Ukraine Surrogacy Dispatches

A woman doing her third international surrogacy reflects on how surrogacy is "absolutely, completely different" from carrying and giving…

Recently, I spoke to a surrogate who is part way through her third international surrogacy.

May 1, 2023

April 2023

Ukraine considers temporarily banning international surrogacy

Ukraine is considering a law that would ban commercial surrogacy for foreigners for the duration of the war and for the three years following.

Apr 26, 2023

A surrogate who gave birth a month before the start of the war

Last week, I had the chance to speak to Nataliya, who was a surrogate in 2021-22.

Apr 20, 2023

March 2023

A Ukrainian woman carrying her eighth and ninth surrogate babies

Last week, I spoke with Liudmila, a 36-year-old woman living in Kyiv.

Mar 13, 2023

February 2023

November 2022

Canadian intended parents start a surrogacy in Ukraine despite the war

Until now, I have only interviewed people who signed up for surrogacy in Ukraine before the war started.

Nov 7, 2022

October 2022

A surrogacy that started just before the war brings a healthy baby this week

I have been following the story of this American intended mother since two days after the war began.

Oct 7, 2022

August 2022

Open for business?

The war notwithstanding, surrogacy continues in Ukraine.

Aug 26, 2022

An American intended parent, two-thirds of the way through a surrogacy in Ukraine

I first spoke to this intended mother, an American, two days after the war began.

Aug 4, 2022

May 2022

Surrogacy and the refugee. Part three: Is it okay to help a Ukrainian refugee in exchange for surrogacy?

This is the third part in a three-part post about surrogacy and being a refugee.

May 26, 2022

Surrogacy and the refugee. Part two: Should intended parents sponsor their pregnant surrogate as a refugee?

This is part two in a three-part post about surrogacy and refugees.

May 25, 2022

Surrogacy and the refugee. Part one: Intended parents rescue former surrogates

This is part one in a three-part post about surrogacy and refugees.

May 24, 2022