{"id":1388310,"date":"2022-03-18T08:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T12:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388310"},"modified":"2022-03-18T12:44:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:44:56","slug":"this-is-just-a-nightmare-surrogate-babies-are-stuck-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-just-a-nightmare-surrogate-babies-are-stuck-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This Is Just A Nightmare\u2019: Surrogate Babies Are Stuck In Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-is-just-a-nightmare-surrogate-babies-are-stuck-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388310&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/7914FEA3-184B-4F0E-8890-A8D927422619_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many babies born to Ukrainian surrogates are stuck in the country as Russian forces invade.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-ukraine-surrogates-babies\/\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> this week, \u201cThe war in Ukraine made it too risky for the biological parents of 21 surrogate babies to come get their children, who are spending their days in a bomb shelter nursery in Kyiv.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The surrogacy business in Ukraine is considered to be one of the largest in the world. It is one of a few countries that provides surrogacy to foreigners who want to have a baby through the surrogacy process. \u201cBy some estimates, there may be as many as 500 women carrying babies for foreign parents,\u201d the outlet noted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Due to Ukrainian law, both of the biological parents reportedly have to physically go to Ukraine in order to claim the citizenship and nationality of the child, but under the circumstances of war, the situation is not only difficult, but treacherous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ukraine-is-a-world-leader-in-surrogacy-but-babies-are-now-stranded-in-war-zone-11647081997\"><span class=\"s1\">pointed<\/span><\/a> out last week that some surrogate mothers are hesitant to leave Ukraine because they don\u2019t want to be apart from their male family members who are not allowed to leave the country due to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe can\u2019t force them obviously,\u201d Julia Osiyevska, the head of the surrogate agency New Life, said, per the Journal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/12\/world\/europe\/ukraine-surrogate-mothers-babies.html\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> last week, nannies were caring for some of the newborns in a basement in Kyiv.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cOf course we cannot abandon the babies,\u201d Ms. Yashenko, one of the nannies, said. Her husband and two sons are currently serving in Ukraine\u2019s army and have pushed her to get out of the city.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey want me to leave, but I cannot abandon my colleagues, I cannot abandon my work, I cannot abandon these babies,\u201d she said. \u201cI will remain here until everything is back in its place.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe parents are very worried about the situation in Ukraine,\u201d Yashenko said. \u201cThey are just waiting for the end of this senseless war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis is just a nightmare,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to wake up.\u201d But she noted that the basement center was safe, and that she would stay with the infants.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">To the parents of the children, she said: \u201cThey are cared for, they are fed, they are loved. We have all we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Times noted that the surrogacy industry has taken off in Ukraine in large part due to poverty. \u201cSurrogate mothers here typically earn about $15,000 per child. Ukraine does not allow surrogacy for same-sex couples, or for couples who wish to choose the sex of their child,\u201d the outlet noted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There are 14 companies that provide the surrogacy service in the country, including BioTexCom, which is the largest. It is operating the basement center in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Times reported, \u201cAlbert Tochylovsky, the owner of BioTexCom, said in an interview that he had faced a hard choice in setting up the basement nursery. The other option, he said, had been to drive about 40 women who were near term across Ukraine during the fighting. He promised to care for the babies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMaybe I made the wrong decision,\u201d he said. If the situation got worse, he said he would shut down the basement facility and try to get the babies out.<\/p>\n<p>The situation in Ukraine continues to worsen.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/at-least-43-hospitals-and-health-facilities-attacked-in-ukraine-says-who\">reported<\/a> on Friday, \u201c[a]t least 43 Ukrainian hospitals and health facilities have been attacked by Russia since the start of its invasion last month, according to a report from the director of the World Health Organization (WHO).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday during virtual remarks that it has documented\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/ssa\/LeftMenu\/Index.aspx?utm_source=Stopping%20attacks%20on%20health%20care%20QandA&#038;utm_medium=link&#038;utm_campaign=Link_who\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">43 attacks<\/a> on hospitals and health facilities that have killed 12 people and injured 34 others,\u201d The Daily Wire added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many babies born to Ukrainian surrogates are stuck in the country as Russian forces invade.\u00a0As CBS News reported this week, \u201cThe war in Ukraine made it too risky for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1388310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}