Tag: Surrogacy
Thailand drafts landmark law opening surrogacy services to foreign couples
The Public Health Ministry is currently drafting an amendment, to the law on the protection of children born through the application of assisted reproductive technology, [Read More…]
Chinese men believed seeking Thai wives to have surrogate sons
Police are investigating a possible new illegal surrogacy movement involving Chinese men marrying Thai women, after a woman complained she was abandoned when her fiance [Read More…]
DSI Arrests Member of Commercial Surrogacy Gang in Nong Khai
BANGKOK, Sept 1 (TNA) – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) launched a crackdown on illegal surrogacy involved in arranging Thai women for surrogacy, prior [Read More…]
Bangkok police smash cross-border surrogacy racket
Police have arrested a Chinese man and woman, and found at least seven Thai surrogate mothers, in coordinated raids of illegal assisted-reproduction clinics in Bangkok [Read More…]
Japanese businessman wins custody of 13 children born to Thai surrogates
The Central Juvenile and Family Court in Bangkok today (Feb 20) granted a Japanese businessman Mitsutoki Shigeta, parental rights to 13 children born to Thai [Read More…]
India proposes ban on commercial surrogacy
Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj announced on Wednesday a draft law to ban commercial surrogacy in the country. Commercial surrogacy is where a person or [Read More…]
Law banning commercial surrogacy takes effect Thursday
A new law banning commercial surrogacy takes effect July 30 even as controversy continues to swirl around children born before the law was passed this [Read More…]
Surrogate mother cries foul after giving away her baby
A woman who gave birth to a baby in January and then gave it away under a surrogacy programme has called on the authorities to [Read More…]