Impact of the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic on transnational surrogacy – a qualitative study of Danish infertile couples’ experiences of being in ‘exile’

Motherhood and attitudes towards motherhood in women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome

“…Additionally, most patients who considered GS were in the group with a monthly revenue of over 4,000 PLN. Such results may be significantly influenced by the fact that Poland borders Ukraine -one of the few countries in Europe with legal commercial GS [23].…”

“…The issue of ensuring at least one legal way of having a genetically related child seems considerable. Increasing safety encompassing the elimination of "reproductive tourism" also supports the legalization of GS [23]. Currently, in the face of the ongoing war in Ukraine, "reproductive tourism" poses a greater threat to women, so an alternative GS program in Poland is even more needed.…”

Surrogacy as fertility treatment in Denmark

“…Problemet ved denne surrogatiform er, at de intenderede foraeldre saettes i vanskelige juridiske og etiske dilemmaer pga. risikoen for, at barnet bliver statsløst efter fødslen, de intenderede foraeldre mangler retsligt foraeldreskab, og det etiske dilemma om »menneskehandel« og risiko for udnyttelse af sårbare kvinder [6][7][8][9] (Figur 1 Figur 1). For mandlige par har det at få anerkendt to juridiske faedre vaeret problematisk i Danmark, da loven ikke anerkender medfaderskab, selvom medmoderskab er juridisk anerkendt.…”