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Surrogacy

Brett Griffin Young with his partner and three children.

Surrogacy advocates fear pope’s position will create stigma

Reproductive rights

Commercial surrogacy is banned in many European countries. In the US, the laws vary from state to state. The pope wants to see the practice outlawed worldwide.

two men and a baby

Italy debates new anti-surrogacy law 

Three women stand in a line with their hands on their visibly pregnant stomachs. Their faces are cropped out of the image.

Once the go-to place for surrogacy, India tightens control over its baby industry

Amir Tal holds his newborn baby girl in a conversion ceremony in Portland, Oregon.

How Oregon became a center for Israeli babies born to surrogate moms

Health

Outsourcing pregnancy to India

Health & Medicine
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