COURT UPHOLDS SURROGACY CONTRACTS AS ENFORCEABLE IN IOWA

The court said the birth mother waived her parental rights when she signed the surrogacy agreement... READ MORE›

IN SEARCH OF SURROGATES, FOREIGN COUPLES DESCEND ON UKRAINE

Demand for surrogacy in Ukraine, one of Europe's poorest nations, is soaring. But what happens to the women involved?... READ MORE›

FORMER AIDE TO ARIZONA REPUBLICAN TRENT FRANKS SAYS HE OFFERED HER $5 MILLION TO CARRY HIS CHILD

Trent Franks has told AP the congressman repeatedly pressed her to carry his child, at one point offering her 5 million to act as a surrogate mother... READ MORE›

GAY COUPLE IN THAI CUSTODY BATTLE OVER SURROGATE BABY

A gay couple say they are in hiding in Thailand as they fight a custody battle with the surrogate mother of a seven-month-old baby girl... READ MORE›

GAY PARENTS FIGHT TO LEAVE THAILAND WITH SURROGATE BABY DAUGHTER

But while Carmen - biologically his and an anonymous egg donor's - was in the womb, the military overthrew the government... READ MORE›

THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF BECOMING AN OLDER MOTHER

However, the announcement has revealed yet again the lack of real debate around much older motherhood, a business pregnant with complications... READ MORE›

THAI POLICE ARREST MAN SUSPECTED OF SMUGGLING SEMEN FOR SURROGACY ACROSS LAOS BORDER

Going overseas to seek commercial surrogacy in illegal in several Australian states but the law is not enforced... READ MORE›

ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY SURROGACY RULES COULD HURT ALTRUISTIC SURROGATES IN CANADA

Paying surrogates for their services is illegal in Canada... READ MORE›

WOMAN AGED 51 GIVES BIRTH TO HER OWN GRANDSON

Sherri Dickson said she experienced the definition of sadness when her daughter Mandy Stephens lost a baby who was born prematurely in 2013... READ MORE›

BANGKOK BOMB: FIVE MEMBERS OF ONE MALAYSIAN FAMILY KILLED BY ERAWAN SHRINE EXPLOSION

An unidentified member of Mr Neoh's family laid bundles of clothes at the shrine to represent their loved ones, a monk said... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN TOURIST CHASED ALONG PHUKET BEACH AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING PRAWNS

Photo Phuketwan Bangkok An Australian tourist on the Thai resort island of Phuket was chased by a restaurant staffer after allegedly stealing two raw tiger prawns... READ MORE›

'DESPERATE' AUSTRALIAN COUPLES UNABLE TO LEAVE CAMBODIA WITH SURROGATE BABIES

Australian couples are unable to bring their surrogate babies back from Cambodia as new laws are drafted on surrogacy... READ MORE›

BABY CARMEN IN THAI CUSTODY TUG-OF-WAR

Same-sex marriage is not recognised in Thailand, though there have been attempts to change this... READ MORE›

HOW CANADA IS BECOMING A KEY PLAYER IN GLOBAL SURROGACY

In addition, Canadian surrogacy is relatively inexpensive, as Canada bans surrogates from being paid... READ MORE›

THAILAND BANS FOREIGN SURROGACY AFTER BABY GAMMY AFFAIR

Thailand's military-dominated parliament has passed a law banning foreigners from seeking surrogacy services in the country following last year's Baby Gammy scandal... READ MORE›

EX-WIFE SPEAKS ABOUT LOSS OF SON

ET Prince's ex-wife Mayte Garcia spoke about the 1996 death of the couple's infant son at an event in Los Angeles on Friday night... READ MORE›

FATHER SENDS LOOKALIKE TO PATERNITY TEST IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID PAYING CHILD MAINTENANCE

Kenny appeared in Birmingham Crown Court after failing to complete a paternity test and sending another man to take the test in his place... READ MORE›

THAILAND BANS FOREIGN SURROGACY AFTER BABY GAMMY AFFAIR

Thailand's military-dominated parliament has passed a law banning foreigners from seeking surrogacy services in the country following last year's Baby Gammy scandal... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN TOURIST CHASED ALONG PHUKET BEACH AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING PRAWNS

Photo Phuketwan Bangkok An Australian tourist on the Thai resort island of Phuket was chased by a restaurant staffer after allegedly stealing two raw tiger prawns... READ MORE›

SURROGACY BROKER TAMMY DAVIS-CHARLES PAID FOR CAMBODIAN BIRTH CERTIFICATES, COURT HEARS

Penh Rithy told a Phnom Penh court that Ms Davis-Charles paid him US 600 to arrange birth certificates for single surrogate babies and US 800 for twins... READ MORE›

'SOMEBODY HAS TO BE THE ICEBREAKER'

It's a disaster waiting to happen, said Sam Everingham, the founder and director of Families Through Surrogacy, an Australian-based surrogacy group, who recently visited Cambodia... READ MORE›

Thai junta may lift martial law in tourist areas... READ MORE›

SURROGATE MOTHER OF TRIPLETS SUES FATHER TO STOP FORCED ABORTION

Robert Walmsley, a lawyer for the father, claimed Miss Cassidy was being used by anti-abortion groups to advance their agenda... READ MORE›

INDIA TO INTRODUCE BILL BARRING FOREIGNERS FROM SEEKING SURROGATES

It was a circular telling him to stop forthwith any future surrogate pregnancies for foreign couples... READ MORE›

GAY COUPLE WINS THAI CUSTODY BATTLE WITH SURROGATE MOTHER

Manuel, speaking to reporters outside a Bangkok family court after the verdict, said the couple would take Carmen to Spain first to meet her family there... READ MORE›

PARENTS OFTEN REJECT SURROGATE BABIES WITH DEFECTS, AUSTRALIAN REVIEW SAYS

Gammy was left with his surrogate mother, Pattaramon Chanbua, a 21-year-old food vendor with two young children of her own, when he was born in December 2013... READ MORE›

BABY MARIA THRIVING WITH FOSTER FAMILY

But the mother of Baby Maria has not been located, and gardai are still appealing for her to come forward... READ MORE›

MYANMAR MEN PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO MURDER OF BRITISH TOURISTS

Police arrested Myanmar workers Zaw Lin and Win Phyo, both 21, in October, saying DNA taken from the pair matched samples found on the victims... READ MORE›

MYANMAR MEN PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO MURDER OF BRITISH TOURISTS

Zaw Lin and Win Phyo initially confessed to the murders but later retracted their confessions, saying they had been made under duress... READ MORE›

BABY CARMEN IN THAI CUSTODY TUG-OF-WAR

Same-sex marriage is not recognised in Thailand, though there have been attempts to change this... READ MORE›

GAY COUPLE STRANDED IN MEXICO WITH THREE SURROGATE BABIES AS BILLS SPIRAL

New Zealand family lawyer Debbie Dunbar said that there were hurdles involved in bringing babies back into the country... READ MORE›

'SEVEN WENT ON HOLIDAY . . . ONLY TWO CAME BACK'

The other members of the family who died were Hock Guan's 49-year-old wife, Lim Saw Gek son-in-law Lee Tze Siang 35 and four-year-old granddaughter Lee Jin Xuan... READ MORE›

MADE IN CANADA: A SURROGATE'S SUPPORTING CAST | TORONTO STAR

Many in Steve's position might balk at the time, effort, sexual deprivation and emotional investment that serial surrogacy demands of a partner... READ MORE›