Pope calls for universal ban on surrogate parenting, calls it 'deplorable'
Pope Francis says the practice of surrogate motherhood, "deplorable" and a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child.
Tue Jan 09 2024
Single dads can have children via surrogacy too
Surrogate children to single men face no more chance of emotional trauma than any other children.
Fri Jul 21 2023
The state of surrogacy in the Indo-Pacific
Experts say outright bans of commercial surrogacy are not always the best option.
Fri Jul 21 2023
Nurse cares for surrogate children in Kyiv as war stops her seeing her own
Martynenko and her colleagues have 21 babies to look after at a makeshift clinic in a residential basement on the outskirts of Kyiv.
Wed Mar 16 2022
India's thriving rent-a-womb industry may be shut down
India's government has cleared the way for a measure that would ban all commercial surrogacy in the country, allowing only close family relatives to become surrogate mothers.
Thu Aug 25 2016
Italian minister says surrogacy should be treated like a sex crime
Surrogate parents should be treated as sex offenders and sent to prison, Italy's interior minister said on Wednesday.
Thu Jan 07 2016
Australian couple in Thai baby scandal want boy back
An Australian couple at the centre of a Thai surrogate scandal denied they deliberately abandoned their baby son.
Sun Aug 10 2014
Australia parents face India surrogacy barriers
Babies born to Indian surrogate mothers for gay and single Australians may be left stateless and unable to leave the country after New Delhi changed the rules on surrogacy, an expert has said.
Tue Mar 05 2013