Surrogacy in Nigeria: Legal, ethical, socio cultural, psychological and religious musings

Umeora, Ouj; Umeora, Maryjoanne Chinyem; Emma-Echiegu, Nkechi Bridget; Chukwuneke, FN

doi:10.4103/2384-5589.144579

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“…Etymologically, the term surrogacy is from the Latin word subrogane which means to replace, substitute or stand-in for 2 . It therefore, suggests that there is an original or natural process or thing to be replaced by another process or thing which is not original or natural.…”

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An African Perspective on Surrogacy and the Justification of Motherhood

Aina

2018

Bangladesh J Bioethics

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Surrogacy as a practice is supported by science, technology, morality and legality. It follows that the issues concerning it cut across all facets of life. And different arguments have being advanced for and against this practice. The belief espouse in this paper is that one cannot discuss successfully the moral, the science or the legality of surrogacy without delving into the cultural question of who is a mother. In other words, it is possible to have simple scientific and legal understandings of the practice and still disagree on the cultural level because of its stronger emotional appeal. The purpose of this work is to expose the Yoruba-African religio-cultural beliefs that have bearing on the understanding of motherhood or ownership of a child. This will be done through a critical analysis of Yoruba cultural beliefs about personhood and the metaphysical underpinning between birth and the ontology of life itself. Theargument here is that given some Yoruba ontological belief about life, motherhood and personhood it may be difficult for the products of surrogacy to fit-in into the society in terms of personal and social development. This work goes further to recommend that cultural beliefs should be taking into consideration when making laws to guide surrogacy in order to avoid conflict between the mothers and the child.

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“…For Odidika Umeora et al (2014) "surrogate motherhood refers to a situation whereby a third party female is commissioned, or elect to carry a pregnancy on behalf of another couple, delivers a baby and hands the child over to the parents at birth" 4 .…”

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An African Perspective on Surrogacy and the Justification of Motherhood

Aina

2018

Bangladesh J Bioethics

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“…7 Gestational surrogacy was first achieved in April 1986. 8 Surrogacy is a controversial practice worldwide, with issues of difficult moral, social, ethical, psychological, religious, cultural, technological and legal problems. 8,9 The legal situation varies considerably with many countries without laws backing surrogacy.…”

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“…8 Surrogacy is a controversial practice worldwide, with issues of difficult moral, social, ethical, psychological, religious, cultural, technological and legal problems. 8,9 The legal situation varies considerably with many countries without laws backing surrogacy. 8,9 There is no transparency in surrogacy contract and chances of legal problems are high.…”

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Successful quadruplet surrogate pregnancy after turbulent medical disorders in first trimester

Okeke

Ubaka²,

Olibe

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Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Quadruplet surrogate pregnancy is a rare pregnancy but, has become common due to assisted reproductive technology (ART). Its management is a big challenge to obstetricians and co-clinicians worldwide. This was a pregnancy managed at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, Nigeria in a 33 year old hypertensive surrogate mother with turbulent first trimester medical disorders that called for termination of the pregnancy by other co-managing clinicians. However, the pregnancy became stable in late 2nd trimester with emergency caesarean section at 33 weeks following preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). Its management was a big challenge that necessitated multidisciplinary approach with successful outcome of four healthy live babies (three males and one female) and the controversial practice of surrogacy

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An assessment of the nutritional status of ART receiving HIV-orphaned and vulnerable children in South-West Nigeria

Fagbamigbe

Adebowale

Ajayi

2019

Heliyon

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IntroductionGood nutritional status is pertinent to the optimal outcome of effective ART among children. Against this backdrop, the objective of the current study is to assess the nutritional indices of children receiving ART in South-West Nigeria.MethodsThe study was cross-sectional in design. We randomly selected three urban and six rural ART sites from the ones offering ART services in Oyo state. All consented children receiving ART treatments in the aforementioned sites participated in the study. A total of 390 HIV-positive children and adolescents aged 6–18 years were interviewed using a semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Children were assessed and growth curves were constructed using the 2007 World Health Organisation (WHO) growth reference standard for children as well as adolescents. Data were presented using descriptive statistics.ResultsAbout 52% of the children are male, 136 (34.9%) have lost at least one parent, 52 (13.3%) have lost either parent to HIV/AIDS. Among the males, 19%, 27%, and 27% were underweight, stunted and thin, respectively when compared with 17%, 23% and 23%, respectively, among females. The male and female weight-for-age average z-score were (-0.98 vs -1.04), height-for-age (-1.12 vs -1.07), and BMI-for-age (-1.19 vs -1.18). Irrespective of age, sex, parental survival, and residence, weight-for-age and BMI-for-age analysis revealed substantial underweight, with the worst outcomes being among those orphaned by HIV/AIDS.ConclusionAll nutritional indices considered in this study fell short of the WHO standard. HIV positive children in the ART sites included in this study are faced with a high burden of undernourishment despite been placed on daily ART regimens. In addition to efficient ART, interventions to ameliorate poor nutritional status is needed.

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Surrogacy in Nigeria: Legal, ethical, socio cultural, psychological and religious musings

Cited by 14 publications

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An African Perspective on Surrogacy and the Justification of Motherhood

An African Perspective on Surrogacy and the Justification of Motherhood

Successful quadruplet surrogate pregnancy after turbulent medical disorders in first trimester

An assessment of the nutritional status of ART receiving HIV-orphaned and vulnerable children in South-West Nigeria

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