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.
LA Times | October 2, 2025
Police investigation of a Chinese couple in LA who have had over 20 children via surrogacy revealed video footage of nannies inflicting “emotional and physical abuse” on some of the children. It also unearthed ties between the couple and illicit gambling and drug operations.
Times of Malta | September 30, 2025
Malta’s government announced plans to amend its laws so that women who become mothers via surrogacy abroad are eligible for maternity leave. The change does not affect Malta’s ban on surrogacy but instead recognizes intended parents who travel elsewhere for surrogacy.
Q News | September 19, 2025
Western Australia currently bans non-compensated surrogacy for gay and single men. A bill that passed the Lower House of Parliament would eliminate the ban and would give donor-conceived people more access to information about their heritage, but it first has to pass the Upper House of Parliament.
