Commercial Surrogacy: An Overview. [PDF]
Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet, 2022 AbstractObjective Surrogacy is the process in which a woman carries and delivers a baby to other person or couple, known as intended parents. When carriers are paid for surrogacy, this is known as commercial surrogacy. The objective of the present work is to review the legal, ethical, social, and cultural aspects of commercial surrogacy, as well as the
Brandão P, Garrido N.
europepmc +3 more sources
The advantages and disadvantages of altruistic and commercial surrogacy in India [PDF]
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2023 Background Comprehensive commercial surrogacy became legal in India in 2002, and many foreigners, including individuals and same-sex couples, sought Indian surrogacy services due to their affordability.
Yuri Hibino
doaj +2 more sources
The social paradoxes of commercial surrogacy in developing countries: India before the new law of 2018 [PDF]
BMC Women's Health, 2020 Background Commercial surrogacy is a highly controversial issue that leads to heated debates in the feminist literature, especially when surrogacy takes place in developing countries and when it is performed by local women for wealthy international ...
Virginie Rozée +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
Surrogacy relationships: a critical interpretative review [PDF]
Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 Based on a critical interpretative review of existing qualitative research investigating accounts of ‘lived experience’ of surrogates and intended parents from a relational perspective, this article proposes a typology of surrogacy arrangements.
Jenny Gunnarsson Payne +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
Moral frameworks of commercial surrogacy within the US, India and Russia [PDF]
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2021 In this paper, we draw on three ethnographic studies of surrogacy we carried out separately in different contexts: the western US state of California, the south Indian state of Karnataka, and the western Russian metropolis of St Petersburg.
Marcin Smietana +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
Regulating the international surrogacy market:the ethics of commercial surrogacy in the Netherlands and India. [PDF]
Med Health Care Philos, 2020 AbstractIt is unclear what proper remuneration for surrogacy is, since countries disagree and both commercial and altruistic surrogacy have ethical drawbacks. In the presence of cross-border surrogacy, these ethical drawbacks are exacerbated. In this article, we explore what would be ethical remuneration for surrogacy, and suggest regulations for how ...
Blazier J, Janssens R.
europepmc +5 more sources
Commercial Surrogacy: Invisible Reproductive Workers in Ghana
Global Labour Journal, 2023 The issues facing surrogates are labour issues. However, there is scanty literature on the working conditions of surrogates in sub-Saharan Africa. This article explores the labour conditions of these unprotected and invisible reproductive workers in ...
Owusu Boampong +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
What is the access to NHS fertility treatments for women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome across England? A freedom of information study [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjectives The aims of this study were (1) To investigate the availability of NHS funded in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment for individuals affected by Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH) from all Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) across ...
Pedro Melo +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
Chains of extraction: shifting bioeconomies in India and East Africa [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologySince the early 2000s, India has been a world leading hub for cross border reproductive treatments, in particular surrogacy, with the nation positioning itself as the “mother destination” for transnational commercial surrogacy, offering “First world ...
Johanna Gondouin +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
DIFFERENT LEGAL APPROACHES TO THE REGULATION OF SURROGACY IN UKRAINE AND BALTIC STATES [PDF]
Journal of International Legal Communication, 2022 The paper examines legal approaches to regulating surrogacy in Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The research was successfully initiated by highlighting empirical data demonstrating an increase in the number of infertile couples and, accordingly,
Nadiia Horobets, Yuliia Yakushchenko
doaj +1 more source