In countries like India, Thailand and Nepal, authorities have become so alarmed by “womb-for-rent” scandals that they have cracked down on commercial surrogacy businesses. But in the U.S., state legislative efforts seem aimed at permitting the practice, not banning it.
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Thailand Commercial Surrogacy Ban Takes Effect
A law banning commercial surrogacy took effect in Thailand on Thursday, the public health ministry said.The law made it illegal for clinics to provide surrogacy services, including the buying and selling of sperm and eggs, and the renting of wombs by surrogate mothers.
Conflicting Claims Over Thai Surrogate Baby Case
An Australian couple have denied abandoning a baby boy with Down’s Syndrome, who was born to a surrogate mother in Thailand.
Conflicting Claims Over Thai Surrogate Baby Case
An Australian couple have denied abandoning a baby boy with Down’s Syndrome, who was born to a surrogate mother in Thailand.
Conflicting Claims Over Thai Surrogate Baby Case
An Australian couple have denied abandoning a baby boy with Down’s Syndrome, who was born to a surrogate mother in Thailand.
Thousands of Infertile Australians Paying for Surrogacy in India and Thailand
The booming offshore baby market has become big business with one surrogacy centre in India engaging 600 women to produce babies for wealthy overseas couples.
The Laws They Are A-Changing…How Can You Protect Yourself?
The news concerning third party reproductive arrangements has been alarming these past few months. Dozens of Israeli same sex couples were stuck in Thailand with their babies born through gestational surrogacy, due to a Thai law holding …
India Seeks to Regulate Its Booming ‘Rent-a-Womb’ Industry
India opened up to commercial surrogacy in 2002. It is among just a handful of countries – including Georgia, Russia, Thailand and Ukraine – and a few U.S. states where women can be paid to carry another’s genetic child through a process of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer.