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Make Me a Baby As Fast As You Can
From Slate: The booming business in international surrogacy, whereby Westerners have begun hiring poor women in developing countries to carry their babies, has been the subject of plenty of media buzzing over the past few years. Much of the coverage regards the practice as a win-win for surrogates and those who hire them; couples receive [...]
California: Woman sentenced to prison for baby-sale scheme
From CBS News: A former lawyer has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for running a fraud scheme that paid women to have babies for sale. Hilary Neiman, 32, was sentenced Thursday by a judge who condemned her for targeting couples looking to have children and dishonoring the legal profession. Neiman pleaded guilty [...]
International conference discusses national approaches to surrogacy
From Family Law Week: An important conference has been held at the University of Aberdeen to discuss international surrogacy. The Hague Conference is currently debating the development of an international convention on international surrogacy, similar to the Child Abduction and Adoption conventions. The conference, from 30 August to 1 September, brought together academics and practitioners [...]
New Zealand: ‘Rent-a-womb’ babies could end up stateless
From Stuff.co.nz: New Zealanders desperate to create a baby are heading overseas and paying up to $100,000 to hire a womb, unaware that their children could end up stateless. It is illegal to pay for a surrogate mother in New Zealand, but in many countries the practice is not regulated. As long as the hopeful [...]
Maltese authorities investigating trafficking case of unborn Filipino child
From The Malta Independent: The police, Department for Social Welfare Standards and Aġenzija Appoġġ are looking into the case of unborn child trafficking reported in the international media in the past days, the Education, Employment and Family Ministry said yesterday. Their reaction came after this newspaper yesterday reported that an expectant Filipino mother was reportedly [...]
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