NPR | April 2, 2024
Until new state legislation decriminalized compensated surrogacy this month, Michigan was the only U.S. state with a sweeping criminal ban on surrogacy. Families worked around the ban by seeking surrogates in other states, legally adopting their children, and pursuing informal surrogacy arrangements.
Michigan Advance | March 19, 2024
Michigan’s state legislature passed a nine-bill package that will decriminalize compensated surrogacy and set new surrogacy standards related to parentage, legal contracts, and who can be a surrogate. The legislation now goes to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who many expect will sign it.
VOA | March 10, 2024
Thailand’s Public Health Ministry is drafting legislation to legalize compensated surrogacy for local and foreign couples. Critics are concerned that the country’s limited regulatory resources will leave surrogates vulnerable to human trafficking.
South China Morning Post | March 7, 2024
Controversy over an ad for compensated surrogacy in China underscores the country’s ambiguous position on surrogacy. Although no law explicitly outlaws it, government regulations do not allow surrogacy. Some find regulation loopholes, while others travel abroad.
The Regulatory Review | March 2, 2024
In the absence of an international legal framework, country-specific legislation on surrogacy spans a spectrum. This article summarizes a range of perspectives on the benefits and risks of surrogacy and features research analyzing various approaches to regulation.
El País | February 27, 2024
Surrogacy, a lucrative industry in Colombia, is entirely unregulated, with no price controls or conditions placed on the practice. Recent bills to regulate it were shelved early on, leaving surrogates vulnerable to exploitation.
Thai PBS World | February 25, 2024
Thai police arrested a man thought to be a provider of frozen sperm, ova, and embryos for clinics operating in Laos and Cambodia as part of an illegal transnational surrogacy network. (Note “embryos” was incorrectly translated as “fetuses” in the article)
Firstpost | February 23, 2024
Updates to India’s surrogacy law will allow married couples to use donor sperm or eggs provided that one member of the couple has a medical condition prompting the need for donor gametes. The law still stipulates that one of the gametes must come from the couple.
Focus Taiwan | February 21, 2024
Women’s rights groups in Taiwan asked the government to first address the issue of single women and lesbian couples’ access to sperm and egg donation before considering surrogacy, to avoid delay due to the complexities of surrogacy regulation.
Kathimerini | February 16, 2024
Surrogacy is legal in Greece for intended mothers with a medical need. This article shares Greek regulations around surrogacy along with stories of intended parents and surrogates engaged in the process.
