Russia to ban surrogacy for foreigners

Monday, 28 November 2022newsdesk

The State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, will soon ban foreigners from paying Russian women to become surrogate mothers, its Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has announced.

New Delhi, 28 November 2022

As per news report of Rt.com, a bill on the matter will be passed in early December, Vyacheslav Volodin added. “The sale of children is unacceptable,” Volodin wrote on his Telegram channel on Sunday. “Over the past few years, 45,000 toddlers born by surrogate mothers have been moved overseas. It is a major illegal business venture with an estimated turnover of more than €2 billion [$2.04 billion].” Volodin stated that “such babies oftentimes end up in very dangerous situations: they become victims of crimes, including illegal organ trade, and get adopted by same-sex couples.”

Source - Rt.com