Adoption as a solution to the harmful practice of surrogacy?
Gestational surrogacy, surrogate motherhood, “rent-a-womb”, or whatever we want to [...]
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Gestational surrogacy in US. Only New York State promotes surrogacy commercial contracts GalleryGestational surrogacy in US. Only New York State promotes surrogacy commercial contracts
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Gestational surrogacy in US. Only New York State promotes surrogacy commercial contracts
The New York State Legislature passes the so-called Child-Parent Security [...]
Couple has 20 children by surrogacy in a year. Ethical approach
As we have already mentioned in this Observatory, the possibility [...]
![Surrogacy is prohibited in almost all Western countries, but the industry of surrogacy continues to grow. Recently, for example, New York State (US) legislation announced its support for commercial contracts between the surrogate mother and the intended parents, who may or may not be the child’s biological parents. Institutions defending women’s and children’s rights are strongly opposed to this practice. Indeed it is the first time that an assisted reproduction technology (ART) procedure has been regulated by a commercial contract. We have published several articles on this subject, which our readers can read HERE. Last March, an issue of the European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Volume 258 – Pages 1-8) published a review article entitled Bioethical issues and legal frameworks of surrogacy: A global perspective about the right to health and dignity. The main question is if surrogacy is prohibited in so many Western countries, how do we explain the rapid increase in the number of surrogate children in these same countries? In this respect, our Observatory published two articles showing the medical, ethical, and social difficulties of surrogacy (read HERE). We have also published a scientific paper in The Linacre Quarterly, entitled Gestational Surrogacy: Current View. Read related article HERE The authors of the aforementioned review propose a solution: “The lack of regulation on cross-border surrogacy in low-income countries can undermine the dignity and rights of women as even modest economic compensation determines a significant purchasing power. The international effort should be aimed at creating an international regulatory framework from which guidelines useful to national governments derive. An international agreement would provide a solid legal basis for the protection of surrogate women. In order to limit the economic interests linked to procreative tourism, so as to truly protect global health and women’s rights, legislative uniformity is, therefore, necessary between the various states [our emphasis]”. From our perspective, the authors proposed solution of creating “guidelines useful to national governments” would legalize a practice that has objective ethical problems, namely the objectification of the mother and child and the well-know](https://bioethicsobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/surrogate-mother-uk-media-3-e1519726385411.jpg)
Babies born from a surrogate mother. Who has parental responsibility before the intended parents obtain the parental order?
The parent consent responsibility for babies before parental or adoption [...]
Gestational surrogacy global development. Who benefits? Bioethical considerations
The debate over the issue of gestational surrogacy (a euphemistic [...]
National debate about surrogacy in China
The increase in surrogacy worldwide is an issue that concerns bioethicists. Several [...]
UK fertility regulator HFEA supports commercial surrogation of British citizens abroad with legal subterfuge
UK fertility regulator HFEA had made to export gametes and [...]
Commercial surrogacy legalization in New York. A step forward its normalization
The news that commercial surrogacy has been legalized with significant [...]
Bioethical assessment of gestational surrogacy
As we know, surrogacy consists of initiating a pregnancy in [...]
Surrogate motherhood debate. German court said the biological mother had no maternity rights. Why?
A top German court recommended a woman adopt her own [...]