Concerning shifts in the shrinking world of global surrogacy

Progress Educational Trust | September 25, 2023

With the growing global demand for surrogacy, and a narrowing range of options as countries close their doors to foreigners seeking surrogates, intended parents are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate cross-border surrogacy arrangements in an ethical way.

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‘The state says our kids don’t exist’ – how LGBT life is changing in Italy Published

BBC News | September 23, 2023

Italy’s far-right government is targeting LGBTQ families by removing parentage rights for families formed via surrogacy. A new law would make surrogacy abroad a crime with hefty fines or prison time.

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Illegal surrogacy business busted in Shenzhen

The Standard | September 19, 2023

Shenzhen health authorities arrested six women, including a surrogate mother, an egg donor, a client waiting for an embryo transfer, laboratory staff and two nurses participating in an illegal surrogacy operation run by one man, who was also arrested.

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Why Suba North MP wants Bills on reproductive health passed

The Standard | September 18, 2023

After previous attempts to pass laws regulating assisted reproductive technologies and surrogacy in Kenya failed, one lawmaker is hoping to pass a bill that would address numerous issues related to in vitro fertilization, egg and sperm donation, and surrogacy.

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On Surrogacy, a Top Israeli Feminist Does the Nonfeminist Thing

Haaretz | May 8, 2023

Although advances make it possible for more people to have children via surrogacy, proper protections are needed to ensure that surrogates are not exploited.

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Surrogacy: Derry dads call for simpler laws in the UK

BBC | May 6, 2023

A Londonderry couple whose daughter was born via a surrogate have said UK surrogacy laws need to be simplified to make legal parentage possible for gay couples who have children through surrogacy.

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