Crackdown on Surrogacy 'to Continue' Even as Ban Idea Dropped

(Beijing) – The government will continue cracking down on surrogacy even though lawmakers recently decided not to pursue a legal ban on the service or trade in sperm and eggs, a senior health official says.

The committee that runs the National People's Congress, the country's legislature, between its full meetings passed a revision of the 2001 Population and Family Planning Law on December 28 that formalized a decision the ruling Communist Party made in October to allow couples to have two children.