surrogacy

China’s Surrogacy Debate Extends to Women’s Toilets 

Timely reports on issues and events from across China. Drawing on a vast range of sources, these succinct articles provide insights into the significance of each issue in a wider context.

NEWS

From universities to hospital toilets, women are finding themselves surrounded by small ads recruiting surrogacy candidates as well as customers. They, and some companies, are hitting back.

Yang Caini

Guangzhou Postpartum Care Center Probed Over Surrogacy Claims 

Media report on surrogacy has once again incited discussions on the controversial topic in China.

An Actor’s Rumored Surrogacy Is a Massive Scandal in China

Surrogacy is both illegal in the country and widely viewed as exploitative of women.

Zhang Wanqing

Chen Qi’an

Chinese Viewers Denounce Short Film on Surrogacy

The filmmakers say their work — produced as part of a reality TV series — was never intended to encourage a practice that is officially banned in China.

Du Xinyu

The Scramble to Rescue China’s Stranded Babies

Articles that cut to the core of contemporary China. In-depth, informed, and carefully crafted, every piece is carried by the voices of the story’s participants.

FEATURES

Many Chinese parents pay foreign surrogates to have their children. But with global travel networks severed, hundreds — and potentially thousands — of those infants are now trapped overseas.

Ni Dandan

Zhang Shiyu

Court Orders Mother To Return $1.4 Million in Surrogacy Money

A Hunan man hired a surrogate to conceive boys and paid her from a joint account shared with his unsuspecting wife.

How Assisted Reproduction Laws Keep Infertile Couples Childless

Contributions from individuals with unique perspectives to share. Hear from everyone, from experts and commentators to those whose voices are often marginalized.

VOICES & OPINION

Demand for procedures has surged, yet unequal access to treatment prevents couples from conceiving.

Zhang Di

Emergency Hysterectomy for Teenage Victim of Illegal Egg Harvest

Fertility problems and lack of donors continue to prop up black market.

Wang Lianzhang

The Practical Case for Legalizing Surrogacy

As long as the surrogate and child are not related and no money changes hands, the procedure can work for everyone involved.

Ding Chunyan

Why China Would Be Wrong to Legalize Surrogacy

Instead of allowing an unnatural, dangerous, and irrational practice to flourish, we should tackle the real roots of our fertility problems.

Liu Changqiu

Why Surrogacy Is No Miracle Cure for China's Population Problem

Legalization will count for nothing unless we first respect women's basic reproductive rights.

Ren Jue

Why China Should Legalize Surrogacy, Now

Infertile couples should not be denied opportunity for a family of their own.

Duan Tao

Surrogacy Abounds in Shanghai Despite National Ban

Clients can pay about $100,000 for a guaranteed successful conception within two years.