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.
Italy makes it illegal to seek surrogacy abroad
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.
Surrogacy money scandal leaves parents-to-be in limbo nightmare
NBC News | July 3, 2024
Millions of dollars deposited in escrow accounts by families working with surrogates has gone missing. The FBI is investigating the escrow company that appears to have taken the funds intended for the surrogates.
Passport delays for babies born in Cyprus via surrogacy
Progress Educational Trust BioNews | April 29, 2024
Two men from the UK have faced lengthy delays in obtaining passports for their infants born via surrogacy in Cyprus. Without the documents, they are unable to take their children home, and with the long wait, they are close to overstaying their visas in the country.
Surrogacy in Greece: ‘You know they are not your children’
Kathimerini | February 16, 2024
Surrogacy is legal in Greece for intended mothers with a medical need. This article shares Greek regulations around surrogacy along with stories of intended parents and surrogates engaged in the process.
Indian judge denies single woman right to surrogacy saying institution of marriage under threat
The Independent | February 6, 2024
India’s Supreme Court denied a woman’s petition challenging the law that does not allow surrogacy for single women. The judges’ reasoning included a concern for protecting the institution of marriage, which many commenters critiqued because it falls outside the constitutional considerations of the Court.
Intended parents of surrogate-born children closer to being recognised in Ireland
Progress Educational Trust | December 18, 2023
Ireland’s legislation would not only make it easier for families having children via surrogacy to establish legal parentage, but it would also regulate gamete embryo donation for fertility treatment and research, preimplantation genetic testing, and stem cell research.
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Ministers approve plans to recognise international surrogacy for first time
The Irish Times | December 12, 2023
The Irish government passed legislation recognizing international surrogacy, both retrospectively and in the future. The law specifies a process intended parents must go through and a set of criteria for surrogacy arrangements. It also establishes a new regulatory agency.
Lesbian couple flees Italy as government strips them of parental rights
LGBTQ Nation | December 11, 2023
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government’s crackdown on LGBTQ families has threatened parental rights of LGBTQ+ parents, including those who have had children via surrogacy. As a result, some LGBTQ families are fleeing to other countries.
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It’s hard to find a surrogate in Australia. But heading overseas comes with risks
The Conversation | November 8, 2023
Finding a surrogate in Australia is challenging, motivating some intended parents to go overseas to find a surrogate. International surrogacy brings its own challenges––not only for intended parents, but also for surrogates and the children resulting from these arrangements.