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Archive for October, 2011Bulgaria’s Parliament approves first reading of bill on surrogate motherhoodSaturday, October 29th, 2011Bulgaria’s parliament has adopted the first reading of an amending and supplementing bill to the Family Code, legalising surrogacy, according to Focus news agency. Kalina Krumova, 26, an MP from ultra-nationalist Ataka party, moved the bill. A total of 64 MPs voted for the bill, six voted against and 17 abstained. Ireland: The babies born into a legal limboTuesday, October 25th, 2011Surrogacy in Ireland is shrouded in secrecy and a lack of legislation has turned it into a minefield WHILE ADVANCES in technology have made impossible dreams of having a baby come true through surrogacy, a lack of progress in legislation means many Irish couples are unable, or fearful, to embark on this journey. Despite the growing use of surrogacy, it is still shrouded in secrecy and legal complexity. Ireland provides no legislation governing surrogacy, and Irish couples who go abroad are being driven into a minefield of fraught and challenging legal issues. China: Despite illegality, surrogate baby-making thrivesMonday, October 24th, 2011Shanghai Daily: Surrogate motherhood, illegal in China, is booming throughout the country under weak supervision as companies expand nationwide while leaving their customers and surrogate mothers unprotected by laws. The surrogacy companies, hidden behind online websites that guide their customers to their locations only after receiving down payments, have established offices across the country and developed “baby-selling packages” to satisfy customers, Shanghai Daily has found. A surrogacy agent company, daiyunzj.com, promised an undercover reporter posing as a customer that for 1 million yuan (US$156,622) the company would have five to seven surrogate mothers become pregnant by the customer’s sperm all at once, simply to ensure one of the babies is a boy. South Africa tightens rules for foreigners to make familiesThursday, October 20th, 2011JOHANNESBURG — In the wake of Madonna’s adoptions in nearby Malawi, and a commercial surrogacy boom in India, South Africa is laying out stricter rules for foreigners looking to make families here. Love, etc.: A baby for Rep. Jared Polis and partnerMonday, October 17th, 2011Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, and his partner Marlon Reis announced today, Sept. 30, the birth of their first child, a baby boy. The baby, born weighing 8-pounds 12-ounces, is named Caspian Julius. Both parents and newborn are reportedly doing well. In the birth announcement, Polis and Reis wrote, “Baby has learned to cry already!” The couple announced that they were expecting a baby back in June, but declined to reveal whether they were becoming parents through adoption or surrogate pregnancy. Polis is one of few openly gay members of Congress. U.K. Panel Says Women Egg Donors Should Be PaidTuesday, October 11th, 2011Women who donate their eggs to research in the United Kingdom should be compensated for the discomfort, risk, and inconvenience they undergo according to a report published yesterday by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. In their report ” Human bodies: donation for medicine and research,” the influential think tank also recommends that the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) pay for the funerals of organ donors. The debate over the ethics of paying egg donors has been revived after the news last week that researchers in New York had come a step closer to using human eggs to turn adult cells into embryonic stem cells. That group paid their donors $8000 each. At the same time, another set of scientists published an account of their failed attempts to recruit egg donors in Massachusetts without pay. Currently British regulators cap the reimbursement for sperm and egg donation at £250 ($390). The amount is intended to cover direct expenses such as travel or parking. The new report recommends that donors for fertility treatments be reimbursed for lost wages as well. Protecting the Rights of Surrogate Mothers in IndiaFriday, October 7th, 2011NEW DELHI — The plot of the Marathi-language film “Mala Aai Vhhaychy” (“I Want to Be a Mother”) asks a deceptively simple question: Does Yashoda, a woman turning to surrogate motherhood as an escape from poverty, have any claim on the child she is under contract to bear for Mary, an American fertility tourist? In the melodramatic world of Indian cinema, the answer is a heartwarming yes. In real life, it may not be that easy to script a happy ending. Sperm donors think ‘father,’ egg donors don’t think ‘mother’Tuesday, October 4th, 2011The increasing number of children born through sperm donation, and the fact that many of those children are just now reaching adulthood, is leading to a revolution in the way we define families. A Tuesday Post story examined how children conceived this way are beginning to search for the donors.
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