Surrogacy

International surrogacy could be banned by stealth under new bill

The Business Post understands that a new section in the law will attempt to ban foreign commercial surrogacy by Irish couples

The vast majority of Irish people seeking commercial surrogacy arrangements abroad have used agencies in Ukraine

New government proposals around regulating international surrogacy could end up banning the practice by stealth, the Business Post has learned.

The practice of women acting as surrogates on behalf of couples or individuals is done on an altruistic or paid commercial basis.

In recent years, the vast majority of Irish people seeking commercial surrogacy arrangements abroad have used agencies in Ukraine.

In an effort to regulate the area for the first time, Stephen Donnelly, the ...