COMPAS | April 30, 2025
Georgia has become a destination for surrogacy, especially since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Demand is so high, clinics recruit women from other countries in Central Asia, including Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, to come work as surrogates.
PET | April 29, 2025
Argentina had been appealing to some intended parents as a low-cost, low-regulation location for surrogacy. In 2024, investigations of possible human trafficking and a Supreme Court decision that designated the surrogate as the legal parent of a child they birthed have upended the landscape of surrogacy in the country.
South China Morning Post | April 27, 2025
After raiding an office and homes, Hong Kong police arrested ten people who allegedly promoted and arranged commercial surrogacy services and sex selection of embryos in violation of the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance.
Shine | April 18, 2025
After authorities uncovered an illegal surrogacy ring operating at two villas in Hangzhou, they found that operators of the ring had designated an elderly woman to be its legal representative. This was an attempt to avoid legal consequences of illegal surrogacy operations.
Al Jazeera | April 9, 2025
Initially, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted Ukraine’s low-regulation, low-cost surrogacy industry catering to foreigners. Since then, Ukrainian agencies have adapted to war conditions to provide services, yet surrogates are paid less and experience worsened conditions.
Associated Press | April 1, 2025
As part of a reform to the civil code, Greece is changing how it defines medical infertility. The change excludes single men and male same-sex couples from having children via surrogacy in Greece.
The Politic | March 31, 2025
Italy’s recent law making surrogacy a “universal crime” in the country may face judicial challenges and scrutiny from the European Union. The law and the response to it raise questions, both about reproductive freedom and about exploitation and vulnerabilities in current surrogacy practices.
The Guardian | March 17, 2025
The Italian parents of a child who was recently born in the US via surrogacy are concerned that if they return to Italy, they will be prosecuted under Italy’s new law, which extended criminalization of surrogacy in Italian law beyond Italy to other countries, including those where the practice is legal.
Progress Educational Trust | March 10, 2025
English courts’ recent rulings on legal parentage and international surrogacy journeys that involved actual or potential illegality make it clear that the courts see intended parents as responsible for doing their due diligence. The courts can refuse to issue parental orders if they find that intended parents have not.
The Conversation | March 5, 2025
Trump’s (blocked) order to end US birthright citizenship would jeopardize legal recognition of LGBTQ+ parents and leave some children born through assisted reproduction stateless.
