(V) SURROGACY
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1994
(IVF)
SURROGACY INVOLVES
GENETIC IN-VITRO FERTILISATION FERTILISATION OF SEMEN AND OVUM FROM THE COMMISSIONING COUPLE THE BODY, FOLLOWED BY PLACEMENT OF THE EMBRYO INTO A SURROGATE FOR GESTATION AND DELIVERY.
GOVERNMENT THE
SURROGACY,
FOR
OUTSIDE MOTHER
IS WANT
ACKNOWLEDGES THE STRONG PUBLIC VIEWS AGAINST PARTICULARLY IF IT INVOLVES COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OR THE CONVENIENCE OF A WOMAN WHO DESIRES A CHILD BUT DOES NOT TO BE ENCUMBERED BY PREGNANCY.
THE
GOVERNMENT
BELIEVES THAT SURROGACY
SHOULD
BE
ACTIVELY DISCOURAGED AND ONLY PERMITTED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
SHOULD
THE GOVERNMENT THEREFORE ACCEPTS THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION THAT COMMERCIAL SURROGACY, AND ITS ARRANGEMENT OR ADVERTISING, BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE.
THE GOVERNMENT ALSO PROPOSES THAT, IN THE PARAMOUNT INTEREST OF BE CHILD, THE LAW SHOULD STATE THAT ANY SURROGACY AGREEMENT WILL LEGALLY UNENFORCEABLE.
THE
OF FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A NEW COURT PROCEDURE IN LIEU
AND CHILD ADOPTION FOR SURROGACY CASES, SECTION 12 OF THE PARENT ORDINANCE ACCEPTS A SURROGACY SITUATION WHERE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONING COUPLE IS INFERTILE AND A SEMEN OR OVUM DONOR IS USED.
HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
IVF THAT ONLY GENETIC SURROGACY BE ALLOWED THAT IS, BOTH OF THE COMMISSIONING COUPLE MUST CONTRIBUTE THE GENETIC MATERIAL, WITH NO SEMEN OR OVUM DONOR INVOLVED.
THE GOVERNMENT FINDS THIS MORE ACCEPTABLE, SINCE IT KEEPS TO MINIMUM THE NUMBER OF THIRD PARTIES INTRODUCED INTO THE MARRIAGE.
THE GOVERNMENT
A
ON
GENETIC IVF SUPPORTS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT SURROGACY SHOULD BE ALLOWED ONLY FOR AN INFERTILE HUSBAND AND WIFE,
OF CLINICAL JUDGMENT BY A PHYSICIAN THAT THE BASIS
NO ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT IS POSSIBLE.
THE
THAT THE CODE OF
PRACTICE
SHOULD
GOVERNMENT PROPOSES ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN GREATER DETAIL.
THAT RECOGNISING
COMMISSIONING
BEING A SURROGATE MOTHER, CARRYING AND DELIVERING A BABY AND THEN GIVING HIM OR HER UP TO THE COUPLE, HAS PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WOMAN, THE GOVERNMENT THEREFORE AGREES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR BOTH THE COMMISSIONING COUPLE AND THE SURROGATE MOTHER (PLUS HER HUSBAND, IF ANY).
COUNSELLING
SHOULD
BE
AND
THE
BODY
THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES THAT THIS PROVIDED BY THE
SAHR PROCEDURE INSTITUTION OFFERING THE GOVERNMENT WILL INVITE THE PROPOSED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY STATUTORY TO CONSIDER HOW THIS SHOULD BE DONE.
/THE GOVERNMENT