According to the police, 15 people, including pregnant women, were arrested in November for alleged surrogacy in Cambodia. Photo: EPA
Cambodia’s surrogate mothers go free after agreeing to raise Chinese children but some see it as a mixed blessing
- Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy in 2016, and police in June raided two flats where Sophea and 31 other surrogate mothers were being cared for in Phnom Penh
- They were charged the following month with violating human-trafficking laws, but authorities released them on bail last week, under the condition they raise the children themselves
Topic |
Cambodia
According to the police, 15 people, including pregnant women, were arrested in November for alleged surrogacy in Cambodia. Photo: EPA