In Finland, commercial surrogacy is criminalised. The law says: you cannot pay a woman to carry your child. But the same legal system does something remarkable. It holds a man who fathers a child through a one‑night stand – even if he never wanted the child, even if he was not in a relationship, even…
Finland’s fertility rate is 1.3 children per woman. The retirement wave is accelerating. The tax base is shrinking. In this context, any policy that helps families form and raise children should be welcomed. But not all family‑building methods are equal. Commercial surrogacy – and especially its international, profit‑driven variant – is not a solution. It…