Vatican: No 'right to a child'
The Vatican has published a document arguing surrogacy infringes on the right of a child to be created with dignity, and this takes precedence over an individual's desire for a family...
The practice of bearing a child for another person or couple. In gestational (also known as 'full' or 'host') surrogacy, the surrogate carries an embryo conceived through IVF. In traditional (also known as 'partial' or 'straight') surrogacy, the surrogate's own egg is fertilised with the intended father's sperm.
The Vatican has published a document arguing surrogacy infringes on the right of a child to be created with dignity, and this takes precedence over an individual's desire for a family...
Michigan legislators are taking steps to protect IVF and overturn a ban on commercial surrogacy...
Heralding the technology behind SCBEMs as 'one of the 21st century's most dramatic scientific developments', Professor Emily Jackson's lecture was packed with fascinating legal and ethical commentary...
by Harry Hunter
A woman in Ireland who was prevented from becoming the legal parent of surrogate-born twins she has raised since birth will be allowed to seek judicial review of the decision...
The latest novel by Sebastian Faulks is a thriller revolving around a billionaire entrepreneur who plans to stretch the boundaries of ethics...
'Surrogacy in Latin America' is a follow-up volume to the writers' 2019 book 'Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy', which looked at international regulation of surrogacy. Dr Zaina Mahmoud reviews it through the lens of the Law Commissions' proposals on surrogacy…
by Olivia Goff
A rhesus monkey has been successfully cloned and has become the first of its kind to reach adulthood, Chinese scientists have revealed...
by Natalie Gamble and 2 others
Recently the Pope called for a global ban on surrogacy, using a rhetoric that echoed the claims made by some radical feminists that all surrogacy is exploitative, say Natalie Gamble, Professor Kirsty Horsey and Professor Emily Jackson...
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