The Standard | November 6, 2025
Kenya’s Parliament may approve regulations of assisted reproduction. The amended bill would limit the number of times someone could be a surrogate or egg or sperm donor, and prohibit certain procedures involving embryos.
Jersey Evening Post | November 3, 2025
A new government document offers guidance for those considering surrogacy in Jersey. The document comes after changes were made last year to incorporate assisted reproduction and surrogacy into processes to establish legal parentage.
Global Taiwan Institute | October 29, 2025
Surrogacy is illegal in Taiwan so intended parents travel abroad for surrogacy arrangements, which often creates legal complications. Domestic policy that considers both the welfare of children and the rights of surrogates would help address issues that emerge from cross-border surrogacy arrangements.
Weekend Post | October 27, 2025
Botswana’s unregulated surrogacy industry operates in a legal vacuum, leading to exploitation of surrogates, many of whom are domestic workers from Zimbabwe. Policy advocates are calling for regulation to address the negative impact of power and privilege on women and girls.
ABC News | October 25, 2025
The country of Georgia has become a hub for compensated surrogacy, especially for Australian intended parents. However, unethical practices and exploitation of surrogates raise concerns about the industry and the limited regulations governing it.
The West Australian | October 13, 2025
With pledged support from the Greens, the Labor party’s surrogacy reforms that passed Western Australia’s lower house of Parliament in September now have a better chance of passing the Upper House. The reforms would expand access to surrogacy to LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples.
PET BioNews | October 13, 2025
The Irish Parliament’s Committee on Health called on the government to introduce legislation to legally recognize the parentage of Irish citizens who live abroad and had children via surrogacy.
PET BioNews | October 13, 2025
The Indian Supreme Court ruled that age limits for intended parents seeking to have children through surrogacy should not apply to those who froze embryos before new regulations came into effect in 2022. The case involved 3 couples in their 50s and 60s.
Premium Times | October 4, 2025
Surrogacy is becoming increasingly popular in Nigeria, but regulations are not keeping up with the rapid growth of the industry. Without clear laws or oversight, surrogacy exists in a grey area in the country, which leaves surrogates, who often have limited economic resources, vulnerable to harm. A proposed bill would ban compensated surrogacy and regulate non-compensated surrogacy through licensing, monitoring, and supervision of agencies.
ChinaFile | October 3, 2025
Georgia and nearby post-Soviet countries are growing in popularity among Chinese parents pursuing parenthood via surrogacy –– a practice banned in China. With increasing demand, legal grey areas and complex parentage processes in China have resulted in exploitation of surrogates and intended parents.
