Our founder has been quoted in The Times, following the news that Nigeria has become the second most popular international surrogacy destination for British-resident commissioning parents, behind the US.
Surrogacy Concern uncovered the information following a Freedom of Information request to CAFCASS, who revealed Nigeria has shot up the international league tables of surrogacy destinations for Britons seeking surrogacy abroad.
We are extremely worried about this development, given Nigeria’s high maternal mortality rate, significant numbers of women living in poverty and noted child trafficking and safeguarding failures. Adoption in to the UK from Nigeria is on a restricted list as a result of concerns relating to corruption, lack of checks, trafficking and abuse within their child protection system. It is ludicrous in our view that surrogacy is not subject to the same rules.
We are campaigning for a ban on the pursuit of international surrogacy by British residents: commercial surrogacy is banned in the UK, therefore we do not believe Britons should be able to get around this ban and effectively buy babies off their mothers abroad.
We continue to demand an end to surrogacy at home and abroad. Surrogacy is unethical, cruel and exploitative. It needs to be consigned to the dustbin of history.
