Commercial surrogacy is banned in many European countries, while laws in the US vary from state to state. In some countries like India and the UK, the practice is legal as long as it’s not for profit. The Catholic Church has long opposed surrogacy and now the pope wants the practice to be outlawed worldwide. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.
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