Regulating domestic surrogacy in Ireland: Is the process too perilous for intended parents?
The Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 was published in March 2022, and is currently being considered by the Irish Parliament. Part seven provides for the regulation of altruistic, domestic surrogacy arrangements. However, it does little to encourage intended parents to enter into such arrangements, because it proposes a complex, hybrid pre and post-birth model for regulating domestic surrogacy…