Kursiv Media | February 3, 2026
In response to disputes related to surrogacy arrangements involving foreign clients, proposed legislation in Kazakhstan would make surrogacy for foreigners illegal. It would still allow citizens to access surrogacy but would impose tighter regulations on surrogacy agencies.
Nine News | February 3, 2026
The Australian government has advised against pursuing surrogacy in Argentina. Surrogacy operates in a grey area in Argentina, and authorities appear to be taking steps to block surrogacy arrangements, including by refusing entry of foreign intended parents to the country.
BioNews | January 12, 2026
Uruguay has regulated surrogacy since 2013, but it was more than 10 years before the country saw its first surrogacy arrangement. This initial case showed important gaps in regulation, such as the absence of national protocols and good-practice guidelines for the surrogacy process, leaving the clinical team to implement ad hoc measures.
Maui Now | January 4, 2026
Hawai’i passed legislation updating the state’s parentage laws, incorporating assisted reproduction and surrogacy. The new law strengthens protections for LGBTQIA+ parents and their children.
The Wall Street Journal | December 27, 2025
Surrogacy can bring medical complications, but also financial burdens, for surrogates in the U.S. Without regulation, surrogates end up being responsible for medical bills and legal fees that intended parents or surrogacy agencies were supposed to pay.
NBC News | December 18, 2025
The FBI is investigating Surro Connections, a surrogacy agency headquartered in Washington state that abruptly closed in December 2025. The closure left pregnant surrogates without compensation or information. An estimated 150 families lost millions held in escrow by the agency.
The New York Times | December 14, 2025
Thai women were lured to Georgia by the promise of paid surrogacy, but had little power once they arrived–unable to leave, faced with poor living conditions, subject to unknown medical procedures (likely egg extraction), and targeted with abuse.
The New York Times | December 10, 2025
The abrupt closure of a U.S. surrogacy agency closed in December amid alleged financial fraud left surrogates without support midway through pregnancy and intended parents without funds to pay them.
Bar and Bench | December 8, 2025
After claims of illegal egg donation and surrogacy arrangements surfaced in the southern Indian state of Kerala, the state’s High Court recommended formation of a Special Investigation Team to investigate further.
CTV News | December 6, 2025
U.S Border officials denied a Canadian woman entry to the U.S., claiming that her planned travel to a fertility clinic in California to be a surrogate for a U.S. family was illegal – even though her plans to be a non-compensated surrogate are within the laws of Canada and California.
