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Surrogacy: Long overdue?

Samantha Little explains the consultation on surrogacy issued by the Law Commissions of England and Wales and Scotland, and the key recommendations ‘The Law Commission proposes a new pathway, if strict requirements are met, that will allow the intended parents to be legal parents from birth through an administrative route rather than a court application.’ …

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Surrogacy: Lessons from abroad

Anne-Marie Hamer investigates the potential reform of surrogacy law, and how such reforms may be guided by experiences in other countries ‘Californian law makes it possible for the commissioning parents to a surrogacy arrangement, regardless of marital status and/or sexual orientation, to establish legal parental rights prior to the birth of the child.’The gap between …

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