2021 Surrogacy

Question 1

4 situation where surrogacy might be appropriate

Answer 1

1. Uterus is cause of infertility (eg hysterectomy, Ashermans, mullerian agenesis)
2. Certain medical conditions which would threaten life e.g. severe heart disease, if women is well enough to look after child after birth and life expectancy reasonable
3. Multiple miscarriage/repeated failure IVF –> specialist opinion
4. same sex male couples

Question 2

Factors to consider

Answer 2

Medical
Legal
Psychological before during and after
Independent ethics committee with inclusion of cooling off period