Unlocking the Legal Maze: Why US Birth Certificates Don’t Suffice for Surrogacy Babies in Hong Kong   For many Hong Kong couples navigating the complex journey of infertility, gestational surrogacy in the United States offers a legally secure and medically advanced pathway to parenthood. A major reassurance for these parents is the American birth certificate,...Read More

Surrogacy, Parent Order and Right of Abode in Hong Kong I. Surrogacy and the Laws of Hong Kong on Paternity Relationships Who is the legal mother of the child in a surrogacy relationship? Under section 9 of the Parent and Child Ordinance (Cap. 429), the woman who carries the child (i.e. the surrogate mother) is...Read More