[mschild]

Surrogacy is illegal in Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Finland, and Turkey. Also banned in China, some states in the US and Québec. Thats a pretty hefty chunk of the worlds population.

A lot of other countries also have a limbo status where there is either no clear law making it illegal but put so many hurdles up that its impractical.

Some countries, like Italy, also make it illegal for Italian citizens to go abroad to a country where it is legal and then do it there.