 2020
The Surrogacy Group promised its clients services like matching intended parents with gestational surrogates, assisting clients with the surrogacy process, and managing funds. In many cases, as this article explains, the group’s owner pocketed the money, leaving both surrogates and intended parents high and dry.
