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Despite a veil of secrecy, details are beginning to emerge about Cambodia’s burgeoning commercial surrogacy industry.
In an article on the website Gays With Kids, a British-Polish couple has revealed how they became parents of one of the first surrogate babies born in Cambodia earlier this year.
Meanwhile, a Cambodian woman paid to bear twins for a foreign couple has provided some insight into the deals offered to surrogate mothers.
Despite being labelled “human trafficking” by the Ministry of Interior, indications are that commercial surrogacy has boomed in the Kingdom after the practice was made illegal or restricted for foreigners in India, Nepal and Thailand last year.
However, surrogacy agencies, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics and those seeking surrogate babies (known as “intended parents”) refuse to speak openly about the practice for fear of a backlash from the public, which could force a crackdown from the government.
According to the Gays With Kids website, the couple, identified only as Greg from the UK and Lukasz from Poland, decided to try surrogacy in Thailand last year.
However, a week after an...