Modern Diplomacy | October 30, 2024
Surrogacy continues to be banned or restricted in many countries, in part due to concerns related to child welfare and exploitation of surrogates. With shifting social norms related to family structure, some countries are reconsidering their regulation around surrogacy.
The Guardian | September 23, 2024
New research that reveals that surrogates are at higher risk for health complications underscores the scarcity of knowledge about risks and outcomes for surrogates and babies, and the need for greater research and regulation.
The Independent | August 11, 2024
After the UK announced increased compensation for egg donors due to inflation, campaigners who advocate on issues including surrogacy raised concerns that the increase would be exploitative, especially for low-income women, and highlighted risks of egg retrieval downplayed in the recruitment process.
Progress Educational Trust | July 8, 2024
A non-peer-reviewed cohort study conducted in Canada found that gestational surrogates face an increased risk of serious complications, including hypertension and postpartum hemorrhage, linked to pregnancy and childbirth.
The Independent | November 10, 2023
A UK health minister says that a major overhaul to surrogacy regulations, proposed by the Law Commission, will not be adopted at this time.
The Pink News | October 25, 2023
New legislation in the UK will allow people living with HIV who have an undetectable viral load to donate eggs or sperm for surrogacy. The prohibition will also be lifted for couples living with HIV to make surrogacy arrangements.
Surrogate Voices | October 14, 2023
A new U.K. coalition, Surrogate Voices, advocates for consulting surrogates in shaping regulations and protections. They also challenge the conflation of U.K. altruistic surrogacy arrangements with compensated arrangements.
Progress Educational Trust | September 25, 2023
With the growing global demand for surrogacy, and a narrowing range of options as countries close their doors to foreigners seeking surrogates, intended parents are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate cross-border surrogacy arrangements in an ethical way.
The Pink News | September 15, 2023
Legislation set to pass later this year in the Channel Island of Jersey would give legal parental status to same-sex couples, including those whose children are born to surrogates. The law is part of a broader effort to solidify same-sex parentage rights.
Harvard Law School Petrie-Flom Center | September 4, 2023
England and Wales do not allow compensated surrogacy on the logic that altruistic surrogacy better protects surrogates from exploitation, but in doing so, UK law supports a long history of devaluing women’s reproductive labor.
