"A Hague Convention on Contract Pregnancy (or ‘Surrogacy’): Avoiding Et" by Andrew Botterell and Carolyn McLeod

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Title

A Hague Convention on Contract Pregnancy (or ‘Surrogacy’): Avoiding Ethical Inconsistencies with the Convention on Adoption

Authors

Andrew Botterell, Western UniversityFollow
Carolyn McLeod, Western UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Volume

Issue

Journal

IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics

First Page

219

Last Page

235

Abstract

In the past, the Hague Conference on Private International Law has shaped how people can become the legal parents of children born in countries other than their own. It did so by creating the 1993 Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. It is now interested in developing a convention on international contract pregnancy (or what many call “surrogacy”). We discuss in this commentary what such a convention would have to include for it to be ethically consistent with the Convention on Adoption.

Citation of this paper:

Botterell, A. and C. McLeod, “A Hague Convention on Contract Pregnancy (or ‘Surrogacy’): Avoiding Ethical Inconsistencies with the Convention on Adoption,” International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 7:2 (2014): 219-235.

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