{"id":223720,"date":"2020-05-18T11:10:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T16:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=223720"},"modified":"2020-05-17T15:39:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:39:32","slug":"50-newborns-ukraine-surrogacy-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/50-newborns-ukraine-surrogacy-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 50 newborns in Ukraine born to surrogates stranded in hotel ‘baby factory’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted businesses and industries around the world, and the surrogacy industry is no exception. As flights remain grounded, people who have paid for surrogates \u2014 often in developing countries \u2014 are unable to claim the babies they purchased.<\/p>\n

Staffers at the BioTexCom Center for Human Reproduction in Kyiv (Kiev) allegedly placed almost 50 newborns into a hotel while borders remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic — a scenario<\/a> the UK’s Daily Mail says is akin to “a baby factory.” Those who had agreements with the surrogates are said to be from the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, China, Mexico, and others.<\/p>\n

In a video from BioTexCom, a woman explains how the children are currently being cared for.\u00a0\u201cWe show babies to the parents online and our managers arrange calls,” the person, identified as Marina, says. \u201cIt is necessary for us to inform parents about how much their babies eat, how they sleep and what their weight is. It is heartbreaking to see how parents miss their little ones. We wish they were allowed to pick up their children soon.\u201d<\/p>\n