{"id":144451,"date":"2018-01-08T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=144451"},"modified":"2018-01-08T02:00:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T07:00:48","slug":"cambodia-upholds-jail-term-for-australian-in-surrogacy-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/08\/cambodia-upholds-jail-term-for-australian-in-surrogacy-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia upholds jail term for Australian in surrogacy case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During the court appearance last year, Davis-Charles said she has “lost everything” since her arrest (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — An appeals court on Monday upheld the prison sentence of an Australian woman convicted of providing commercial surrogacy services in Cambodia.<\/p>\n

Judge Kim Dany said the appeals court found the lower court conviction of Tammy Davis-Charles complied with Cambodian law and therefore upheld the verdict. She did not take questions from media during the court appearance.<\/p>\n

Davis-Charles is serving one and a half years in prison after being convicted last August. During the court appearance last year, Davis-Charles said she has \u201clost everything\u201d since her arrest and wants to be reunited with her family in Australia, including her twin sons.<\/p>\n

Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy in 2016 after becoming a popular destination for would-be parents seeking women to give birth to their children.<\/p>\n

Davis-Charles was arrested in November 2016, within weeks of the ban.<\/p>\n

She has said she launched her business in Cambodia only after consulting three local lawyers who assured her the clinic was legal. The surrogates were paid $10,000 for each pregnancy, she has said.<\/p>\n

Surrogacy costs are much lower in developing countries than in nations such as the United States and Australia, where services cost around $150,000. The surrogacy business boomed in Cambodia after being restricted in neighbouring Thailand, in India and in Nepal.<\/p>\n

After Cambodia’s crackdown, the trade has shifted to neighbouring Laos.<\/p>\n

The judge said Davis-Charles could appeal to the Supreme Court if she is not satisfied with Monday’s court decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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