Tag: surrogacy

Surrogacy In Pakistan: Ethics, Religion And The Quest For Dignity In Parenthood

Friday Times | November 23, 2025

A researcher suggests that Pakistan ought to reconsider its ban on surrogacy by taking into account stigmatization of infertility in the country, alternative ways of thinking about surrogacy within Islamic law, and other countries’ approaches to surrogacy to avoid a ban and instead establish and enforce regulations.

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Ministry to treat surrogacy as a separate issue

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.

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How Philippine clinics illegally facilitate surrogacy

Rappler | December 1, 2024

Although surrogacy itself is not regulated in the Philippines, many surrogacy clinics illegally falsify birth certificates of children born via surrogacy to avoid the time-consuming process of changing parentage from the birth mother to intended parents.

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Vatican: No ‘right to a child’

Progress Educational Trust BioNews | April 15, 2024

A recently published Vatican document states that surrogacy violates both the dignity of children and of those who bear them, but many LBGTQ families who have formed families via surrogacy have critiqued the document’s framing of the practice.

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Thailand Prepares to Lift Commercial Surrogacy Ban

VOA | March 10, 2024

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry is drafting legislation to legalize compensated surrogacy for local and foreign couples. Critics are concerned that the country’s limited regulatory resources will leave surrogates vulnerable to human trafficking.

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The dangers of carrying a child for someone else in China

The Economist | December 11, 2023

Recent crackdowns on the sale of false birth certificates illuminates the ongoing practice of surrogacy in China, where it operates in a gray legal zone. Although not banned by law, the Chinese government treats surrogacy as such and punishes doctors and hospitals that facilitate it.

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Khloe Kardashian praised for ‘honesty’ after admitting she felt ‘guilty’ about surrogate pregnancy

The Independent | May 28, 2023

Khloé Kardashian discussed her recent experience of having a child through a surrogate: “I wish someone was honest about surrogacy and the difference of it. That doesn’t mean it’s bad – it’s great, but it’s very different.”

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Italy’s ruling conservative majority wants to criminalize gay couples seeking surrogacy abroad

The Pink Times | March 23, 2023

The Italian ruling conservative coalition is pushing for a new law that would criminalize couples who travel abroad to have a baby via surrogacy. LGTBQ activists have criticized the proposed legislation as a clear attempt to marginalize LGBTQ parents.

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Surrogacy During the War in Ukraine

Updated September 6, 2022

See Ukraine as International Surrogacy Destination for context on the surrogacy industry in Ukraine

The Russian war on Ukraine is having a devastating effect on millions of people and the country’s infrastructure and land. One lesser-known area of anguish is the impact on newborn surrogacy-born babies, surrogates and their families, and the babies’ parents from other countries. Ukraine is one of the largest hubs for international surrogacy in the world, second only to the United States. Minimal regulation and low cost make it a popular destination for foreign couples—though only available to married heterosexual couples—and economic hardship gives rise to more women willing to provide surrogacy services. This roundup of articles presents a number of stories of harrowing and dangerous situations for infants, surrogates, and new or soon-to-be parents as well as analyses regarding the invisibility of surrogates in media coverage and the unequal options and resources available to commissioning parents vs surrogates in Ukraine.

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How Your Company Can Help You Pay for Starting a Family

Kathryn Vasel | CNN Business | August 24, 2022

Employers have become progressively more inclusive with their family-building benefits, with an estimated one-third of large employers offering family-planning support to LGBTQ and single workers.

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