By Chinki Sinha | India Today | September 4, 2019
Supporters of a new surrogacy bill in India say it would end the exploitation of women and protect the rights of children born through surrogacy. Opponents point out that the bill excludes all intended parents except married heterosexual couples and only allows for altruistic surrogacy, which they view as a violation of women’s rights.
By Xavier Symons | BioEdge | August 24, 2019
Three-year-old Bridget was conceived in the Ukraine through a surrogacy arrangement but abandoned after birth when her parents discovered she was ill and had disabilities. Her case, as this article explains, is not isolated and is promoting critics to call for stricter surrogacy regulations.
By Jen Willows | BioNews | August 19, 2019
This article summarizes the efforts of the Free Democrats Party to convince the German Bundestag parliament to liberalize the country’s surrogacy and egg donation laws and to grant single parents and LGBT families access to fertility treatment.
Alison Motluk | HeyReprotech | September 18, 2018
An increasing number of intended parents are traveling to Canada from other countries to pursue surrogacy arrangements, especially since other locations such as India, Nepal, Thailand, and Mexico restricted their industry to domestic arrangements. Canada also grants legal parentage to intended parents in a few days, and issues a birth certificate within weeks, so the new family can return to their home country. Canadians may be reluctant to pursue surrogacy arrangements because paid surrogacy is criminalized for citizens only. Because of this loophole and because Canada does not allow discrimination based on marital status and sexual orientation, the country attracts foreign intended parents.
By Herjeet Marway and Gulzaar Barn | The Conversation | July 30, 2018
More countries are pushing for surrogacy regulations that safeguard the health and well-being of people acting as surrogates. However, as this article explains, these changes are limited in how effectively they address problem of exploitation because surrogacy laws still vary drastically by country.
