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Thailand bans surrogacy for foreigners after scandals
February 20, 2015
Thailand has passed a law banning foreign couples from using Thai women as surrogates after a series of high-profile scandals tainting the image of the unregulated industry. 

The legislation was unanimously approved by Thailand's junta-picked parliament yesterday in a bill spurred by the case of an Australian couple accused of abandoning a baby with Down's syndrome while taking his healthy twin sister borne by a Thai surrogate.
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