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A Hague Convention on Contract Pregnancy (or ‘Surrogacy’): Avoiding Ethical Inconsistencies with the Convention on Adoption
IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
  • Andrew Botterell, Western University
  • Carolyn McLeod, Western University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
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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.

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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.