The human tragedy associated with the war in Ukraine hasn’t shown any signs of relenting. It includes not only the massive displacement of civilians, but also some “collateral damage” to the country’s lucrative surrogacy business. According to the UN High Commissioner...
Ukraine is an international surrogacy hub, and one of the few countries that legally allows foreign customers to enter into commercial surrogacy arrangements. In recent years, this business has flourished due to the low-cost rates, even attracting foreigners from...
A media blitz has recently put surrogacy back in the headlines in France. First, without wasting any time after the new French bioethics law was voted to extend access to “ART for all”, the pro-surrogacy militants have now started advocating it through various media...
On October 13, the Versailles Court of Appeal ruled against the OVH company which provided hosting for a website marketing Surrogacy. The complaint was filed in 2016 by the Children's Lawyers Association (“Juristes pour l’enfance”). Consequently, OVH will no longer be...
Since the beginning of the global Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of surrogate newborns have been “stranded”, pending the reopening of international borders between China, Russia and Ukraine. The babies have either been placed in orphanages or in centers run by "nannies"...
On April 3rd, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and behind closed doors in the Capitol, the state of New York voted to legalize commercial gestational surrogacy as part of the 2021 budget package. To become effective in February 2021, the new legislation will...
