Ellen Trachman | Above the Law | September 7, 2022
CNN’s program “Special Report: The Baby Business” showed how the lack of regulation of assisted reproductive technologies can make fertility treatment a risky business for families who want children as well as surrogates and donors.
Yonah Jeremy Bob | The Jerusalem Post | August 29, 2022
Two NGOs and multiple LGBTQ couples filed a petition against the Israeli High Court for dragging its feet on the abolishment of surrogacy laws that exclude both single and gay men.
Men Having Babies
The “Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act,” filed by Representatives Adam Schiff and Judy Chu, in collaboration with organizations like Men Having Babies and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, will allow LGBTQ parents and single people to deduct ARTs–including surrogacy–on tax returns without needing to demonstrate medical infertility.
Heinrich Boell Stiftung/Foundation | August 4, 2022
Surrogacy is a growing industry in Georgia, but interviews with women who agree to be surrogates reveal how economic constraints motivate their participation. Many face the choice between being a surrogate or migrating––which would mean enduring time away from their own children.
Sophie Cameron | International Bar Association | July 29, 2022
The recent Supreme Court decision in the US and the war in Ukraine Illustrate how the absence of an international convention on surrogacy arrangements and of parentage laws impact surrogates and children.
Irish Legal News | July 7, 2022
Ireland’s Oireachtas committee decided to include international surrogacy in the Health (ART) Bill, which originally only addressed domestic surrogacy, to establish frameworks to protect families, children, and surrogates in international arrangements as quickly as possible.
Maranda Whittington | WREG | June 30, 2022
Tennessee’s trigger ban is set to go into effect within a month to prevent all abortions, and another bill introduced this session would expand offenses of “child abuse, neglect and endangerment” to an “unborn child,” defined as starting at fertilization. This would mean that those trying to start a family through IVF or surrogacy–or their physician–might face criminal charges if they discarded extra embryos.
Ellen Coyne | Independent.ie | June 27, 2022
Under recommendations by Ireland’s Oireachtas committee, Irish intended parents would be able to go through a process to be recognized as legal parents after having a child through international surrogacy, which is currently unregulated.
Priyanka Sharma | Livemint | June 23, 2022
Couples in India who wish to start a family through surrogacy must purchase health insurance for their surrogate to cover pregnancy complications for a period of 36 months after giving birth from an accredited insurance company.
Reed Pence, Taina Bien-Aimé, Dr. Linda Kahn, and Ashley Mareko | Radio Health Journal | June 12, 2022
This Radio Health Journal episode showcases three voices in surrogacy policy and practice. The Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women argues that surrogacy is exploitative and can lead to human trafficking. A New York University professor discusses increased risks for pregnancy complications. A three-time surrogate and employee at a surrogacy agency asserts that company policies can safeguard parties in surrogacy arrangements. With no federal surrogacy laws in place, this is a dangerous road to traverse.
