Single fathers in Russia with 'surrogate babies' become official target

Authorities' attack on LGBT community sweeps in gay men and others thought to have turned to surrogate mothers

Several gay men have fled Russia after officials said that they would arrest people of non-traditional sexual orientation" who had had children through surrogacy. The announcement formed the authorities' latest attack on the LGBT community.

Surrogacy is legal in Russia but has increasingly been attacked by conservative lawmakers and the Orthodox church. Police arrested a number of top fertility doctors this year and have accused them of child trafficking" in an ongoing case.