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The regulation of surrogacy in the United Kingdom: the case for reform
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Amel Alghrani and Danielle Griffiths
The full version of this article will appear in Child and Family Law Quarterly, Vol 29, No 2. Find out more or request a free 1-week trial of Child and Family Law Quarterly. Please quote: 100482.
This article considers the legal regulation of surrogacy in the United Kingdom and examines legislative changes and case-law that have emerged over the past three decades. We illustrate how the legal requirements to obtain parental orders (which give parenthood to the intended parents after the birth and extinguish the parental status of the surrogate) are overly restrictive and anachronistic. The legal requirements needed to obtain such orders have resulted in clear anomalies and left children in a state of legal limbo. In practice some of the legal requirements are often bypassed and this alone is a compelling argument for legal reform.
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