WBUR | September 17, 2025
A recent viral story of an intended parent’s attempts to punish a surrogate who had a stillbirth demonstrates how the industry and its lack of regulations leave surrogates vulnerable when complications arise.
Surrogacy in the News
France’s Heated Debate: Can ‘Ethical’ Surrogacy Ever Work?
MedScape | September 12, 2025
Surrogacy is currently illegal in France, but the return of a former prime minister to the political stage could change that. Gabriel Attal has launched an effort to explore surrogacy within his political party with the possibility of updating the party’s platform before the next presidential election.
They Needed a Surrogate, So They Asked a Sibling to Do It
The Wall Street Journal | August 19, 2025
With surrogacy expenses often surpassing $200,000 in the U.S., some couples make surrogacy arrangements with family members or friends. While these arrangements often cost less, they can result in legal complications and complex relationship dynamics.
WA government reintroduces long-awaited surrogacy, IVF reforms
ABC | August 12, 2025
A bill will be introduced in Western Australia’s parliament to reform the state’s laws on IVF and surrogacy. The changes would expand access to non-compensated surrogacy to include same-sex male couples, single men, transgender and intersex people, and would enable recognition of two same-sex partners as legal parents of children born via surrogacy.
UK Parliamentary office calls for submissions on surrogacy
Progress Educational Trust BioNews | August 11, 2025
The UK’s Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology plans to write a POSTnote, a briefing document that informs policy and legislation, on surrogacy law in the UK and internationally. The office issued a call for stakeholder submissions to inform the document, which could put surrogacy reform back on the legislative agenda in the UK.
Police rescue 11 babies in major bust on international surrogacy ring exploiting Vietnamese women
The Independent | August 10, 2025
Vietnamese authorities report that they have dismantled an international surrogacy network between Vietnam, China, and Cambodia and have rescued 11 infants from the operation. The network violated Vietnamese laws that prohibit compensated surrogacy.
The Mystery of the L.A. Mansion Filled With Surrogate Children
The Wall Street Journal | August 5, 2025
Los Angeles authorities are investigating a Chinese couple who were found to have more than 20 children, all born through surrogacy arrangements since 2021. Surrogates who had children for the couple report being misled or deceived about who the intended parents were or how many children they already had. Police are also investigating reports of child abuse and potential links to clients in China.
The legal limbo of UK surrogacy
Prospect | July 30, 2025
Because surrogacy contracts are not enforceable in the UK, disputes between surrogates and intended parents over parental rights quickly become complicated. Legal reforms would bring needed clarification for surrogates, intended parents, and children born via surrogacy.
40 Years of the Surrogacy Arrangements Act: What Next for Surrogacy?
Progress Educational Trust BioNews | July 28, 2025
An online event held by Progress Educational Trust brought together six speakers, including a surrogate, an intended parent, and surrogacy researchers and lawyers, to discuss changes in surrogacy in the UK since the Surrogacy Arrangements Act came into effect 40 years ago.
Hyderabad surrogacy racket
The Times of India | July 28, 2025
Investigation of a fertility clinic in Hyderabad, India has revealed that the clinic’s supposed surrogacy operations actually involved the selling of poor family’s infants. Intended parents were told that the child was born via surrogacy and was biologically theirs, but DNA testing showed otherwise.