Surrogacy

Justice Ministry unit warns against surrogacy procedures in Ukraine

The warning was published on Tuesday and circulated on Wednesday by the Government Unit for Coordinating the Fight against Human Trafficking, Prostitution, and Polygamy.

A MDA medic holds a baby, born to a Napalese surrogate mother [Illustrative]
 Gaza hostage Yotam Haim (left), mother Iris Haim (right).

Israeli mothers lead posthumous sperm boom after October 7

Israeli couple stranded in Colombia after surrogacy birth due to sudden entry regulation change

Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli.

Editor's Notes: A progressive love story – three times over - comment


Israeli father creates platform to help couples navigate fertility treatments

The platform includes explanations about different processes and a tool to help couples compare the costs and other details from different clinics.

‘TO BE a parent in Israel is almost obligatory’: Israel’s national health insurance system offers one of the world’s most generous fertility packages.

Israeli same-sex couples, trans, single fathers approved for surrogacy

“We are putting an end to years of injustice and discrimination - the surrogacy equality revolution is underway.”

 Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash speak at a press conference, January 2022

Where do babies come from: New exhibition examines the options

Ruth Schreiber’s new exhibition spotlights many of the seeming multitude of options for becoming a parent, now facilitated by advances made in the medical and hi-tech fields.

 TODAY, SCIENCE and technology offer all sorts of options for becoming a parent.

Merav Michaeli coming home after holiday with new baby

Sources close to Michaeli said they were not aware of whether she would attend Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s address to the UN General Assembly or fly back on the prime minister’s flight.

Labor head Merav Michaeli at the first Labor Party meeting after the 24th elections, March 24, 2021.

Merav Michaeli has baby through surrogate in US

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli announced that she and her partner are the new parents of a son delivered by a surrogate.

Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli.

Why one religious woman chose to be a surrogate

Sara Cohen, an American-born Israeli, religious, manifested her idea of becoming a surrogate. She gave birth to two girls to a couple from Tel Aviv who conviviality and down-to-earthiness with her.

 A pregnant Sara Cohen with her husband

What are politicians saying about High Court approval for LGBTQ surrogacy?

"To be a parent is a basic right and there is no reason to prevent me from exercising that right with a surrogate in Israel," MK Eitan Ginzburg said.

Pride flag raised over the Israeli Foreign Ministry, June 21, 2021.

State asks High Court to fix surrogacy law after gov’t fails to

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz asked the court to fix the law as there was "zero chance" the current Knesset would do it.

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Israel needs to fix its surrogacy law - opinion

The Surrogacy Law, amended in 2018, allows married heterosexual couples and single women to have children through surrogacy, but not single fathers or same-sex couples.

 Hundreds of members of LGBT community protest surrogacy law in Tel Aviv

Israeli tech giant to pay full alternative parenting costs for employees

NVIDIA Israel, which develops AI chips and platforms, announced on Wednesday that they will fund all costs for any employees seeking alternative parenting methods.

Baby dolls placed in front of the Jabotinsky House in Tel Aviv in protest of the state's opposition to surrogacy law, December 19, 2018