Modern Diplomacy | October 30, 2024
Surrogacy continues to be banned or restricted in many countries, in part due to concerns related to child welfare and exploitation of surrogates. With shifting social norms related to family structure, some countries are reconsidering their regulation around surrogacy.
Gothamist | October 28, 2024
A new benefit will allow non-union New York City employees to be reimbursed up to $10,000 for expenses from surrogacy and other family formation services, including adoption and gamete donation.
These four articles explain the motivations behind and the potential implications of Italy’s ban on surrogacy. Although the law prohibits both heterosexual and LGTBQ couples from seeking surrogacy services abroad, it in effect targets same-sex couples as part of a broader effort of the Italian Prime Minister’s conservative party to limit LGBTQ parentage rights.
Italy criminalizes surrogacy abroad in move slammed as ‘medieval’ by critics
CNN | October 19, 2024
‘Inhumane and wicked’: anguish over Italy’s expanded surrogacy ban
The Guardian | October 25, 2024
Italy makes it illegal to seek surrogacy abroad
Reuters | October 16, 2024
Italy Criminalizes Surrogacy From Abroad, a Blow to Gay and Infertile Couples
The New York Times | October 16, 2024
October 24, 2024 | EuroNews
The arrest of 13 Filipina women in Cambodia sheds light on how women with limited economic opportunities are recruited to work as surrogates, which makes them vulnerable to arrest in countries that have banned surrogacy under human trafficking laws.
The Guardian | October 22, 2024
Following police raids in Buenos Aires and Rosario, Argentina, prosecutors are investigating an international surrogacy ring that they say exploited low-income women and denied them payments for surrogacy if they had a miscarriage.
The New York Times | October 16, 2024
Italy’s Parliament passed a law banning couples from traveling abroad to have a child through surrogacy, even to countries where surrogacy is legal. The law is part of a broader ongoing crackdown by Italy’s far-right government to limit legal parentage rights of LGTBQ people.
Reuters | October 16, 2024
The upper house Senate of Italy’s Parliament voted in favor of a bill that will make it illegal for couples to travel abroad to have a baby through surrogacy arrangements. The law is part of a broader effort of the Italian Prime Minister’s “Brothers of Italy” party to prevent LGBTQ people in Italy from being recognized as legal parents.
CNN | October 13, 2024
A police raid on a villa in Cambodia found 13 pregnant Philippine women who they suspected to be surrogates, which is illegal in Cambodia. Cambodian authorities say that the women were charged with crimes under the country’s human trafficking laws and may face prison time, but details of the case have not yet come to light.
Taipei Times | October 10, 2024
After receiving public feedback over the summer, Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare expects to submit amendments related to IVF access for executive review by the end of the year. The Minister of Health and Welfare reported that they are “proceeding with caution” in developing surrogacy regulations and have met with experts in ethics, medicine, and the rights of women and children to discuss surrogacy.
The Guardian | September 23, 2024
New research that reveals that surrogates are at higher risk for health complications underscores the scarcity of knowledge about risks and outcomes for surrogates and babies, and the need for greater research and regulation.
