17 surrogacy babies hidden in a makeshift shelter in the basement of a kyiv building are the face of extreme vulnerability in the war in Ukraine. Their future families have not been able to enter the country since the conflict began and their biological mothers, who have given birth to them, They have fled after giving birth.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, at least 109 minors have died during the war. Children are the most vulnerable victims of the conflict and, among them, those born from surrogate mothers. They survive an extreme situation, and their vulnerability is double: after being born in the middle of the war, they have to survive without a family and trapped in a limbo in which they do not legally exist.
At least 17 babies are in this situation in a secret shelter on the outskirts of kyiv. They were born in different maternity hospitals from the capital and have been placed in a common shelter for their safety. Some nurses take care of them there, women refuse to run away and abandon them to their fate.
Ukraine is one of the few countries that offers surrogacy services to foreigners. Couples from the United States, South America and Europe turn to this industry. In fact, It is estimated that there are currently about 500 women in Ukraine with surrogate pregnancies for foreign clients.
their future families they should have picked them up from Ukraine by now to transfer them to their own countries, but the war prevents it. Thus, they wait in small plastic cots while their subsistence depends on just three nurses.
In addition, the citizenship of the newborns is unclear, as is the question of who their legal guardians are, since, according to Ukrainian law, your biological parents must be present to confirm your nationality.
Source: Lasexta
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