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- Ukraine's usually thriving child surrogacy trade has been interrupted by the coronavirus.
- About 100 newborns are stranded nationwide because their foreigner parents can't enter the country after it closed its borders during the pandemic.
- Fifty-one of those babies are in Kiev's Venice Hotel, being cared for by BioTexCom, Ukraine's largest surrogacy clinic. Footage of rows of tightly-packed bassinets brought attention to this issue.
- Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine's human rights ombudswoman, is concerned that extending the quarantine, which is currently set to end on May 22, will impact thousands of babies.
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Nearly 100 surrogate-born babies are stranded in Ukraine because their parents are unable to collect them due to border closures imposed because of the coronavirus.
As one of the few countries that grants foreigners this service, Ukraine boasts a robust surrogacy industry. It's an option that appeals to Ukrainian women because of the nation's economic woes, the Associated Press reported. A surrogate mother can earn about $17,000, Sky News said.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: Inside London during COVID-19 lockdown See Also:  |