Interior Minister: Surrogate Baby Issue Blocked in India

Minister of Interior Affairs Ögmundur Jónasson said the case of the Icelandic couple in India who are trying to get a permit to return to Iceland with their baby who was born with the aid of a local surrogate mother is stranded with Indian authorities. Read more ..

How I became a surrogate mom to triplets

When she heard she was carrying triplets, Zelda Steenkamp, 36, was taken aback. Read more

‘Ordering’ a baby from India still a legal minefield

Commercial surrogate motherhood has been legal in India since 2002. As prices are lower than in the US an increasing number of American prospective parents have found their way to Indian surrogate mothers. A number of Dutch couples have also tried the ‘Indian connection’, but a US couple warns that ”It was the worst nightmare ever” Read more

New York Times Magazine Examines Third-Party Reproduction

In the New York Times Magazine, Melanie Thernstrom chronicles how several unsuccessful attempts at becoming pregnant led to the combined use of an egg donor, her husband's sperm and two gestational carriers -- culminating in the births of two infants five days apart. Read more

BOOMING BABY BUSINESS

AS Elton John becomes a father we report on the lucrative surrogate market in America – where military wives often earn money by carrying someone else’s child – and the ethical and emotional problems caused. Read more