{"id":327109,"date":"2025-03-04T14:44:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=327109"},"modified":"2025-03-04T07:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:26:04","slug":"controversial-surrogacy-agency-trafficking-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/controversial-surrogacy-agency-trafficking-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial surrogacy agency continues trafficking children in Ukraine, despite war"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ukraine has been one of the most highly-sought after locations for would-be parents seeking women to serve as surrogates, a practice that has continued<\/a> despite the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. Reports<\/a> have indicated that, even as state agencies put travel warnings in effect against visiting Ukraine, the war-torn country remains a popular surrogacy destination.<\/p>\n

BioTexCom is not just one of the most popular surrogacy agencies in Ukraine; it is the largest commercial surrogacy agency in the world. Denis Herman, a legal adviser for the agency, told the Independent that business has not changed. \u201cIt\u2019s logistics rather than safety concerns clients are concerned with,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we speak to couples they are much more concerned about the fact that it takes two days to get here at the moment rather than the missiles and drones flying all over Kyiv.”<\/p>\n

A bill was previously under consideration to ban surrogacy<\/a> in Ukraine, but it was rejected. Meanwhile, couples continue to travel from across Europe in hopes of purchasing a baby, even as their governments try to put a stop to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe desire to have a child is greater than the advice of the Irish Government,\u201d Caroline, a BioTexCom staff member at their Kyiv clinic, said. \u201cI knew one Irish couple last year who were very happy to come here and take a baby with them to Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n