International surrogacy is where intending parents arrange
for another woman to bear a child for them. There’s a wide variety of legal
arrangements around the world, and recent report from the EU reviews the mix of
arrangements across the EU. A recent ‘roundtable’ meeting looked at the
situation in the UK, in particular looking at the best interests of the child.
Many legal systems are rather obstructive to surrogacy, but
it seems to be increasing internationally. In particular, surrogacy by Indian
women is said in a recent report to be unregulated, and the women involved are unprotected
and thought to suffer from poor care.
But, of course, being able to have a child when you can’t
have one yourself is very important to many couples, so this is an issue that
is not going to go away. Thoughtful regulation in what increasingly seems to be
an international industry is increasingly important, in the interests of both the women and the children.
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