Guardian surrogacy stories raise questions about ethics and stateless babies

Arran2024 · 2026-07-20T07:52:03+00:00

Two stories about surrogacy in today's Guardian. [[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/19/rise-overseas-surrogates-increases-risk-stateless-babies-experts-warn https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/19/rise-overseas-surrogates-increases-risk-stateless-babies-experts-warn]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/19/why-mexico-is-at-the-heart-of-ethical-debate-over-global-surrogacy https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/19/why-mexico-is-at-the-heart-of-ethical-debate-over-global-surrogacy]]

I was idling wondering why commercial surrogacy is allowed in so many countries whereas commercial selling of organs such as kidney/piece of liver is not but of course the answer is it’s only women’s health that is negatively impacted by surrogacy.