Human Rights Implications of Global Surrogacy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flores, Cláudia, Author.

Guruli, Nino, Author.

Rollins, Alex, Author.

Geddes, Kelly, Author.

Barba, Marcela, Author.

Umbach, Marie, Author.

Contributor:

Lindberg, Elizabeth, Editor.

Language:

English

Place of Publication:

Chicago : International Human Rights Clinic, University of Chicago Law School July 2019

Summary:

The growth of the gestational surrogacy industry in the last few decades has raised concerns about the human rights of the parties involved. Partly due to those concerns, several of the countries where surrogacy was once widespread have recently prohibited the practice. Yet the human rights implications of surrogacy are highly complex, and it is far from clear that a global surrogacy prohibition is the best or even most feasible way to address rights concerns. This report aims to advance an understanding of the human rights impact of laws, policies and practices around surrogacy. The report considers the practice of surrogacy at a global level, as well as in the domestic country context, using Cambodia as a case study. An examination of the intersections between women's rights, gender equality, and the rights of children and intended parent(s) reveals both the ways that surrogacy can protect and promote the rights of those involved in the practice, as well as the ways that surrogacy can threaten the rights of those same parties.