reforming surrogacy law

Commentary and insights on the progress of surrogacy law reform in England, Wales and Scotland

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  • Reforming the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 – matching, advice, and advertising

    As part of the Law Commissions recommendations in the Final Report, they have anticipated that the new pathway would include the following aspects: However, the aforementioned elements of the new pathway are currently governed by the Surrogacy Arrangement Act 1985 (SAA), which has been said by the Law Commissions to take a “tolerant” approach to Continue reading

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  • Regulated Surrogacy Statements: The Gateway to the Pathway

    The recommendations within the Law Commissions’ Final Report relating to the allocation of legal parenthood following a surrogacy arrangement centres on establishing a new pathway.  Provided that the surrogacy arrangement is eligible to progress on the new pathway, and that all safeguards are met, the intended parents would be recognised as the legal parents from Continue reading

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  • Regulated Surrogacy Organisations

    The Law Commissions’ Final Report recommends establishing Regulated Surrogacy Organisations (RSOs), who would act as ‘gatekeepers’ to the new pathway to legal parenthood. The RSO would, in part, replace the current role of the courts in parental order applications by approving the surrogacy arrangement pre-conception, allowing the intended parents to be legal parents from birth. Continue reading

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  • Legal Parenthood (Part 2): The New Pathway

    Changing the way in which legal parenthood is allocated following a surrogacy arrangement is one of the key recommendations proposed by the Law Commissions’ report and draft bill.  Allowing the intended parents to be legal parents from birth would be a fundamental change from the existing legal framework and, therefore, a large part of the Continue reading

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About the blog

Welcome to the Reforming Surrogacy Law blog, created by Lottie Park-Morton.

This blog will provide regular updates and insights on the development of potential law reform relating to surrogacy, in light of the Law Commissions’ report and draft bill.

All posts are authored by Lottie, unless otherwise stated. Aimee Morgan, a research assistant on the project, is also a contributor.

All views and errors are our own.

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