The tide turns in the international surrogacy market
Now it’s Japanese and Chinese who are the exploiters International surrogacy is often reviled as a system in which Western, mostly white people, exploit the...
International surrogacy goes pear-shaped
A thousand babies -- at least -- are stranded in Russia with their surrogate mothersAs the weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic march on, more evidence...
Ukraine begins to open borders for babies of surrogate mothers
There could be as many as 1000 babies The Biotexcom nursery / Reuters Foreign couples who waited two months because of Covid-19 border closures are...
Ukraine surrogacy agency faces criticism
Catholic prelates call it ‘contempt for human dignity’ The surrogacy agency which released a video showing dozens of babies stranded in a hotel in Ukraine...
Surrogacy nightmare in Ukraine
Babies on one side of the border; parents on the other Like rivets popping on the hull of the sinking Titanic, the stresses of the...
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...
“Baby factories” in the Ukraine exposed
Damning reports have emerged of systemic exploitation in Ukrainian surrogacy businesses, with one expert labelling some of the worst clinics “baby factories”. An Al...
3-parent babies: Singapore and Ukraine
A clinic in Ukraine is already performing the technique and marketing it internationally Singapore could become the second country after the United Kingdom to legalize...
Kiev becomes hub for international surrogacy market
Check out this promotional video for BioTexCom Here’s an interesting promotional video for a Ukranian surrogacy clinic, BioTexCom. The company’s website advertises in Ukranian, Chinese, Italian, French,...
Controversial report to support legalisation of surrogacy in Europe
Could fact stiff opposition With a range of inconsistent statutes amongst member states, surrogacy is becoming a political football in Europe. Accusations of conflict of...
Healthcare in hard times: Ukraine
More than politics is at stake in negotiations over a ceasefire between Ukraine and separatist rebels – healthcare in the affected regions is in a...
Ukraine tops Europe in organ trafficking
The illegal organ trafficking trade is flourishing in Ukraine as the country’s medical infrastructure and legislation make vital transplant organs hard to come by. The...