War does not stop Irish families using Ukraine for surrogacy

Embryologist Oksana Lyzohub prepares reproductive cells in an IVF lab in Ivmed Fertility Centre in central Kiev. Picture: Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA/LightRocket via Getty

Irish families hoping to have a baby through surrogacy abroad are still using services in Ukraine, despite the war, a clinic in Kyiv has said.

It comes after the Government issued a strong warning to hopeful parents using a surrogate mother in Ukraine not to travel to the war-torn country