The End of Cross-Border Surrogacy?
It is no coincidence that the countries cracking down on cross-border maternal surrogacy are those in which the practice is most prevalent. The argument that all parties β surrogate mothers, babies, and commissioning parents β benefit from the transaction has not withstood scrutiny.
LONDON β The global trade in babies born through commercial surrogacy is slowly being shut down. India, Nepal, Thailand, and Mexico have introduced measures that would limit or ban foreigners from hiring locals as surrogate mothers. Cambodia and Malaysia look likely to follow suit.