International surrogacy agencies cash in on desperation
Action is needed to hold surrogacy agencies operating illegally abroad to account following a series of complex parenthood cases, writes Sam Everingham...
Sam Everingham
Global Director at Growing Families
Sam Everingham is Global Director of Growing Families, an organisation which provides education and support to intended parents engaging in international surrogacy. Sam is also a father through surrogacy.
BioNews Articles by Sam Everingham
Argentina's surrogacy stalemate
Argentina's move to discourage cross-border surrogacy has left dozens of intended parents unable to return home with their infants. Sam Everingham explains what happened...
Reproductive Refugees – The effect of the Russian invasion on cross-border reproductive care
Since the closure of unregulated surrogacy destinations, Ukraine emerged as a massive hub for both donor eggs and surrogacy. The Russian invasion has had flow-on effects for cross-border reproductive care globally. Sam Everingham, of non-profit Growing Families, explains...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Commercial surrogacy is in senior UN official's firing line
The question of whether the UN will develop an international treaty relating to surrogacy arrangements - as it did a quarter century ago in relation to adoption, is up for discussion...
Scandinavian attitudes to surrogacy — public policy should catch up
During the planning of the global non-profit Families Through Surrogacy's first educational event on surrogacy in Sweden a few months ago, IVF professionals had suggested inviting a few leading Swedish infertility specialists. Unfortunately none were will