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Insemination bill stalls, again

LEGAL IMPASSE The legislature has taken almost 10 years but it still hasn't passed a law specifying how to regulate artificial insemination and surrogate motherhood

By Joy Su  /  STAFF REPORTER

The international community is also divided on the issue -- of those jurisdictions with legislation covering surrogate motherhood, 13 prohibit it and 9 permit it. Countries with prohibitions are Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Surrogacy is legal in Brazil, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Mexico, Holland, South Africa, Turkey, the UK and some states in the US.

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