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Thailand bans commercial surrogacy for foreign parents
A law that has just come into effect in Thailand narrows the choices in Asia for people looking for a surrogate mother to carry a fetus in her womb
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law that has just come into effect in Thailand narrows the choices in Asia for people looking for a surrogate mother to carry a fetus in her womb.
Couples from around the world had been coming to Thailand for cheap surrogacy services, which involves hiring a woman to bear a child for someone else, often with an implanted embryo from biological parents utilizing donated eggs or sperm. The cost in Thailand was less than $50,000, compared to about $150,000 in the United States.
The new law, effective this month, prohibits commercial surrogacy serving foreign clients, with violations punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to 200,000 baht ($6,200). Only Thai heterosexual couples married for more than three years can hire surrogates.(+++)
