Above the Law | September 6, 2023
Nine medical team workers at one of the most reputable fertility clinics in Crete were arrested for human trafficking: they are accused of bringing impoverished women from other countries to be egg donors and surrogates; buying and selling embryos; and other crimes.
CBC | July 3, 2023
Italy is not alone in its efforts to ban surrogacy: the anti-surrogacy movement is rapidly gaining momentum among the newly empowered far-right parties throughout Europe, part of their broader effort to disenfranchise LGBTQ families.
RTE | June 13, 2023
Two Irish filmmakers received funding from Netflix to make a short documentary about an Irish mother who brought her Ukrainian surrogate and family to live with her own family after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The key theme of the film is “connection.”
Above the Law | May 31, 2023
In April 2023, the Ukrainian parliament considered and ultimately rejected legislation that would have paused surrogacy arrangements with foreign intended parents during wartime.
Irish Examiner | March 25, 2023
Despite discouragements from the Irish government, some Irish couples have pursued new surrogacy arrangements in Ukraine even amidst the ongoing Russian invasion. Others have turned to neighboring countries, including Georgia, to find a surrogate.
Insider | March 21, 2023
The war in Ukraine has resulted in “extreme pressure” on the country of Georgia for surrogates. Georgian are recruiting women from other countries to meet the demand from foreign couples, with some requiring strict requirements for surrogates’ behavior.
The Economist | January 8, 2023
The war in Ukraine upended international surrogacy there. Now clinics have pivoted to offering Ukrainian servicemen and women to freeze their sperm or eggs at low or no cost to preserve their chances to have children even if they are killed or injured in action.
Shanti Das & Simon Bowers & Malia Politzer | The Guardian | December 18, 2022
UK surrogacy laws require intended parents to apply to become legal parents, which can take up to a year to be finalized. In the meantime, intended parents have no legal rights to the child, including the ability to make decisions in the case of medical emergencies.
Kathryn Madden | Marie Claire | November 2, 2022
With a legislative prohibition on compensated surrogacy, many Australian couples look abroad for surrogates, sometimes pursuing dangerous or illegal arrangements. Do these precarious agreements leave surrogates vulnerable to exploitation?
Maria Varenikova and Andrew E. Kramer | The New York Times | October 16, 2022
Despite wartime challenges, Ukrainian surrogacy agencies are resuming operations. Compensation has helped some surrogates and their families flee to safer areas, but the surrogates themselves face new dangers in an ethically complex occupation.
