Posts tagged
Surrogacy
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Image source: Shutterstock On 7th September 2026 a Westminster Hall debate for MPs will be held in the Houses of Parliament. They will be discussing the ‘Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth’ petition that has garnered more than 112,000 signatures. This petition was created by Adam Frisby,…
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Image Source: Shutterstock A senior German politician has resigned after admitting that he and his husband became parents through surrogacy in the United States, despite having spent years defending Germany’s ban on the practice. Jens Spahn, parliamentary leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a former health…
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Image Source: Shutterstock A same-sex couple in Canada has launched a lawsuit against the surrogate mother who carried their son after she refused their request to abort the baby when doctors identified a cleft lip and a possible heart defect during pregnancy. The case, filed in Ontario Superior Court, has…
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Image Source: Shutterstock Republican lawmakers in the United States have introduced two new bills aimed at tightening regulation of the surrogacy industry, arguing that current laws leave children vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania unveiled the Protecting Kids from Creeps Act and the Preventing International Surrogacy…
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Image Source: Shutterstock The Times has reported that Nigeria has become the second most popular destination for people in England seeking children through foreign surrogacy arrangements, with official figures revealing a sharp rise over the past decade. According to data released by Cafcass under freedom of information laws, the number…
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Image Source: Shutterstock | Florida Supreme Court A Florida judge has sparked major controversy after comparing commercial surrogacy arrangements to “modern-day slavery” and questioning whether the practice violates the US Constitution. Judge Marlon Weiss, a senior judge in Broward County appointed by Republican governor Ron DeSantis, made the remarks during…
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Image Credits: mayonews.ie Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh has announced she is 16-weeks pregnant after undergoing IVF treatment as a single woman; while also revealing she faced significant online backlash during the process. Walsh, 38, conceived through IVF using donated sperm and is due to give birth in October. The…
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Source: Getty | (L) Marchioness of Bath, (R) Marquess of Bath A High Court ruling allowing the Marquess of Bath’s younger son, born through surrogacy in the United States, to potentially benefit from the family’s £215 million trust fund has reignited debate over how British law treats children born via…
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Barrie Drewitt-Barlow has appeared in court charged with a series of serious sexual offences.
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The number of single men becoming fathers through surrogacy has tripled in recent years.
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Carole-Anne realises now that she was deceived from the beginning and about almost every aspect of the agreement she thought she was entering into.
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The practice has been condemned as a form of exploitation that inflicts serious harm on women and children.
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Prime Minister Robert Fico, who introduced the reforms earlier this year, explained that he drew inspiration from US President Donald Trump in advancing these measures.
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Though often well-intentioned, the present legal framework leaves children, surrogates, and intended parents in precarious positions raising serious ethical questions.
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Last week, a UK court granted full parental rights to a couple in their seventies over a child born via surrogacy. Let that sink in – a newborn baby placed into the care of people who are statistically likely to pass away before that child finishes school. This isn’t compassionate.…