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Surrogacy, rights and duties: a partial commentary.

A V Campbell1

  • 1Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol, UK. Alistair.Campbell@bristol.ac.uk

Health Care Analysis : HCA : Journal of Health Philosophy and Policy
|September 8, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Surrogacy regulation is ethically justified due to the duties of surrogate mothers and fertility providers, making the sale of parental claims unethical. This addresses criticisms and supports oversight of surrogacy arrangements.

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Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Reproductive Law
  • Sociology of Reproduction

Background:

  • Proposed regulations for surrogacy arrangements have faced criticism.
  • Ethical considerations surrounding surrogacy are complex and debated.
  • The roles and responsibilities of surrogate mothers and fertility service providers are central to these debates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address criticisms of proposed surrogacy regulations.
  • To argue for the ethical justification of regulating surrogacy.
  • To establish the ethical unacceptability of selling parental claims in surrogacy.

Main Methods:

  • Ethical argumentation
  • Analysis of duties in surrogacy contracts
  • Legal and moral philosophy review
Keywords:
Analytical ApproachGenetics and ReproductionLegal Approach

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Main Results:

  • Surrogate mothers and fertility service providers have specific duties.
  • The selling of claims to parenthood within surrogacy is ethically problematic.
  • These duties and ethical concerns justify the regulation of surrogacy.

Conclusions:

  • Regulation of surrogacy arrangements is ethically warranted.
  • Ethical duties of parties involved underscore the need for oversight.
  • The commercialization of parentage claims in surrogacy should be prohibited.