Surrogate-born babies stranded in Ukraine

Kiev, May 15

Ukraine’s human rights ombudswoman has appealed to authorities to discover a answer for scores of infants born to surrogate moms for international mother and father who’re stranded as a result of the nation’s borders are closed underneath coronavirus restrictions.

Ukraine has a thriving surrogate business and is likely one of the few nations that permits the service for foreigners. Concern is excessive {that a} lengthy border closure will place a burden on clinics and misery the mother and father.

“About 100 children are already waiting for their parents in different centers of reproductive medicine. And if quarantine is extended, then it will not be about hundreds, but about thousands,” stated ombudswoman Lyudmila Denisova.

The situation attracted broad consideration after Biotexcom, the nation’s largest surrogate operation, posted a video displaying dozens of infants in bassinets arrayed in tight rows in two giant rooms of the resort the place the clinic places up purchasers.

The video goals to reassure absent dad or mum that their little ones are receiving excellent care, displaying nurses bathing and caressing them.

Denisova stated there are 51 infants in all at Biotexcom, 15 of them underneath the care of fogeys who have been capable of make it into the nation earlier than the shutdown however cannot go away. Ukraine’s restrictions are to stay in place till at the least May 22.

The mother and father are from 12 nations: China, the United States, Italy, Spain, Britain, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Austria, Mexico and Portugal.

“The issue remains unresolved, but we are developing a mechanism to get out of the situation,” stated Denisova, who met with Foreign Ministry representatives on Thursday.

Under the proposed mechanism, international mother and father must write a press release addressed to Denisova’s workplace, which might then contact the ministry with a request to present permission to enter Ukraine.

About 50 clinics that provide surrogate births function in Ukraine. The nation’s financial struggles drive many Ukrainian girls to turn into surrogate moms. — AP