World Sep 22, 2020
Stranded babies, sobbing parents: Pandemic splits surrogates from families
China banned surrogacy in 2001 due to concerns poor women were being exploited, but for $35,000 to $75,000 couples can seek women abroad.
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Dec 23, 2019
After gay marriage law passes, Taiwan emerges as new market for LGBT+ surrogacy
by Rik Glauert
On Geoffrey Li's 40th birthday last year, he put aside his dream of an early retirement on an idyllic island and instead decided to raise a child in Taiwan using a surrogate in Southeast Asia. Li and his husband — whose twin boys are now ...
World / Social Issues Apr 6, 2019
When Cecile Eledge offered to carry a baby for her adult son and his husband, they thought she was kidding — and that her doctors in the family's Nebraska hometown would balk at a 61-year-old woman serving as a surrogate for a gay couple. But ...
National / Crime & Legal Feb 7, 2018
A Japanese man who fathered at least a dozen babies using Thai surrogate mothers appeared in court via video conference Tuesday, testifying in a case in which he is suing the government for paternal rights. His lawyer said that the Central Juvenile Court, where the ...
National / Media | MEDIA MIX May 6, 2017
Japanese tradition denies surrogacy
by Philip Brasor
Most major media covered the March 22 Tokyo news conference where Sachiko Kishimoto of the nonprofit organization Oocyte Donation Network (OD-Net) explained how a woman in her 40s had recently given birth to a daughter who had been conceived using the woman's husband's sperm ...
National / Social Issues Feb 20, 2015
Thailand bans surrogacy for foreigners in bid to end 'rent-a-womb' tourism
Thailand's interim parliament has passed a law that bans foreigners from seeking surrogacy services to end a "rent-a-womb" industry that made the country a top destination for fertility tourism. Thailand was rocked by several surrogacy scandals last year, including allegations that an Australian couple had ...
National Sep 29, 2014
Japanese man promises to visit Thailand to claim surrogate children
A 24-year-old Japanese man who has fathered more than a dozen surrogate babies in Thailand has expressed his readiness to go there and claim his children under Thai state protection, Thai police said Monday. A senior police officer said the man communicated his wishes through ...
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Aug 30, 2014
Australia seeks Thai help for Aussie couples, surrogate babies
by Amy Sawitta Lefevre
Australia urged Thailand on Friday to allow Australian couples with babies born by Thai surrogate mothers to return home with their children following a crackdown on commercial surrogacy that has left many couples in limbo. Foreigners attempting to leave Thailand, a top destination for infertile ...
National Aug 7, 2014
A Thai lawyer claims nine babies found in suspicious circumstances in a Bangkok condo are surrogate babies of a Japanese businessman, but a tip points to something more sinister.