Vietnamese sisters arrested for allegedly running surrogacy ring
The sisters offered surrogate services at VND1 billion (US$40,870) for a single pregnancy and VND1.5 billion ($61,370) for twins
The sisters offered surrogate services at VND1 billion (US$40,870) for a single pregnancy and VND1.5 billion ($61,370) for twins
Each surrogate case cost VND450-600 million (US$18,390-24,520), each egg donation case at around VND25 million ($1,020), and each kidney transplant case at between VND900 million ($36,788) and VND1.45 billion ($59,260)
She charged her client VND700 million (US$29,500)
The case was unveiled after two children born to different mothers at a hospital were registered to the same father
The intermediary earned VND100-200 million (US$4,322-8,643) from each deal
A Chinese man wanted a child and three Vietnamese women were willing to find surrogate mothers for him for a fee
Though surrogate pregnancy has been allowed in Vietnam since March, many couples still find the service out of reach due to complicated paperwork and refusal to cooperate from different sides
The legislation was unanimously approved by Thailand's junta-picked parliament on Thursday in a bill spurred by the case of an Australian couple accused of abandoning a baby with Down's syndrome while taking his healthy twin sister borne by a Thai surrogate.