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Grindr's Uncommon Lobbying for LGBTQ+ Family Building
In 2025, Grindr, a dating app company, spent $372,000 lobbying for expanded access to surrogacy and IVF, tax deductibility for related expenses, and updated legal definitions of reproductive healthcare; the company also provides employees with a $300,000 family-building benefit over five years.
Grindr's Uncommon Lobbying for LGBTQ+ Family Building
In 2025, Grindr, a dating app company, spent $372,000 lobbying for expanded access to surrogacy and IVF, tax deductibility for related expenses, and updated legal definitions of reproductive healthcare; the company also provides employees with a $300,000 family-building benefit over five years.
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48% Bias Score
Exploitation of Surrogates in Kazakhstani-Chinese Surrogacy Ring
Two Kazakhstani women, Alija and Natalija, are victims of an exploitative international surrogacy ring operating between China, Cambodia, and Kazakhstan, facing threats and unpaid fees after giving birth to children who were taken away by Chinese agents; their lawyers are filing a police report, all...
Exploitation of Surrogates in Kazakhstani-Chinese Surrogacy Ring
Two Kazakhstani women, Alija and Natalija, are victims of an exploitative international surrogacy ring operating between China, Cambodia, and Kazakhstan, facing threats and unpaid fees after giving birth to children who were taken away by Chinese agents; their lawyers are filing a police report, all...
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52% Bias Score
Italy Extends Surrogacy Ban Abroad, Impacting LGBTQ+ Families
Italy's October 2022 law criminalizes surrogacy abroad for all citizens, impacting same-sex couples disproportionately due to limited adoption rights, extending a 2004 domestic ban, despite a May 2023 court ruling recognizing dual female parenthood.
Italy Extends Surrogacy Ban Abroad, Impacting LGBTQ+ Families
Italy's October 2022 law criminalizes surrogacy abroad for all citizens, impacting same-sex couples disproportionately due to limited adoption rights, extending a 2004 domestic ban, despite a May 2023 court ruling recognizing dual female parenthood.
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56% Bias Score
Italy Expands Surrogacy Ban, Sparking LGBTQ+ Rights Debate
Italy recently expanded its 2004 ban on surrogacy to include citizens seeking the procedure abroad, facing penalties of up to two years imprisonment and a €1 million fine; critics argue this disproportionately affects same-sex couples due to existing legal restrictions on marriage and adoption.
Italy Expands Surrogacy Ban, Sparking LGBTQ+ Rights Debate
Italy recently expanded its 2004 ban on surrogacy to include citizens seeking the procedure abroad, facing penalties of up to two years imprisonment and a €1 million fine; critics argue this disproportionately affects same-sex couples due to existing legal restrictions on marriage and adoption.
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80% Bias Score
Italy's High Court Grants Legal Recognition to Intentional Mothers in Same-Sex Couples
The Italian Constitutional Court declared illegal the denial of legal recognition to the intentional mother in same-sex couples who used medically assisted procreation abroad, impacting at least 38 families in Padua and setting a precedent for future cases while simultaneously denying PMA access to ...
Italy's High Court Grants Legal Recognition to Intentional Mothers in Same-Sex Couples
The Italian Constitutional Court declared illegal the denial of legal recognition to the intentional mother in same-sex couples who used medically assisted procreation abroad, impacting at least 38 families in Padua and setting a precedent for future cases while simultaneously denying PMA access to ...
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48% Bias Score
Spain Tightens Surrogacy Rules, Requiring Court Processes for Foreign-Born Children
The Spanish government implemented a new instruction, effective immediately, requiring court processes for registering children born via surrogacy abroad, impacting families from countries such as the US, Canada, and Greece, where automatic registration was previously possible.
Spain Tightens Surrogacy Rules, Requiring Court Processes for Foreign-Born Children
The Spanish government implemented a new instruction, effective immediately, requiring court processes for registering children born via surrogacy abroad, impacting families from countries such as the US, Canada, and Greece, where automatic registration was previously possible.
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64% Bias Score
Pennsylvania Law Allows Convicted Sex Offender to Have Baby via Surrogacy
A Pennsylvania teacher, Brandon Riley-Mitchell, convicted in 2016 of sexually abusing a 16-year-old student and possessing child pornography, had a baby via surrogacy with his husband, highlighting a loophole in state law that doesn't prevent registered sex offenders from using surrogates.
Pennsylvania Law Allows Convicted Sex Offender to Have Baby via Surrogacy
A Pennsylvania teacher, Brandon Riley-Mitchell, convicted in 2016 of sexually abusing a 16-year-old student and possessing child pornography, had a baby via surrogacy with his husband, highlighting a loophole in state law that doesn't prevent registered sex offenders from using surrogates.
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52% Bias Score
California Surrogacy Agency Owners Arrested, 21 Children in Protective Custody
In May 2025, California authorities uncovered a potential surrogacy scam involving Mark Surrogacy Investment LLC, resulting in the arrest of its owners on suspicion of felony child endangerment after 21 children connected to them were found in their home and in the care of family and friends; all we...
California Surrogacy Agency Owners Arrested, 21 Children in Protective Custody
In May 2025, California authorities uncovered a potential surrogacy scam involving Mark Surrogacy Investment LLC, resulting in the arrest of its owners on suspicion of felony child endangerment after 21 children connected to them were found in their home and in the care of family and friends; all we...
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40% Bias Score
Iran's Nuclear Program, Funding Cuts for Public Broadcasting, and a Surrogate's Custody Battle
A recent U.S. assessment reveals Iran could resume its nuclear enrichment program within months due to incomplete destruction of targeted sites in June, prompting discussions about further military action or renewed negotiations; the Senate passed a spending cuts package eliminating funding for NPR ...
Iran's Nuclear Program, Funding Cuts for Public Broadcasting, and a Surrogate's Custody Battle
A recent U.S. assessment reveals Iran could resume its nuclear enrichment program within months due to incomplete destruction of targeted sites in June, prompting discussions about further military action or renewed negotiations; the Senate passed a spending cuts package eliminating funding for NPR ...
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36% Bias Score
Palestinian-American Author's Memoir Connects Personal Trauma to Gaza Crisis
Hala Alyan's new memoir, "I'll Tell You When I'm Home," published in 2024, details her surrogacy journey after repeated miscarriages, connecting her personal struggles with her family's history of displacement and the ongoing crisis in Gaza, highlighting the intergenerational trauma of exile and emp...
Palestinian-American Author's Memoir Connects Personal Trauma to Gaza Crisis
Hala Alyan's new memoir, "I'll Tell You When I'm Home," published in 2024, details her surrogacy journey after repeated miscarriages, connecting her personal struggles with her family's history of displacement and the ongoing crisis in Gaza, highlighting the intergenerational trauma of exile and emp...
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32% Bias Score
Italian Court Prioritizes Child's Rights in Same-Sex Surrogacy Case
An Italian court granted adoption rights to the second father in a same-sex couple who used surrogacy abroad, prioritizing the child's well-being despite Italy's recent criminalization of surrogacy, even if performed internationally.
Italian Court Prioritizes Child's Rights in Same-Sex Surrogacy Case
An Italian court granted adoption rights to the second father in a same-sex couple who used surrogacy abroad, prioritizing the child's well-being despite Italy's recent criminalization of surrogacy, even if performed internationally.
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32% Bias Score
Spain Bans Direct Registration of Children Born Through Surrogacy Abroad
Spain's Ministry of Justice banned direct registration of children born via surrogacy abroad, effective Thursday, aligning with a 2024 Supreme Court ruling and aiming to prevent circumvention of the national ban.
Spain Bans Direct Registration of Children Born Through Surrogacy Abroad
Spain's Ministry of Justice banned direct registration of children born via surrogacy abroad, effective Thursday, aligning with a 2024 Supreme Court ruling and aiming to prevent circumvention of the national ban.
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68% Bias Score
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