Above the Law | February 8, 2023
In a recent case, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that in future cases, no parental status should be recognized for parents of children by surrogacy without a genetic connection to the child.
Children’s views of surrogacy detailed in report given to UK law commissions
Irish Legal News | February 2, 2023
A new U.K. study asked young people born through surrogacy their views on surrogacy law. Children were positive about altruistic surrogacy involving an open contact, but were concerned about arrangements that involved financial compensation.
Thailand records 621 approved surrogacy cases in seven years
Thai PBS | February 7, 2023
Since Thailand legalized surrogacy for married couples seven years ago, 621 surrogacy cases have been approved. To combat commercialization, the government still bans the sale of gametes and embryos.
Commercialization of Surrogacy in India: The Effects of Globalisation
The Times of India | January 24, 2023
Surrogacy laws in India are caught between conflicting interests of stakeholders. The state aims to protect the surrogate from exploitation, but banning surrogacy may infringe on women’s right to reproductive autonomy and limit opportunities for parenthood.
Event Review: Future Directions in Surrogacy Law
Progress Educational Trust | January 23, 2023
The U.K. is in the process of reconsidering its surrogacy laws. Potential reforms include surrogacy birth registration, the process through which intended parents acquire legal parenthood, surrogates’ expenses, and how people born through surrogacy can access information about their origins.
Israel has been an LGBTQ haven in the Middle East. Its new government could change that.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency | January 17, 2023
The Israeli Supreme Court extended the right to have children via surrogates to same sex couples in 2021. But its new anti-LGBTQ government put these and other protections in jeopardy.
EU-wide Recognition of Surrogacy and Same-Sex Parenthood Proposed
Blair Sowry | Progress | December 19, 2022
New regulation would compel EU member states to recognize parentage for LGBTQ and all families created through surrogacy in other member states. The intent is to support LGBTQ equality and rights of the child. But Poland may veto the proposal.
Why Egg Donors Need to be Brought Out of the Shadows in Surrogacy Arrangements
Dr Marilyn Crawshaw & Nina Barnsley | Progress | December 19, 2022
While research and discussions around surrogacy increasingly address relationships between surrogates and intended parents, they often fail to include egg donors, leading to marginalization of donors and lack of full knowledge of genetic origins for donor conceived people.Â
Government Approves Policy Proposals on International Surrogacy and Recognition of Past Surrogacy Arrangements
Department of Health | gov.ie | December 13, 2022
The Irish Government approved policy and legislative proposals that would introduce a two-step process to recognize legal parentage in future international surrogacy arrangements and in some past surrogacy arrangements. The process includes safeguards to protect the child, the surrogate, and the intended parents.
The State Duma Banned Foreigners From Using Russian Surrogate Mothers
News Desk | The European Times | December 10, 2022
The State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, passed a bill banning foreigners from hiring Russian surrogates. Married couples in which one spouse is a Russian citizen will be able to pursue surrogacy in Russia, but a child born to a surrogate in Russia will automatically receive Russian citizenship.