Ukraine Surrogacy Dispatches

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Last week, I spoke with Liudmila, a 36-year-old woman living in Kyiv. She has one daughter of her own, who is 16. But Liudmila has also brought seven…

February 2023

Just over a year ago, I launched Ukraine Surrogacy Dispatches. I wanted to know what would happen to international surrogacy in a time of war. Early on…

November 2022

Until now, I have only interviewed people who signed up for surrogacy in Ukraine before the war started. Last week, I spoke to someone who has chosen to…

October 2022

I have been following the story of this American intended mother since two days after the war began. Her child was conceived just before the war, with…

August 2022

The war notwithstanding, surrogacy continues in Ukraine. This week Ukraine marked 31 years of independence, but it was too dangerous to formally…
I first spoke to this intended mother, an American, two days after the war began. (You can read that interview here.) Her child had been conceived just…

May 2022

This is the third part in a three-part post about surrogacy and being a refugee. Part one summarizes stories about families rescuing their former…
This is part two in a three-part post about surrogacy and refugees. Part one summarizes stories about families rescuing their former surrogates from the…
This is part one in a three-part post about surrogacy and refugees. In the item below, I summarize some recent stories about families rescuing their…
For weeks now, I've been thinking about how being a refugee intersects with surrogacy. It's been a struggle to put my thoughts into words. There are…

April 2022

When war came to Ukraine, hundreds of international families were already pinning their hopes on surrogacy there. Some had shipped their embryos to the…

March 2022

In the opening days of the war, many surrogates were moved west to safer cities and villages, or out of the country altogether. But a big question…
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