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