Saint Cecilia by Ermes Dovico

Surrogacy

Black Friday offers outrageous sale on babies
SURROGACY

Black Friday offers outrageous sale on babies

Among the discount proposals that are flooding the web recently, customers can also find a gruesome baby discount by BioTexCom, a Ukrainian centre that offers wombs for rent and artificial insemination. The marketing gimmick and promises of happiness, conceal a world of suffering and exploitation. Melanie's story: Ukraine costs less and offers more choice.


Surrogate pregnancy: ECHR's rejection goes only halfway
THE DECISION

Surrogate pregnancy: ECHR's rejection goes only halfway

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected the appeal of a divorced lesbian couple who were denied recognition by Icelandic authorities as parents of a child born in the USA through surrogacy (neither of them is a biological mother). But the problem persists because the two women are treated as “de facto” parents and their homosexual union as a family. So, how will the "no" to surrogate motherhood hold up in court?