Disabled child abandoned in Ukraine shines light on troubled surrogacy industry
Children are being abandoned by their commissioning parentsUkraine’s troubled commercial surrogacy industry is in the news again. Authorities have expressed concern after reports emerged of...
Push in Germany for legalisation of surrogacy
Free Democrats release position paper on liberalising fertility treatment A German politician is pushing for a thorough-going revision of family law to allow altruistic surrogacy....
India could ban commercial surrogacy
Probably no country knows more about the dangers of commercial surrogacy than India. And at the moment, it looks as though it could be banned...
India could ban commercial surrogacy
Lok Sabha passes controversial bill A controversial bill banning commercial surrogacy has passed the lower house (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament. If it passes...
What the world needs is more surrogacy. ASAP!
A Marxist critique of the debate provides a controversial perspective Feminism is fracturing. The noisiest debate is between feminists who welcome transwomen into the sisterhood...
New York’s surrogacy bill fails at last minute
Governor Cuomo furious at chance to promote LGBT equalityLast week BioEdge reported that New York State was on the brink of legalising commercial surrogacy with...
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...