Surrogacy banned in Cambodia
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CAMBODIA has become the latest country to issue a ban on commercial surrogacy after curbs on the industry in other parts of the globe sparked a local boom in the unregulated baby business.
Surrogacy agencies started springing up in the Southeast Asian nation after former hubs like Thailand and India blocked foreigners from the services following a flurry of scandals and concerns about exploitation.
With cheap medical costs and no laws excluding gay couples or single parents, Cambodia quickly absorbed much of the demand.
But a government edict sent to Cambodian fertility clinics yesterday said that surrogacy was now “absolutely banned.”
The proclamation, signed by the health minister last week, asked all medical professionals to comply with the injunction, though it did not spell out a legal punishment.
Phon Puthborey, a Ministry of Women’s Affairs spokesman, said the government was working on other regulatory schemes to prevent rights abuses in the controversial industry, which is outlawed in most countries.
“This is a transitional period because we have not had a law on surrogacy,” he said.
“We are looking for (other) possible measures to respond to the matter effectively. It could be a surrogacy law that includes protections for women and children so that they would not become victims of trafficking.”
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