The surrogacy boom exposes the limits of treating children as commodities
Parental orders for surrogacy rose from 67 in 2008 to 470 in 2024, with nearly 1,000 children born through arrangements in 2025.
Parental orders for surrogacy rose from 67 in 2008 to 470 in 2024, with nearly 1,000 children born through arrangements in 2025.
Surrogacy births in the UK doubled between 2015 and 2025, yet only 150 of nearly 1,000 parental order cases involved UK-born children.