Australian nurse jailed for illegal surrogacy

London: An Australian nurse has been jailed for 18 months in Cambodia for providing commercial surrogacy services, reports BBC.

Tammy Davis-Charles was arrested in Phnom Penh in November last year, shortly after the Cambodian government had banned commercial surrogacy.

During her trial the 49-year-old denied the charges and said she only provided medical care to the surrogates.

Commercial surrogacy has grown in South East Asia in recent years, prompting some countries to take action.

On Thursday Davis-Charles, who has already spent the past nine months in detention, was found guilty of acting as an intermediary between an adoptive parent and a pregnant woman.

She was also found guilty of fraudulently obtaining documents.

Earlier reports said that Davis-Charles had operated a clinic that matched foreign couples with Cambodian surrogate mothers.

 

Australian nurse jailed for illegal surrogacy

London: An Australian nurse has been jailed for 18 months in Cambodia for providing commercial surrogacy services, reports BBC. Tammy Davis-Charles was arrested in Phnom Penh in November last year, shortly after the Cambodian government had banned commercial surrogacy. During her trial the 49-year-old denied the charges and said she only provided medical care to the surrogates. Commercial surrogacy has grown in South East Asia in recent years, prompting some countries to take action. On Thursday Davis-Charles, who has already spent the past nine months in detention, was found guilty of acting as an intermediary between an adoptive parent and a pregnant woman. She was also found guilty of fraudulently obtaining documents. Earlier reports said that Davis-Charles had operated a clinic that matched foreign couples with Cambodian surrogate mothers.