Commercial surrogacy is illegal in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. It is also worth an estimated US$15 billion a year As the car ...

Catholics and bioethicists side with Church about the ‘deplorable practice.’ Surrogacy uses such techniques as in vitro fertilization (IVF) or artificial insemination, which the Church also deems ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The buying and selling of human babies has gone unnoticed by federal policymakers for too long, but that may soon change. In the past three months, the subject has generated several stories that ...

Texas lawmakers are debating a ban on surrogacy for foreign nationals, sparking fears of wider fertility limits.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military government gave preliminary approval on Wednesday for a draft law to make commercial surrogacy a criminal offence, following a spate of dramatic surrogacy ...

Italian lawmakers moved to shut down the emerging international market in gestational surrogacy on Oct. 16, when Italy’s Senate passed a law prohibiting Italians from seeking surrogacy abroad.

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India is on the verge of banning commercial surrogacy, an industry estimated to be worth as much as $2.3 billion annually, in its next parliamentary session ...

Texas lawmakers explore surrogacy exploitation as the birthright citizenship discussion intensifies. What’s at stake for ...

A new study from Canada has found women who agree to carry and birth babies in surrogacy arrangements face a higher risk of complications than other pregnant women. These women were at two to three ...