What impact has the war in Ukraine had onsurrogacy? | BBC News

The war in Ukraine has many far-reaching effects butone of the more unexpected has been on coupleshoping to have babies through commercial surrogacy.

The country used to be the go-to destination in Europedue to its surrogacy laws, but now it's nearby Georgia,where numbers are soaring.

Agencies there are recruiting women from acrosscentral Asia to meet the rising demand, leading to concerns about exploitation.

Recently, Russian forces launched a renewedoffensive in the Kharkiv region in an attempt to breakthrough a weakened Ukrainian front line.