When surrogacy goes wrong, the consequences can be devastating for everyone involved, and a couple of recent stories highlight the dangers of not making thorough checks before entering into a surrogacy agreement.
In one case, a surrogate mother was found to have deliberately duped two couples into believing she'd miscarried their babies. She'd used sperm from the prospective fathers with the intention of keeping the children herself. In the other, an American woman was arrested in Ukraine when trying to leave the country with the baby a surrogate had carried for her. The baby was taken into care because there were problems with the woman's papers.
Travelling abroad may seem to offer quick and easy solutions for couples who need to use surrogates, but it can cause unexpected complications when it comes to bringing a child back home. Surrogacy is illegal in much of Europe, and you should check the law very carefully if you are planning on going overseas.
The laws on surrogacy are strict precisely because it is an area where there is so much room for exploitation, and it is absolutely vital to make sure any surrogacy agreement is completely legal and watertight. For more information about surrogacy, contact Surrogacy UK
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