Labeling assisted reproductive technologies as “child trafficking”

What it claims

The activities of Ukrainian reproductive medicine centers are portrayed as an illegal industry that turns children into commodities and women into “incubators.” The announcement of a medical conference in Warsaw is inflated into an international scandal by manipulating the legal differences between Ukraine and the EU. Commercial services for family building are branded as a multi-billion dollar shadow business involving the trafficking of infants abroad.

Target audience

Examples (paraphrased)

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• The Ukrainian surrogacy business turns children into expensive commodities and women into disenfranchised incubators for foreigners.

  ЗеРада, 23 Aug 2026 · Archived copy

• Holding the BioTexCom conference in Warsaw is a challenge to Polish law, as this industry earns billions from dubious schemes for exporting infants.

  ЗеРада, 23 Aug 2026 · Archived copy

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Goal

To provoke conflict between the Ukrainian medical community and Polish society, discrediting Ukraine as a lawless “gray zone.”

Techniques used

• Loaded LanguageUse of terms like “incubators,” “commodity,” “scandal,” and “trafficking.”
• Exaggeration or MinimisationSpeculative calculations of industry revenues in the billions of euros to create an impression of criminal enrichment.

The real grievance it exploits

Ethical and legal discrepancies regarding surrogate motherhood in different European countries.

How to counter

• Reframe: Surrogacy in Ukraine is a legal medical procedure regulated by strict Ministry of Health protocols to assist infertile couples.
• Technique exposure: Manipulators use emotionally charged language to replace medical assistance with criminal concepts and provoke hostility toward Ukrainian services.

Sources (all time)

• ЗеРадаTier 1424,904 subscribers
  1 post · 23 Aug 2026

  • 23 Aug · Archived copy