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India, Thailand, Mexico, and Nepal all ban the international surrogacy market.

2015

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The Indian government moves to interrupt the country's "reproductive tourism" industry, which grosses over $1 billion a year. Because surrogacy in India costs approximately 1/3 of what it does in the U.S., predominantly white U.S. American couples make up a large part of this market.

In 2015, the Indian Council of Medical Research decides to cease offering embryo transfers to foreign couples, and Indian embassies stop granting visas for non-Indians seeking "commercial surrogates." Similar laws are passed in Thailand, Mexico, and Nepal the same year.