mint | December 4, 2025
India plans to intensify its oversight of IVF and surrogacy through stricter license renewal processes and increased inspection and monitoring efforts. Industry experts point to additional strategies needed to improve regulation of the industry and protect all parties involved.
Bloomberg News | December 5, 2024
Compensated surrogacy is banned in Hong Kong, but many people are traveling abroad seeking surrogacy arrangements and gamete donation––in part because IVF access in Hong Kong excludes single people and the LGBTQ community.
Taipei Times | December 4, 2024
Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare will not include surrogacy in proposed amendments to the Assisted Reproduction Act due to opposition from women’s rights groups. This will allow legislative changes with broad support–making artificial insemination accessible to single women and women with same-sex partners–to move forward.
Taipei Times | October 10, 2024
After receiving public feedback over the summer, Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare expects to submit amendments related to IVF access for executive review by the end of the year. The Minister of Health and Welfare reported that they are “proceeding with caution” in developing surrogacy regulations and have met with experts in ethics, medicine, and the rights of women and children to discuss surrogacy.
Firstpost | February 23, 2024
Updates to India’s surrogacy law will allow married couples to use donor sperm or eggs provided that one member of the couple has a medical condition prompting the need for donor gametes. The law still stipulates that one of the gametes must come from the couple.
Samaa | November 4, 2023
Amendments to fertility laws in the United Arab Emirates have decriminalized surrogacy and expanded access to IVF and fertility preservation services.
The Pink News | October 25, 2023
New legislation in the UK will allow people living with HIV who have an undetectable viral load to donate eggs or sperm for surrogacy. The prohibition will also be lifted for couples living with HIV to make surrogacy arrangements.
GCN | July 25, 2023
Ireland will begin publicly funding IVF in September, but the program excludes same-sex couples and those using donor sperm or eggs. LGBTQ rights and other advocates are critiquing those and other eligibility requirements.
The Times of India | May 16, 2023
A couple in Mumbai is challenging a recent rule change that allows only the use of gametes from intending parents for surrogacy (no donor gametes), on the grounds that the rule violates constitutional rights.
Carolyn Barber | Fortune Well | November 17, 2022
The surrogacy industry is booming in the US with little to no oversight. Clinics often fail to inform potential surrogates about risks of IVF, which can lead to dangerous complications for them and for the children.
