Foralongtime,CenterforHumanReproduction“BioTexCom”becameknownnotonlyinEuropeancountriesamonginfertilepatients,butalsowaswidelydiscussedinmassmedia.

Yearafteryear,thenumberofpeoplewhowantedtogiveaninterviewaboutclinic’sworkincreased.TherewerealotofTVprograms,aswellasnewspaperarticlesandevenabookabout“BioTexCom”service,surrogatemothersstoriesandstoriesoftheEuropeancoupleswhohadtreatmentinKiev.

StartingworkinginthecapitalofUkraine,topmanagementoftheclinic,aswellasthewholeteamofdoctorsandmanagers,couldnotevenimaginethattheywillbecomesuchabigbreakthroughinEurope.Todayitisawell-developed,ever-expanding,moderncenterforreproductionthatdealswithforeigninfertilecouples.Successfulpregnancyin65years,pregnancyafter13yearsofinfertility,winninglawsuits.AllthisandevenmorewascoveredbyEuropeanmedia.

It’snotasecretthatsurrogacyprogramsarebannedalmosteverywhereinEurope.Eggdonationisallowedonlyinafewcountriesbutquiteoftentheseprogramsoffernotveryfavorableconditions(forpatients,aswellasfordonors).InUkraine,however,alltheseprogramsareabsolutelylegal.That’swhyEuropeansseekformedicalhelpoutsideoftheirhomecountries.

FormostcitizensofGermany,France,Italy,Spain,Englandandothercountries,UkrainehasbecometheplaceofthelegalconductingofsuchARTprogramsassurrogacyandeggdonation.

Internationalmediacouldn’tmissthisfactandpreparedtheircamerasandrecordingdevices.Slowly,yearbyyear,journalistsfromallovertheworldwerecomingtoUkraineonlytomakeanintriguingstoryaboutthisUkrainiancenterthatstirswholeEurope.But“BioTexCom”isquicktomakereasoningforinternationaljournaliststocomethereoverandoveragain.