Latest items for ACR-DATA-1
March 13, 2025, 8:54 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"Until last year, Ukraine was the world’s second-largest surrogacy market behind the U.S., attracting foreign would-be parents with lower fees and a favorable regulatory framework" (para 13).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"Until last year, Ukraine was the world’s second-largest surrogacy market behind the U.S., attracting foreign would-be parents with lower fees and a favorable regulatory framework" (para 13).
March 13, 2025, 8:54 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"In the first three quarters of 2022, more than 400 parental orders were made for surrogate parents in the U.K. According to the Law Commission, the number of children born via surrogacy could be around 10 times higher today than it was a decade ago" (para 35).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"In the first three quarters of 2022, more than 400 parental orders were made for surrogate parents in the U.K. According to the Law Commission, the number of children born via surrogacy could be around 10 times higher today than it was a decade ago" (para 35).
March 13, 2025, 8:54 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"Until last year, Ukraine was the world’s second-largest surrogacy market behind the U.S., attracting foreign would-be parents with lower fees and a favorable regulatory framework" (para 13). "But that all changed with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Reports quickly emerged of surrogate mothers relocating to bomb shelters and prospective parents trying to enter Ukraine to be united with their surrogates" (para 14). "'We had a lot of intended parents who were at different stages of the process with us,' said Olga Pysana, partner at Ukrainian surrogacy agency World Center of Baby, which at that time had 37 pregnant surrogates and 130 intended parents on its books"...more
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"Until last year, Ukraine was the world’s second-largest surrogacy market behind the U.S., attracting foreign would-be parents with lower fees and a favorable regulatory framework" (para 13). "But that all changed with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Reports quickly emerged of surrogate mothers relocating to bomb shelters and prospective parents trying to enter Ukraine to be united with their surrogates" (para 14). "'We had a lot of intended parents who were at different stages of the process with us,' said Olga Pysana, partner at Ukrainian surrogacy agency World Center of Baby, which at that time had 37 pregnant surrogates and 130 intended parents on its books"...more
March 13, 2025, 8:54 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"The conflict pushed the industry into countries such as nearby Georgia, where the laws closely mirror Ukraine’s. World Center of Baby, which already had operations in Cyprus in 2022, plans to open its Georgia office this month. Mexico and parts of Latin America, meanwhile, have also seen a surge" (para 16). "'Here in Mexico, we’re having again the boom around surrogacy, because Ukraine is closed,' Ernesto Noriega, chief executive and founder of Egg Donors Miracles, a fertility agency based in Cancun, Mexico, said, noting a 20%-30% increase in surrogacy arrangements last year" (para 18).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"The conflict pushed the industry into countries such as nearby Georgia, where the laws closely mirror Ukraine’s. World Center of Baby, which already had operations in Cyprus in 2022, plans to open its Georgia office this month. Mexico and parts of Latin America, meanwhile, have also seen a surge" (para 16). "'Here in Mexico, we’re having again the boom around surrogacy, because Ukraine is closed,' Ernesto Noriega, chief executive and founder of Egg Donors Miracles, a fertility agency based in Cancun, Mexico, said, noting a 20%-30% increase in surrogacy arrangements last year" (para 18).
March 13, 2025, 8:54 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus, Georgia
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"The conflict pushed the industry into countries such as nearby Georgia, where the laws closely mirror Ukraine’s. World Center of Baby, which already had operations in Cyprus in 2022, plans to open its Georgia office this month" (para 16).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"The conflict pushed the industry into countries such as nearby Georgia, where the laws closely mirror Ukraine’s. World Center of Baby, which already had operations in Cyprus in 2022, plans to open its Georgia office this month" (para 16).
March 3, 2025, 5:43 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"In the 1990s, just 6,700 cycles of IVF — a technique to help people with fertility problems to have a baby — took place in the UK annually. But this skyrocketed to more than 69,000 by 2019, suggesting more women are struggling to conceive naturally" (para 66).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"In the 1990s, just 6,700 cycles of IVF — a technique to help people with fertility problems to have a baby — took place in the UK annually. But this skyrocketed to more than 69,000 by 2019, suggesting more women are struggling to conceive naturally" (para 66).
Feb. 1, 2025, 2:48 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"'This [declining fertility] is also compounded by the progressive reduction in available NHS funding for fertility treatments like IVF which is further contributing to the low fertility and birth rates in the UK as a whole'" (para 26).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"'This [declining fertility] is also compounded by the progressive reduction in available NHS funding for fertility treatments like IVF which is further contributing to the low fertility and birth rates in the UK as a whole'" (para 26).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"In-vitro fertilization procedures performed at the Costa Rican Social Insurance Fund marked another important achievement. In June 2019, the High Complexity Reproductive Medicine Unit was inaugurated at the Women’s Hospital. By December 2020, the Unit achieved a pregnancy rate of 41 per cent, exceeding international standards of effectiveness. From its inauguration until December 2020, there have been 27 births: 14 girls and 13 boys, 20 pregnant patients have already been discharged by the Unit and 10 women are in initial follow-up of early pregnancy. In addition, the Andrology Laboratory opened in September 2019 and the Highly Complicated Reproductive Medicine Unit cryobank holds 163 vitrified embryos, which are the product of...more
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"In-vitro fertilization procedures performed at the Costa Rican Social Insurance Fund marked another important achievement. In June 2019, the High Complexity Reproductive Medicine Unit was inaugurated at the Women’s Hospital. By December 2020, the Unit achieved a pregnancy rate of 41 per cent, exceeding international standards of effectiveness. From its inauguration until December 2020, there have been 27 births: 14 girls and 13 boys, 20 pregnant patients have already been discharged by the Unit and 10 women are in initial follow-up of early pregnancy. In addition, the Andrology Laboratory opened in September 2019 and the Highly Complicated Reproductive Medicine Unit cryobank holds 163 vitrified embryos, which are the product of...more
Jan. 3, 2025, 12:32 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"Roughly 90 percent of the 250 or so couples in Italy who rely on international surrogacy each year here are heterosexual" (par. 19).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"Roughly 90 percent of the 250 or so couples in Italy who rely on international surrogacy each year here are heterosexual" (par. 19).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:33 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"He's helped with the birth of five babies a month, and he's lost count of how many. He reveals that the babies belong to couples in Australia, Canada and America, for instance" (para 49). "There are six state of the art IVF clinics in Kenya and because the IVF process is highly specialised 'it's clear that at least one of Kenya's six clinics is implanting embryos into the county's black market surrogates', claims the documentary" (para 51).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"He's helped with the birth of five babies a month, and he's lost count of how many. He reveals that the babies belong to couples in Australia, Canada and America, for instance" (para 49). "There are six state of the art IVF clinics in Kenya and because the IVF process is highly specialised 'it's clear that at least one of Kenya's six clinics is implanting embryos into the county's black market surrogates', claims the documentary" (para 51).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:28 a.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"When Zhyldyz had her first daughter everyone was happy, but when the second and third daughters were born she was beside herself with worry. She tried all kinds of traditional medical procedures and visited clairvoyants for guidance on conceiving a boy. Finally, she and her husband opted for an expensive IVF treatment abroad, which gave them a better chance at choosing the sex of an embyro" (para 4).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"When Zhyldyz had her first daughter everyone was happy, but when the second and third daughters were born she was beside herself with worry. She tried all kinds of traditional medical procedures and visited clairvoyants for guidance on conceiving a boy. Finally, she and her husband opted for an expensive IVF treatment abroad, which gave them a better chance at choosing the sex of an embyro" (para 4).
Nov. 5, 2024, 1:02 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"In the southwestern province of Sichuan province single women are increasingly undergoing IVF treatments in private clinics" (para 6).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"In the southwestern province of Sichuan province single women are increasingly undergoing IVF treatments in private clinics" (para 6).
Nov. 5, 2024, 12:59 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"China recently promised to build at least one facility offering I.V.F. for every 2.3 million to three million people by 2025. It currently has 539 medical institutions and 27 sperm banks that have been approved to carry out assisted reproductive technology. Each year these facilities provide more than a million cycles of I.V.F. and other assisted fertility services. Around 300,000 babies are conceived" (para 11).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"China recently promised to build at least one facility offering I.V.F. for every 2.3 million to three million people by 2025. It currently has 539 medical institutions and 27 sperm banks that have been approved to carry out assisted reproductive technology. Each year these facilities provide more than a million cycles of I.V.F. and other assisted fertility services. Around 300,000 babies are conceived" (para 11).
Oct. 15, 2024, 12:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"A mum-of-five who used donor sperm to have her children is worried about 'accidental incest' after discovering her kids have at least 43 half-siblings. Shannon Ashton and her partner first visited the Queensland Fertility Group in 2002 for specialist help after discovering she had polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). The same-sex couple decided to use an anonymous sperm donor, registered with the Queensland clinic, to try and have a baby...Ms Ashton emailed the clinic asking for information on the number of children conceived from Donor 188. Ms Ashton said the clinic replied with a list of 43 other children, categorised only by year and gender. 'We emailed the clinic and it...more
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"A mum-of-five who used donor sperm to have her children is worried about 'accidental incest' after discovering her kids have at least 43 half-siblings. Shannon Ashton and her partner first visited the Queensland Fertility Group in 2002 for specialist help after discovering she had polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). The same-sex couple decided to use an anonymous sperm donor, registered with the Queensland clinic, to try and have a baby...Ms Ashton emailed the clinic asking for information on the number of children conceived from Donor 188. Ms Ashton said the clinic replied with a list of 43 other children, categorised only by year and gender. 'We emailed the clinic and it...more
July 25, 2023, 10:44 a.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"[S]ince the adoption of a decision by the Ministry of Health in October 2016 to criminalize all forms of surrogacy, over 60 women who have acted as surrogates have been arrested and subjected to criminal proceedings on various charges. It further notes that some of the women have been released on bail on the condition that they continue the pregnancy and raise the surrogate children as their own until the children are 18 years old" (14).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"[S]ince the adoption of a decision by the Ministry of Health in October 2016 to criminalize all forms of surrogacy, over 60 women who have acted as surrogates have been arrested and subjected to criminal proceedings on various charges. It further notes that some of the women have been released on bail on the condition that they continue the pregnancy and raise the surrogate children as their own until the children are 18 years old" (14).
May 23, 2023, 11:57 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"Chinese hospitals and clinics, both public and private, provide about 1 million rounds of IVF treatment - or cycles - annually, compared with 1.5 million in the rest of the world, according to academic journals and industry experts" (Para.15). "China has 539 public and private IVF facilities, and the NHC has said it aims to set up one facility for every 2.3 million people by 2025, which would take the total above 600" (Para.17). "China's IVF market, including treatment, drugs and equipment, is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 14.5% in coming years, nearly doubling to 85.4 billion yuan ($12.4 billion) in 2025 from 49.7 billion yuan,...more
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"Chinese hospitals and clinics, both public and private, provide about 1 million rounds of IVF treatment - or cycles - annually, compared with 1.5 million in the rest of the world, according to academic journals and industry experts" (Para.15). "China has 539 public and private IVF facilities, and the NHC has said it aims to set up one facility for every 2.3 million people by 2025, which would take the total above 600" (Para.17). "China's IVF market, including treatment, drugs and equipment, is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 14.5% in coming years, nearly doubling to 85.4 billion yuan ($12.4 billion) in 2025 from 49.7 billion yuan,...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:17 a.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"The number of agencies operating in Mexico has doubled to about 30 since 2020, said Ernesto Noriega, owner of Egg Donor Miracles, a surrogacy agency based in the resort cities of Puerto Vallarta and Cancun." (Para.25).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"The number of agencies operating in Mexico has doubled to about 30 since 2020, said Ernesto Noriega, owner of Egg Donor Miracles, a surrogacy agency based in the resort cities of Puerto Vallarta and Cancun." (Para.25).
Aug. 14, 2021, 9:35 a.m.
Countries: Vietnam
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"On July 16th, Dr. Hoang Thi Diem Tuyet, Director of Hung Vuong Hospital (HCMC) Ho Chi Minh City, said that the hospital has just welcomed a girl as the first surrogate pregnancy at this hospital" (para 2). "Dr. Hoang Thi Diem Tuyet – Director of Hung Vuong Hospital, shared that this is the first successful surrogate pregnancy at the hospital after being officially authorized by the Ministry of Health to perform the technique of surrogate pregnancy for humanitarian purposes" (para 10). In the video at 3:34-3:43, Dr. Diem Tuyet says: "We have had success with the entire surrogacy process this first time after the ministry of health gave their permission...more
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"On July 16th, Dr. Hoang Thi Diem Tuyet, Director of Hung Vuong Hospital (HCMC) Ho Chi Minh City, said that the hospital has just welcomed a girl as the first surrogate pregnancy at this hospital" (para 2). "Dr. Hoang Thi Diem Tuyet – Director of Hung Vuong Hospital, shared that this is the first successful surrogate pregnancy at the hospital after being officially authorized by the Ministry of Health to perform the technique of surrogate pregnancy for humanitarian purposes" (para 10). In the video at 3:34-3:43, Dr. Diem Tuyet says: "We have had success with the entire surrogacy process this first time after the ministry of health gave their permission...more
April 27, 2021, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1, ACR-DATA-1
"A group of 32 women who acted as surrogates for Chinese clients were found guilty of human trafficking and handed suspended jail terms with an order to raise their children 'well' in Cambodia’s first trial of surrogate mothers" (para 1). "Cambodia was a popular international destination for couples looking to have babies through commercial surrogacy, a practice made illegal in 2016 after an uptick in the trade following a ban by neighboring Thailand the previous year" (para 7). "After their arrest in July 2018, the 32 surrogates were detained for five months before being released on bail on compassionate grounds, on the condition that they look after the babies, some...more
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1, ACR-DATA-1
"A group of 32 women who acted as surrogates for Chinese clients were found guilty of human trafficking and handed suspended jail terms with an order to raise their children 'well' in Cambodia’s first trial of surrogate mothers" (para 1). "Cambodia was a popular international destination for couples looking to have babies through commercial surrogacy, a practice made illegal in 2016 after an uptick in the trade following a ban by neighboring Thailand the previous year" (para 7). "After their arrest in July 2018, the 32 surrogates were detained for five months before being released on bail on compassionate grounds, on the condition that they look after the babies, some...more
Nov. 4, 2020, 6:01 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
“Gay celebrities who have fathered children through surrogates in California include popstar Elton John and his husband David Furnish. Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, whose son Robbie with his British Olympic diver husband Tom Daley was born in 2018, said the U.S. state was 'the safest place' to have a surrogate child” (para 29) This quote is taken from an informative text box inserted into the article following paragraph 29 (MLB-CODER COMMENT). “Andy Cohen, a U.S. presenter and close friend of Cooper's, welcomed his surrogate son, Benjamin Allen Cohen, in February 2019, while other gay fathers through surrogacy include U.S. actor Neil Patrick Harris and Latino popstar Ricky Martin” (para...more
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
“Gay celebrities who have fathered children through surrogates in California include popstar Elton John and his husband David Furnish. Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, whose son Robbie with his British Olympic diver husband Tom Daley was born in 2018, said the U.S. state was 'the safest place' to have a surrogate child” (para 29) This quote is taken from an informative text box inserted into the article following paragraph 29 (MLB-CODER COMMENT). “Andy Cohen, a U.S. presenter and close friend of Cooper's, welcomed his surrogate son, Benjamin Allen Cohen, in February 2019, while other gay fathers through surrogacy include U.S. actor Neil Patrick Harris and Latino popstar Ricky Martin” (para...more
Jan. 13, 2020, 8:20 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: FSCB-PRACTICE-1, FSCB-LAW-1, ACR-DATA-1
"There were no reports of coerced abortion, involuntary sterilization, or other coercive population control methods." (33).
Variables: FSCB-PRACTICE-1, FSCB-LAW-1, ACR-DATA-1
"There were no reports of coerced abortion, involuntary sterilization, or other coercive population control methods." (33).
Aug. 7, 2017, 3:33 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"What will become of the innumerable surrogacy factories located throughout the vast country of India? Infamous surrogate profiteer Nina Patel has long planned her under construction industrial one-stop-shopping surrogacy conveyer belt" (para 18). "In conclusion, India’s new law represents a major step forward given its recent history as the surrogacy capital of the world" (para 20).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"What will become of the innumerable surrogacy factories located throughout the vast country of India? Infamous surrogate profiteer Nina Patel has long planned her under construction industrial one-stop-shopping surrogacy conveyer belt" (para 18). "In conclusion, India’s new law represents a major step forward given its recent history as the surrogacy capital of the world" (para 20).
June 12, 2017, 11:30 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"At least 150 women accessing IVF treatment attend the clinic each month" (p 21)
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"At least 150 women accessing IVF treatment attend the clinic each month" (p 21)
Oct. 14, 2016, 5:51 p.m.
Countries: Greece
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
According to UN Women, 19% of women in Greece have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime. 6% have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. 1% have experienced lifetime non-partner sexual violence (ENB-Coder Comment)
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
According to UN Women, 19% of women in Greece have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime. 6% have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. 1% have experienced lifetime non-partner sexual violence (ENB-Coder Comment)
April 25, 2016, 6:23 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"One hundred sixty-six women were charged with abortion-related crimes between 2010 and 2013" (2).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"One hundred sixty-six women were charged with abortion-related crimes between 2010 and 2013" (2).
April 4, 2016, 7:21 a.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"In 2007, 20,803 applications for termination of pregnancies were submitted to the Commission for Pregnancy Terminations, 20,392 (98.0%) approvals were given and 19,478 (93.6%) actually occurred.As of 2005, the majority of applicants to the Commission are single women (previously – it was mostly married women) 14,384 were Jewish, 1,514 Muslim, and 194 were Druze women. In recent years, the main reason for pregnancy terminations was out of wedlock pregnancy (51.7% in 2006)" (123). "In 2006, 25,552 cycles of IVF treatment were performed, with some women receiving more than one cycle of treatment, resulting in 6,473 pregnancies and 4,298 live births (5,229 children)" (126). Table 39 details the number of IVF...more
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"In 2007, 20,803 applications for termination of pregnancies were submitted to the Commission for Pregnancy Terminations, 20,392 (98.0%) approvals were given and 19,478 (93.6%) actually occurred.As of 2005, the majority of applicants to the Commission are single women (previously – it was mostly married women) 14,384 were Jewish, 1,514 Muslim, and 194 were Druze women. In recent years, the main reason for pregnancy terminations was out of wedlock pregnancy (51.7% in 2006)" (123). "In 2006, 25,552 cycles of IVF treatment were performed, with some women receiving more than one cycle of treatment, resulting in 6,473 pregnancies and 4,298 live births (5,229 children)" (126). Table 39 details the number of IVF...more
March 31, 2016, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1, ACR-DATA-1
"Mia Bloom, a security studies professor at Massachusetts University and author of Bombshell: Women and Terrorism, said the recruitment campaign painted a 'Disney-like' picture of life in the caliphate. Some young women were offered financial incentives, such as travel expenses or compensation for bearing children"(para 18). Syria is not specifically mentoned in this statement but the article as a whole speaks about Syria and Iraq (ENB-CODER COMMENT)
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1, ACR-DATA-1
"Mia Bloom, a security studies professor at Massachusetts University and author of Bombshell: Women and Terrorism, said the recruitment campaign painted a 'Disney-like' picture of life in the caliphate. Some young women were offered financial incentives, such as travel expenses or compensation for bearing children"(para 18). Syria is not specifically mentoned in this statement but the article as a whole speaks about Syria and Iraq (ENB-CODER COMMENT)
March 31, 2016, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Syria
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1, ACR-DATA-1
"Mia Bloom, a security studies professor at Massachusetts University and author of Bombshell: Women and Terrorism, said the recruitment campaign painted a 'Disney-like' picture of life in the caliphate. Some young women were offered financial incentives, such as travel expenses or compensation for bearing children"(para 18). Syria is not specifically mentoned in this statement but the article as a whole speaks about Syria and Iraq (ENB-CODER COMMENT)
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1, ACR-DATA-1
"Mia Bloom, a security studies professor at Massachusetts University and author of Bombshell: Women and Terrorism, said the recruitment campaign painted a 'Disney-like' picture of life in the caliphate. Some young women were offered financial incentives, such as travel expenses or compensation for bearing children"(para 18). Syria is not specifically mentoned in this statement but the article as a whole speaks about Syria and Iraq (ENB-CODER COMMENT)
Feb. 29, 2016, 9:23 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
""It is not very prevalent due to the price. Maybe 20% of women or less use in vitro fertilization and/or sperm donation and surrogacy. There is not the same pressure to have a child if one cannot, because of the hard life here. Fewer children will be easier, especially in urban settings. In villages, more children may be more useful to help." Natalya Bochkor" (17)
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
""It is not very prevalent due to the price. Maybe 20% of women or less use in vitro fertilization and/or sperm donation and surrogacy. There is not the same pressure to have a child if one cannot, because of the hard life here. Fewer children will be easier, especially in urban settings. In villages, more children may be more useful to help." Natalya Bochkor" (17)
July 1, 2015, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"The Committee ... is further concerned about the lack of official data and research on the prevalence of illegal and unsafe abortions in Poland" (page 10).
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"The Committee ... is further concerned about the lack of official data and research on the prevalence of illegal and unsafe abortions in Poland" (page 10).