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Surrogacy
Convicted paedophile gets child from surrogate mother in India
Michael Cook | 15 June 2013 |
A convicted Israeli paedophile adopted a 4-year-old girl from a surrogate mother in India, the Jewish Chronicle has reported.
Woman sentenced to 5 years jail for cruel surrogacy fraud
Xavier Symons | 18 May 2013 |
A Californian women has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment after she misappropriated US$2.5 million from a surrogacy company. Tonya Ann Collins, 37, set up the company Surrogenesis in 2005, along with the escrow company Michael Charles Independent Financial Holding Group.
Thorny custody case could set precedent for disabled parents
Xavier Symons | 18 May 2013 |
A complex custody dispute has come before an Israeli court, raising questions about the limits of legal parenthood as well as the rights of parents with disabilities. A disabled woman is taking state social services to court after being denied custody of a child she had conceived by surrogacy.
Cracked Open, a journalist’s memoir of IVF
Michael Cook | 11 May 2013 |
Journalist Miriam Zoll has just released a personal account of her involuntary involvement with the reproductive technology industry, Cracked Open.
Are US media finally discovering the exploitation in India surrogacy?
Michael Cook | 13 April 2013 |
CBS twigs to the dangers of surrogacy in India and commercial surrogacy spreads in Kazakhstan
Surrogate refuses $10,000 to abort child
Xavier Symons | 07 March 2013 |
A Connecticut couple offered their surrogate mother US$10,000 to abort their baby because it had major defects.
The ultimate surrogate adventure challenge: gestating a Neanderthal
Michael Cook | 27 January 2013 |
It was the headline which flew ‘round the world: Harvard prof seeks mom for cloned Neanderthal.
India cracks down on surrogacy
Michael Cook | 18 January 2013 |
Is India finally cracking down on surrogacy for foreigners? The blogosphere is abuzz with news of stiff new regulations.
Police investigate Ahmedabad surrogacy racket
Michael Cook | 18 January 2013 |
The seamy side of Indian surrogacy has emerged in a murky saga which police are investigating in Ahmedabad. Loose regulations and corrupt officials make it easy for surrogacy to turn into baby-trafficking.
Australians debate commercial surrogacy
Michael Cook | 14 December 2012 |
Should Australia legalize commercial surrogacy?
Surrogate mother of 13 calls it a day
Michael Cook | 11 November 2012 |
Paying the bills with surrogacy fees
Michael Cook | 05 November 2012 |
The dark side of American surrogacy.
Legal adventures 3: NJ surrogacy case dashes mother’s hopes
Michael Cook | 03 November 2012 |
A deadlocked New Jersey Supreme Court has denied the “constitutional right” of a woman to place her name on a birth certificate instead of a surrogate mother’s.
Surrogacy and polygamy: a volatile mix
Michael Cook | 27 October 2012 |
A bitter custody dispute in Pakistan.
International market in frozen eggs now a possibility
Michael Cook | 27 October 2012 |
Egg freezing is no longer regarded as an experimental procedure, says the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Surrogacy, now big business in southern California
Michael Cook | 20 October 2012 |
Conceptual Options is a surrogacy agency in “the surrogacy friendly state of California”. This is a promotional video it is using for gay couples.
Three reasons why your surrogacy deal could go south
Michael Cook | 05 October 2012 |
Three surrogacy nightmares plucked from recent headlines
“The new sexual predators”
Michael Cook | 05 October 2012 |
They say that history is written by the winners. A new twist on this maxim is that bioethics is written by the powerful. But what if bioethics were written by the disempowered?
NY group sets up fund to support gay parents
Michael Cook | 04 October 2012 |
Men Having Babies, Inc., a New York-based non-profit, is offering grants to help needy gays become parents.
Famous for being famous—and for commissioning a surrogate
Michael Cook | 01 September 2012 |
Some diligent researcher should do a study of the correlation between celebrity and surrogacy
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