January 1 marks the official end of China's one-child policy that for 36 years has forced couples to limit their offspring to slow the country's population growth.

Last week Chinese authorities also decided to drop a plan to ban surrogate motherhood. Now aspiring parents can seek the help of Chinese women to act as surrogate mothers to gestate and give birth to their children.

Tabasco, currently the only state in Mexico allowing surrogacy, has drawn many foreign and gay couples seeking to become parents.

A Mexican state legislature has voted to close the door to foreign couples and gay men looking to have a child by surrogacy.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine presented the promotional video dedicated to the tourism potential of Ukraine. Three-minute video shows the unique geopolitical situation of the country, rivers and lakes, the National Park "Oleshkovsky Sands", the Black Sea coast, one of the world's best opera - in Odessa, unique architectural monuments listed in the UNESCO list, the beauty of the Carpathian Mountains.

For thousands of childless couples the world over, India has been the go-to destination to fulfill their dreams of becoming parents, thanks to its well-trained doctors, well-appointed fertility clinics and vast numbers of poor women willing to serve as surrogate mothers.

Not anymore.

The Indian government recently banned surrogate services for foreigners and ordered fertility clinics to stop the practice of hiring Indian women to bear children for them. It's said to be intended to protect the women from exploitation, though some who have worked as surrogates say the ban actually hurts them.