Surrogacy and Autonomy

Dodds, Susan; Jones, Karen L.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8519.1989.tb00323.x

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“…Other arguments against altruistic surrogacy are related to the authenticity of the surrogates’ repeated claim they are offering the “gift of life” (Raymond 1990); the quality of the information provided to the surrogates (Dodds and Jones 1989); and the impact of false expectations about surrogate motherhood (van Zyl and Walker 2013).…”

Section: Surrogate Pregnancy: a Conceptual Reviewmentioning

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Caring for Delivery: Healthcare Professionals’ Ethical Conflicts in Surrogate Pregnancy

Triviño-Caballero

2023

Hypatia

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From the beginning of the practice of surrogate pregnancy, ethical approaches to it have included several dimensions. Central issues such as surrogates’ genuine autonomy, the risk of exploitation of people in vulnerable situations, or the legitimacy of the commercialization of the body have kept this debate alive for more than three decades. Among all the conflicts, those related to healthcare professionals involved in the surrogacy process have been less frequently addressed. Which patient(s) should they protect? Whose interests should they preserve, the surrogate mother's or the intended parents’? Are there differences in healthcare provision between regular pregnant women and those who are going to relinquish their babies? Is adequate compliance with the ethical standards of the caregiver–patient relationship possible? In this article, I will address these questions to identify interests and practices at stake in the healthcare context, where an important part of the surrogacy process occurs.

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Section: Surrogate Pregnancy: a Conceptual Reviewmentioning

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Caring for Delivery: Healthcare Professionals’ Ethical Conflicts in Surrogate Pregnancy

Triviño-Caballero

2023

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“…Altruistic surrogacy may be described as involving a freely offered ‘gift of life’, an expression of generosity and beneficence as well as a sense of purpose. Although doubts can be raised about the authenticity of such motivation ( Ragoné, 1994 , Raymond, 1990 ), about whether the surrogate can ever be duly informed ( Dodds and Jones, 1990 ), and about whether the expectations involved in the gift relationship are fully realistic in the case of surrogate motherhood ( van Zyl and Walker, 2013 ), these doubts do not carry the same weight as arguments that commercial surrogacy risks treating children as commodities and women as objects of exploitation ( Anderson, 2000 , Osberg and Sherwin, 2006 , Rotabi and Bromfield, 2012 , Wilkinson, 2003 ). Although altruistic surrogacy is by no means universally accepted, the most damning moral criticisms of surrogacy have been levelled against the commercial variety, which many commentators have therefore considered more controversial than altruistic surrogacy ( Þorsteinsdóttir et al, 2010 ).…”

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Legalizing altruistic surrogacy in response to evasive travel? An Icelandic proposal

Kristinsson¹

2016

Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online

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Surrogate motherhood has been prohibited by Icelandic law since 1996, but in recent years, Icelandic couples have sought transnational surrogacy in India and the United States despite uncertainties about legal parental status as they return to Iceland with infants born to surrogate mothers. This reflects global trends of increased reproductive tourism, which forces restrictive regimes not only to make decisions concerning the citizenship and parentage of children born to surrogate mothers abroad, but also to confront difficult moral issues concerning surrogacy, global justice, human rights and exploitation. In March 2015, a legislative proposal permitting altruistic surrogacy, subject to strict regulation and oversight, and prohibiting the solicitation of commercial surrogacy abroad, was presented in the Icelandic Parliament. The proposal aims to protect the interest of the child first, respect the autonomy of the surrogate second, and accommodate the intended parents’ wishes third. After a brief overview of the development of the surrogacy issue in Iceland, this article describes the main features of this legislative proposal and evaluates it from an ethical and global justice perspective. It concludes that the proposed legislation is a response to problems generated by cross-border surrogacy in the context of evolving public attitudes toward the issue, and constitutes a valid attempt to reduce the moral hazards of surrogacy consistent with insights from current bioethical literature. Although the proposed legislation arguably represents an improvement over the current ban, however, difficult problems concerning evasive travel and global injustice are likely to persist until effective international coordination is achieved.

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“…If this did happen, though, it may lead to the exploitation of women. It is useful to adapt the argument used by some writers [28] against surrogate motherhood to the possibility of 'harvesting' eggs from women. In the surrogacy case it has been argued that allowing women to become pregnant with a view to the child being given to someone else, may create a 'slave' class of women.…”

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Creating Embryos for Research

Gerrand

1993

J Applied Philosophy

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The 1987 Amendment to the Infertility (Medical Procedures) Act (Vic) allows the creation of embryos specifically for research purposes, as long as the proposed experiment takes place within 24 hours. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether there is aany significant ethical difference between creating embryos specifically for research and using those that are surplus from the new reproductive technologies. The relevant arguments in this debate can be grouped under three heads: those focussing on the embryo; those focussing on the possible consequences of these practices and those focussing on the women who donate the eggs.

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Surrogacy and Autonomy

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Caring for Delivery: Healthcare Professionals’ Ethical Conflicts in Surrogate Pregnancy

Caring for Delivery: Healthcare Professionals’ Ethical Conflicts in Surrogate Pregnancy

Legalizing altruistic surrogacy in response to evasive travel? An Icelandic proposal

Creating Embryos for Research

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