New York legislature in heated debate over surrogacy
Issue pits feminists against LGBT lobby Gloria Steinem / Gage Skidmore flickr A New York State bill to legalise commercial surrogacy has hit an unexpected road...
Surrogacy agencies move to Kenya
Poor, unregulated – what more could you want? The staff of Surrogacy Agency Kenya Kenya is becoming a major surrogacy destination now that India and...
Another frontier in the Reproductive Revolution: social surrogacy
Hollywood actresses don’t want to hurt their careers One of Arnold Schwarzenegger's worst films, Junior A Los Angeles fertility doctor is facilitating social surrogacy for...
Feminists call to abolish surrogacy in Europe
Not just regulation, but root and branch eradication A French feminist group, the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood (ICASM), has asked candidates...
A dystopian novel about surrogacy in America
Joanne Ramos, author of ‘The Farm’ Surrogacy exploitation has made it onto the best-seller list. The Farm, a debut novel by investment banker Joanne Ramos,...
Women arrested in Cambodia surrogacy crackdown
A court has charged 18 people with violating surrogacy laws. The crackdown on commercial surrogacy continued in Cambodia this week with a major court charging...
Surrogacy under threat after Trump vows to remove birthright citizenship
Deals could become legally fraught Bioethics in American politics. Donald Trump’s vow to remove the right to citizenship to babies born in the United States...
Canada: the latest surrogacy hotspot?
Data suggests that almost half of intending parents live abroad. Canada may have become a hotspot for international surrogacy, with data suggesting that almost half...
Israel legalises surrogacy for single mothers, not gay couples
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been criticised for failing to support reform. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under fire for failing to support...
Spain’s new government will not legalise surrogacy
Deputy prime minister is scornful Carmen Calvo Spain’s new Socialist government has the most female cabinet members in history and a track record of backing...
The contradictions of commercial surrogacy
Why are the mothers left holding the baby if the parents walk? Commercial surrogacy contains inherent contradictions about the status of the mother, according to...
Thai court grants Japanese man custody of 13 surrogate children
An extraordinary commercial surrogacy court case has come to a close. Earlier this month BioEdge reported on a court case involving a 28-year-old Japanese man,...